Centre Pompidou
Place Georges-Pompidou, 75004 Paris
When this building opened in 1977, Parisians were genuinely horrified.
Montmartre & Place du Tertre
Place du Tertre, 18th Arr., Paris, 75018, France
Before it was a tourist magnet full of portrait artists and crêpe stands, Montmartre was the beating heart of modern art.
Musée d'Orsay
1 Rue de la Légion d'Honneur, 7th Arr., Paris, 75007, France
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
28 Rue du Sommerard, 75005 Paris
This museum is built on top of Roman Paris, and you can literally walk through both time periods.
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.
Musée Rodin
77 Rue de Varenne, 7th Arr., Paris, 75007, France
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
Place de l'Opéra, 9th Arr., Paris, 75009, France
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
16 Rue du Repos, 20th Arr., Paris, 75020, France
This is the most visited cemetery in the world, and it has better residents than most cities.
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 Louvre
1st Arr., Paris, France
The numbers are staggering: 380,000 objects, 35,000 on display, 72,735 square meters of gallery space.
Tuileries Garden
Place de la Concorde, 8th Arr., Paris, 75001, France
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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