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Paris Opera Place de l'Opera, Place de l'Opera, Paris, 75002 |
Although described by a contemporary critic as 'looking like an overloaded sideboard', it (the Paris Opera House) is now regarded as one of the masterpieces of the period. Here Garnier triumphed over a cramped and diffic... more
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Chateau de Vincennes Avenue de Paris, Vincennes, Vincennes, 94300 |
Considered the “Versailles of East Paris”, Vincennes is imposing, with its 50-metre-high keep (the tallest in Europe), a remarkable outer wall, 1100 metres long, punctuated by nine massive towers and surround... more
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Palais de Chaillot 17 Place du Trocadero, Paris, 75116 |
The Palais Chaillot is another beautiful object in Paris that doesn’t get the attention it deserves because it´s close to the Eiffel Tower. All tourists look at the famous tower and forget to pay attention to the nice pa... more
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Forum des Halles Forum des Halles, Paris, 75001 |
'Les Halles', as it is more commonly known, is a refreshingly different shopping complex from those to which I am accustomed. Where the typical shopping mall in Australia is a large enclosed and generally windowless box,... more
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Cimetiere de Montmartre 20 Avenue Rachel, Paris, 75018 |
If it's a beautiful day, why not go to a cemetery? Unlike the gruesome burial plots of horror movies, the cemeteries of Paris are like lovely tranquil parks, strangely soothing, with shady trees, benches and lots of outd... more
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Les Champs-Elysees 8th Arrondissement, Paris, 75008 |
Now the Place De La Concorde has to be one of the most astonishing pieces of roadmanship I have even seen. 4, 5, 6 lanes wide but no one sticking in a lane, it was a free for all when the lights changed and only the brav... more
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Parc de Bercy Rue Paul-Belmondo, Paris, 75012 |
: A new park on the site of old wine depot. It was designed as a 'garden of memory', recalling the site's history. Old rail lines and stone roadways are incorporated in the design. Vines are grown. There is a potager, a ... more
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Place du Tertre Place du Tertre, Paris, 75018 |
(Hill) from a country village into the home of hordes of artists and other marginalized folk who no longer had a place in Haussmann's grandiose central Paris. At the foot of Montmartre cabarets thrived - up top on the Pl... more
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Passerelle Simone de Beauvoir Entre les Ponts de Bercy et de Tolbiac, Paris, 75013 |
Inaugurated on 13th July this year, Paris' 37th bridge linking the square of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France and the Bercy Gardens fulfils the need to return the Seine to a central urban role. This footbridge is the... more
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Left Bank Rive Gauche (Left Bank), Paris |
The struggle is to keep the Left Bank, once the cultural powerhouse of the French capital where Juliette Greco sang, Miles Davis played and Michel Foucault philosophised, from becoming an enclave of designer boutiques an... more
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