Museums, monuments and heritage
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Museums, monuments and heritage
Paris's museums showcase all the arts: painting, sculpture, photography, and more. Churches, palaces, bridges, fountains — Paris is world-famous for the beauty and number of its monuments. Take a stroll through the streets of Paris and admire its iconic architecture, both historic and modern.
Museum
Musée d'Orsay
The world's largest collection of Impressionist art, in a former railway station.
Monument
The Eiffel Tower
Iron lacework built for the 1889 World's Fair, the city's definitive symbol.
Monument
Arc de Triomphe
Napoleon's arch at the top of the Champs-Élysées, and the Flame of Remembrance.
Castle
Château de Versailles
The palace of the Sun King, its Hall of Mirrors and Le Nôtre's gardens.
Monument
Sainte-Chapelle
A 13th-century jewel box of 1,113 stained-glass windows on the Île de la Cité.
Monument
Opéra Garnier
Garnier's Second Empire masterpiece, crowned by Chagall's painted ceiling.