It's the world's most famous cathedral: Notre Dame de Paris. With Monsieur de France, discover 7 things you need to know when you visit. The dimensions, the symbols to discover, the events that the embodiment of the soul of historic Paris has lived through. A journey into imagination, beauty and hope: that's what you'll experience when you enter Notre Dame.
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Paris and Ile de France
Paris City Hall: the beating heart of the capital
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It's the most famous city hall in France, and for good reason: it's the capital of the country. Paris City Hall is also the largest city hall in Europe. A place of history, it is the last of several buildings to embody the city of Paris in stone. Discover its history and symbols with Monsieur de France.
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Which is the most beautiful bridge in Paris?
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It's without doubt the most beautiful bridge in Paris: the Pont Alexandre III. A symbol of Franco-Russian friendship in the early 20th century, it was built in 3 years for the 1900 Universal Exhibition. Linking the Invalides, it's one of the most photographed spots in the capital, and well deserved.
The Bois de Boulogne is one of Paris's two great parks, along with the Bois de Vincennes. A deep forest in the Middle Ages, a den of brigands, a place of pleasure in the 18th century, it became a public park under Napoleon III in the 19th century. These 846 hectares offer a beautiful nature trail not far from the Eiffel Tower. Discover what you can see there and its astonishing history with Monsieur de France.
The Grand Palais in Paris boasts a series of impressive figures: 4 architects, 6,000 tonnes of steel, 72,000 m2 of surface area, including 13,500 m2 under the nave, which is the largest glass roof in Europe, and 200,000 tonnes of stone. A unique building, with a unique color, the color of reseda (60 tons of paint are needed for the nave alone), whose dome rises to 60 meters (3 meters higher than the second floor of the Eiffel Tower) and which attracts over 2,000,000 visitors a year, on the banks of the Seine.
C'est un endroit mythique de Paris. Né en 1889, le Moulin Rouge c'est 365 jours de spectacle sur 365 jours dans l'année et le fameux french cancan. S'offrir une soirée au Moulin Rouge, comme le font 600 000 personnes chaque année, c'est s'offrir un moment de rêve, de bonne humeur, de paillettes et d'étonnement devant les prouesses physique des danseuses de French Cancan
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What is the most beautiful opera house in the world?
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The Palais Garnier in Paris is the most beautiful opera house in the world. Inaugurated on 5 January 1875, it seats 1979 in an absolutely magical auditorium. With more than 200 curtain-raisers a year and almost a million visitors a year, it is the temple of Music and Dance. s School of the famous "petits rats de Paris" and above all a place dedicated to music and dance, as well as choreography, it is one of the most beautiful adornments of the French capital. Discover its history and what you should see.
The catacombs are one of the strangest and most mysterious places in Paris. Originally, the galleries were the stone quarries used to build Paris and Notre Dame in particular. It was in the 19th century that they became what we know today and can even visit: a gigantic ossuary. Why was this done? For reasons of public health...
It is one of the largest and tallest monuments in Paris. Its dome can be seen from afar and it covers a place where the greatest French geniuses are laid to rest. A journey through French history and an architectural feat: the Panthéon is a place of French pride. Here's the story and the tour with Monsieur de France.
The metro is inseparable from Paris. From its date of birth to the famous crickets that make noise in the tunnels. From the shortest line to the slowest, discover 10 amusing anecdotes about the Paris metro.
