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The 7 most important sights, Montmartre and the streets of Paris, great and small moments history (Notre Dame, the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe, the Louvre...), you can find all this in the multilingual audio guides.

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Where the Cars Rouges stop.

Eiffel Tower

From the beginning, people were indignant in the name of french art and history.

Arc de Triomphe

You will see that this patriotic symbol has been confirmed by history.

Le Louvre

Did you know that it took over 800 years to construct it ?

Where the Cars Rouges don't stop.

Porte de Samois

It's one of the town's fortified gates, and thus built into the protective walls.

The Francis I Facade

This façade was once the gallery that decorated the house of Nicolas Chabouillé, finance officer of Francis I.

Barley sugar

"Madeleine de Proust" and barley sugar in Moret

The church

The Notre-Dame church is surprising in that it almost appears to grow out of the ground !

The church, interior presentation

The organ, in a typical Renaissance style, is one of the oldest in France.

Sisley's House

Alfred Sisley was a famous impressionist painter of English origin.

The keep

The keep is the only remaining part of the old royal castle.

The Quai des Laveuses

In the Middle Ages, the town was encircled by its walls.

The Porte de Bourgogne

The town had a fortified gate at either end of its main street.

Margaron Meadow

This is a lovely spot to idle time away by the river Loing.

Sisley and the landscapes of Moret

Sisley painted a number of motifs and moods in Moret-sur-Loing

The Ramparts

A large part of the ramparts was destroyed in the early 19th century.

The Town Hall Square

Most of the buildings on the square outside the town hall, Place de l'Hôtel de Ville, date from the early 20th century.

The Moorish Nun

Who was this dark-skinned nun in the Convent of Moret ?

Bust of Sisley

On Sisley's death, his friend the painter Claude Monet organised an exhibition in Paris.

Statue - Museum

This statue was erected at the end of the 19th century, proof that this district has a long history.

Agam Fountain

Agam settled in France in 1950. A prolix creator, it was he who launched "la cinétique", the art of movement.

Esplanade

Its origins date back to when Louis the 14th extended the Tuileries Garden with an alley planted with elms in 1670….

The vines

Yes, you heard correctly: vines in La Défense, in the very heart of the business district. They were planted in 2007 thanks to their sponsors, Anne Roumanoff and Bernard Laporte.

Takis Basin

This basin was created in 1988 by the Greek artist Takis. It is a 28,000 square foot mirror of water.

La Defense 2

The district welcomes 150,000 wage earners into more than 32 million square feet of office space on a daily basis

Parc Diderot

This park with a surface area of about 2.5 acres was designed by one of the 20th century's greatest landscape archtiects : Alain Provost.

Circular Boulevard

EPAD's city planners chose to apply Le Corbusier's principles by separating the circulation of pedestrians and cars.

Aréva and Total Towers

Buit in 1974, the Areva Tower is often presented as one of La Défense's most beautiful. Roger Saubot and François Julien, the tower's two architects, say they were inspired by Stanley Kubrick's film 2001: A Space Odyssey

Parvis and Place de La Défense

We call it the red spider. It was installed in 1976 and is 50 feet high. Calder himself chose where it would stand.

Notre Dame de Pentecôte

Its architect, Franck Hammoutène, wanted it to blend, as well as possible, into its monumental surroundings

The CNIT

The CNIT is a large building with a rounded roof. It was inaugurated in September of 1958 by President Coty and General de Gaulle, who was then his President of Council

Quatre Temps

In 1981, the Quatre Temps saw the light of day. More than 200 shops and a hyper-market are found within

Grande Arche 3600

The Grande Arche was inaugurated on the 14th of July 1989 for the bicentennial of the French Revolution.

The future of La Défense

Now more than ever the district can be reached without the use of cars : indeed, between now and 2020 EOLE, the future RER E line, will provide a direct connection between La Défense and the Saint Lazare train station

Place du tertre

Since 15th century, the place du Tertre has hardly changed.

Eglise Saint Pierre

The gate that you see on your right, opened into a vineyard and the abbeys grape press.

Rue Cortot (musée)

A plaque at number 4 rue Cortot tells us that the musician Erik Satie lived there.

Le lapin Agile

The vineyard was planted in 1930 to commemorate the vines that used to cover the hill.

Square Dalida

Dalida spent 25 years liveng in Montmartre.

Place Marcel Aymé

In Montmartre, Marcel Yamé and the good looking Jena Maris did not by unnoticed...

Bateau Lavoir

Compartmentabilised into 15 tiny living quarters consisting of one room...

Notre-Dame de Paris

In his novel « Notre Dame de Paris » Victor Hugo was very perceptive.

Saint-Germain des Prés

This area, some say this village, is famous throughout the world.

Sacré Coeur

Do you know why the Sacre-Cœur is perched on this hill at an altitude of 129 meters ?

Beaubourg

Did president George Pompidou have any idea how successful the center would be ?

Musée du Quai Branly

A place dedicated to the arts and non-western civilizations, hidden within a garden unlike any other…