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11 Art Landmarks in Paris

11 landmarks with verified facts and stories

Centre Pompidou
~3 min

Centre Pompidou

Place Georges-Pompidou, 75004 Paris

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When this building opened in 1977, Parisians were genuinely horrified.

Montmartre & Place du Tertre
~3 min

Montmartre & Place du Tertre

Place du Tertre, 18th Arr., Paris, 75018, France

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Before it was a tourist magnet full of portrait artists and crêpe stands, Montmartre was the beating heart of modern art.

Musée d'Orsay
~3 min

Musée d'Orsay

1 Rue de la Légion d'Honneur, 7th Arr., Paris, 75007, France

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This is what happens when you save a train station from the wrecking ball: you get the most beautiful museum in Paris.

Musée de Cluny
~2 min

Musée de Cluny

28 Rue du Sommerard, 75005 Paris

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This museum is built on top of Roman Paris, and you can literally walk through both time periods.

Musée de l'Orangerie
~2 min

Musée de l'Orangerie

113 Rue de Rivoli, 1st Arr., Paris, 75001, France

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Claude Monet spent the last decade of his life painting eight massive water lily murals, and then he designed the rooms to hold them.

Musée Rodin
~2 min

Musée Rodin

77 Rue de Varenne, 7th Arr., Paris, 75007, France

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Auguste Rodin moved into the Hôtel Biron, an elegant 18th-century mansion, in 1908 when it was a run-down building rented out as artists' studios.

Opéra Garnier
~2 min

Opéra Garnier

Place de l'Opéra, 9th Arr., Paris, 75009, France

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Charles Garnier was a virtually unknown 35-year-old architect when he won the design competition for the new Paris opera house in 1861.

Père Lachaise Cemetery
~3 min

Père Lachaise Cemetery

16 Rue du Repos, 20th Arr., Paris, 75020, France

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This is the most visited cemetery in the world, and it has better residents than most cities.

Sainte-Chapelle
~2 min

Sainte-Chapelle

10 Boulevard du Palais, 1st Arr., Paris, 75001, France

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If you only see one church interior in all of Paris, make it this one.

The Louvre
~4 min

The Louvre

1st Arr., Paris, France

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The numbers are staggering: 380,000 objects, 35,000 on display, 72,735 square meters of gallery space.

Tuileries Garden
~2 min

Tuileries Garden

Place de la Concorde, 8th Arr., Paris, 75001, France

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This garden stretches from the Louvre to the Place de la Concorde like a green carpet unrolled through the heart of Paris.

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