6 landmarks in 1st Arr. with verified facts and stories most people walk right past.
Musée de l'Orangerie
113 Rue de Rivoli, 1st Arr., Paris, 75001, France
Claude Monet spent the last decade of his life painting eight massive water lily murals, and then he designed the rooms to hold them.
Palais Royal
8 Rue de Montpensier, 1st Arr., Paris, 75001, France
This is Paris's best-kept secret hiding in plain sight, a five-minute walk from the Louvre that most tourists walk right past.
Pont Neuf
Pont Neuf, 1st Arr., Paris, 75001, France
The "New Bridge" is the oldest standing bridge in Paris, which is exactly the kind of contradiction the French enjoy.
Sainte-Chapelle
10 Boulevard du Palais, 1st Arr., Paris, 75001, France
If you only see one church interior in all of Paris, make it this one.
The Conciergerie
2 Boulevard du Palais, 1st Arr., Paris, 75001, France
This is where the French Revolution ate its own.
The Louvre
1st Arr., Paris, France
The numbers are staggering: 380,000 objects, 35,000 on display, 72,735 square meters of gallery space.
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