The Galliera Museum of fashion, a history of the 19th century, whose guiding line is the Duchess of Galliera and her Arts Collections. Now the Galliera Museum is one of the richest museums in the world to present the codes of dressing and clothing habits of France for the last 300 years. The Duchess of Galliera, born Marie Brignole-Sale Marie Brignole-Sale was born in Genoa (Italy) on April 5, 1811,
Guimet Asian-Arts Museum, or MNAAG for short, has been renovated in a masterly and contemporary manner. It is the largest European museum entirely dedicated to this region of the world. The Guimet Museum of Asian Arts is located at 6 place d’Iéna, 75116 Paris, near the statue of General George Washington and the building of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council (EESC). The Guimet Museum also manages the Buddhist Pantheon –
Museum of Man: a Museum-Laboratory The new Museum of Man inaugurated on October 15, 2015, remains faithful to the initial project of Paul Rivet, its founder, since, in the same building, the Passy wing of the Palais de Chaillot, it combines, like the Cité de l’architecture located in the other wing, research, and teaching center and a museum, comprising: a permanent interactive discovery tour (permanent exhibition) and temporary exhibitions (one
Square Charles-de-Gaulle, also called Place de l’Étoile, is a traffic circle located in Paris, straddling the 8th, 16th, and 17th arrondissements. Why “Place de l’Etoile” then “Square Charles-de-Gaulle” (Place Charles-de-Gaulle) ? By the decree of November 13, 1970, the Place de l’Etoile changes its name to officially become the “Place Charles-de-Gaulle“. This decree follows the death of Charles de Gaulle, which occurred on November 9 in his retreat in Colombey-les-Deux-Églises.
The Navy Museum (Musée de la Marine) is closed for renovation – Reopening in November 2023. The origin of the collections The collections come from various sources, the first being the one given to King Louis XV by Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceau (inspector general of the Navy). Installed in the Louvre from 1752 to 1793 and then closed because of the Revolution. In 1810, Napoleon 1st asked the engineer
The Paris Military Academy (Ecole Militaire of Paris) imposes its impressive facade, at the end of the Champ-de-Mars park, in the 7th district of Paris. Built from 1751 under the reign of Louis XV (1710-1774), it now groups together the organizations of higher military education. It is only visited once a year, on the 3rd weekend of September, on the occasion of the Heritage Days. On one of the most
The Cathedral Saint-Louis-des-Invalides is the work of the young architect Jules Hardouin-Mansart. In 1676, he was commissioned to build a church on the Parisian site of Les Invalides, dedicated to King Louis IX, canonized as Saint Louis (1214-1270). The construction of the Cathedral Saint-Louis-des-Invalides The Hotel des Invalides as a whole, the classical-style building, opened its doors to disabled war invalids as early as 1679. Jules Hardouin-Mansart completed this soldiers’
The Palais-de-Justice-de-la-Cité is located in the heart of Paris on the Île de la Cité of Paris, near the Sainte Chapelle, the Conciergerie and the Tour de l’Horloge. The Palais occupies more than 4 hectares (10 acres) on the ground and develops on the floors nearly 200,000 m². Inside, there are approximately 24 kilometers of corridors, 7,000 doors, and more than 3,150 windows. The history of the Palais-de-Justice-de-la-Cité is often
The Clock Tower: its origin as a simple watchtower The Clock Tower (Tour-de-l’Horloge) is located at the end of the Conciergerie and close to the Palais de Justice and Sainte Chapelle. It was part of the palace of the City, residence of the kings of France since Hugues Capet. King Jean II le Bon (John II the Good) had a tower built between 1350 and 1353. It was on an old
Column of la Bastille and the Révolution of July 1830 Column of la Bastille comes after the second revolution of 1830, the first being the “Révolution of 1789“. Charles X (brother of Louis XVI and Louis XVIII) tried to re-establish an authoritarian regime, by curbing the fervor of the liberal deputies with his “Saint-Cloud ordinances” of July 25, 1830. In response, Parisians rose up during battles that lasted three days
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