PRINCIPAL TOURISTIC PLACES

TRIUMPHAL ARCH
work of Chalgrin (1806 -1836).
Located on the most beautiful prospect of Paris, in mid -way between the garden of Tileries and the Arch of Defense, the Triumphal arch is the climax of the Triumphal Way. Open from 9.30 to 23 (summer), and from 10 to 22.30 (winter).

ARTS AND PROFESSIONS,TECHNIQUES
The museum of Arts and Trades, founded in 1794, is installed in the abbey of SaintMartin in the Fields. Renovated and reopend in January 2000. Open from 10 to 18 and Thursday from 10 to 21.30

NATIONAL LIBRARY OF FRANCE, SITE OF FRANÇOIS MITTERRAND
the Library offers 1 600 places of reading distributed over 5 thematic departments covering all the fields of knowledge. Collection of 180 000 volumes. (1996,the architect is Domenique Perrault). Open from Tuesday to Saturday from 10 to 20 and Sunday from 12 to 19. Closed on Monday and festivals.

FOREST OF BOULOGNE
845 hectares, 35 kilometers of pedestrian paths

FOREST OF VINCENNES
995 hectares, 100 km of pedestrian paths.

CATHEDRAL OF NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS
Notre -Dame ,a gothic masterpiece designed by Maurice Sully, was built between XIIth and XIVth centuries (1163-1345). The road distances of France are calculated starting from the "0 km" located on the Square. Opening: Monday to Friday from 8 to 18.45, saturdays and Sunday from 8 to 19.45. Tours: all the days from 10 to 18.

CENTER OF GEORGE POMPIDOU
the National Center of Art and culture of George Pompidou accomodates the National Museum of Modern art which has currently more than 1 500 works, a public library of information, exhibitions, concerts, cycles of cinema, and is renovated since January 2000. Opening all the days from 11 a.m. to 21pm. Closed onTuesday. Brancusi workshop open from 13 to 21.

CEMETERY OF PÈRE-LACHAISE
Here rests, in particular, Héloïse et Abélard, La Fontaine, Chopin, Musset, Proust, Jim Morrison, Oscar Wilde. The last defenders of the Commune were shot against the enclosing wall called Wall of the Federate ones. Opening from 8.30 to 17.30.

CITY OF SCIENCES AND INDUSTRY – GEODE
30 000 m2 of interactive exHIBITIONS, animations for kids and adults, to the discovery of scientific projections of XXIth century. Géode, a movie theater equipped with a hemispherical screen of 1 000 ml. Opening from 10 to 18, and Sunday from 10 to 19, closed on Monday

City OF MUSIC
The City of Music is at the same time a place of information, of documentation, concerts, discovery of the inheritance and also of teaching actions. (1999, architect Christian de Portzamparc). Opening from Tuesday to Saturday from12 to 18, and Sunday from10 to 18.

TOWN HALL
Headquarters of the Parisian municipality. Built at the site of the old Town hall, set into fire in 1871

THE INVALIDS
the Invalids constitute one of the most prestigious sets of Paris: the Hotel of the Invalids, sheltering the museum of the Army and the museum of the Plan-reliefs; the church of the Dome of the Invalids, architectural masterpiece realized by Jules Hardouin?Mansart; under the Dome, the tomb of the Emperor Napoleon the 1st; the Saint-Louis Church of the Invalids, "the Church of the Soldiers". Opening all the days from 10 to 18

MUSEUM Of THE ARMY, HOTEL OF THE INVALIDS
Superb collection of weapons and armours, uniforms and historical memories. Opening in summer from 10 to 17.45, in winter from 10 to 16.45

MUSEUM OF LOUVRE
Museum divided into 7 departments, from the Antiquity to the first half of the XIXth century. The Pyramid, carried out by leoh Ming Pei (1989). Opening from 9am to 18pm, Monday and Wednesday from 9 to 21 .45. Closed on Tuesday.

NATIONAL OPERA OF PARIS GARNIER
A work of Charles Garnier (1875), the Opera of Paris is a monumental success of the Second Empire. Opening: the summer from 10 to 18, the winter from 10 to 17

PALACE OF CONGRESS OF PARIS
Accomodates national and international display ranging from 10 to 7 000 people. Exhibition up to 19 000 ml. 2 000 hotel rooms on the site and catering for 4 000 people.

EIFFEL TOWER
Produced for the World exhibition of 1889, the Eiffel Tower became the symbol of Paris in the whole world. From the third floor, a widespread sight on Paris andIle-de France , in a radius of 70 km.Vitrine-office of Gustave Eiffel Opening from 9.30 to 23 (from 9 to midnight from mid-June to the end of August).

MUSEUM Of ORSAY
Collections of paintings, sculptures, art items... from 1848 to 1914. (architect Gae Aulenti?ACT). Opening from 10 to 18, from June 20 to September 20 from 9h to 8h. Thursday from 9 to 21.45. Closed on Monday.