[A] Arc de
Triomphe commissioned by Napoleon in 1806, shortly after his
victory at Austerlitz.
[B] La
Madeleine originally built by Napoléon as a "Temple of Glory" to
his
Grande Armée.
[C]Opéra
Garnier. Built over an underground lake during the years 1861
and 1875, it is an ornate
building richly decorated with friezes, columns, and winged figures
among other statues and
embellishments.
[D] Place de
la Concorde with the
Obelisk of Luxor at its centre.
[E] Palais
Royal. The courtyard and garden is open to the public.
[ F ] Hôtel
National des Invalides. Built in 1670 by Louis XIV, it now
houses the tomb of Emperor
Napoléon.
[G] The
Conciergerie on the Ile de la Cité the notorious place of
torture and imprisonment, where
Marie Antoinette was incarcerated.
[H] Hotel
de Ville, Paris's Town Hall, but one with a very turbulent past.
[I]Memorial
to the Unknown Jewish Martyr 17, rue Geoffroy l'Asnier,
commemorates European Jews who died
in the Holocaust of World War II.
[J] Hôtel de
Sens, one of only three medieval private residences remaining in
Paris, it now is the home of
the
Bibliothèque Forney.
[K] Hôtel de
Lamoignon currently the home of the Historical Library of the
City of Paris.
[L] Hôtel de
Sully. Buit in 1625, it is currently occupied by the
Caisse
Nationale des Monuments
Historiques et des Sites.
[M] Place
des Vosges - the oldests square in Paris, constructed between
1605 and 1612.
[N] Colonne
de Juillet marking the site of the original
Bastille
prison.
[O]Opéra
National de Paris - Bastille. Opened in 1989, this unusual
building is characterised by the
transparency of its façades and the use of the same materials inside
and out.
[P]Mémorial
des Martyrs de la Déportation dedicated to the memory of the
200,000 people deported from
France to the German concentration camps during World War II.
[Q] Luxembourg Palace and Gardens built for Marie de Medicis
between 1615 and 1627.
[R] Le
Panthéon. Voltaire, Rousseau, Mirabeau, Marat, Victor Hugo, and
Emile Zola are buried here.
[S] Observatoire de Paris. Reputedly, the first observatory
built in the world.