Paris

Paris
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Instance of	capital,; commune of France with specific status,; departments of France (loi du 10 juillet 1964 portant réorganisation de la région parisienne, Seine),; episcopal see,; big city,; city with millions of inhabitants
Part of	Île-de-France
Named after	Parisii;
Location	Metropolis of Greater Paris, Île-de-France, France
Located in or next to body of water	Seine,; bassin de la Villette,; Canal Saint-Martin,; Canal de l'Ourcq
Diocese	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paris;
Legislative body	council of Paris;
Currency	euro (1 January 2002);
Head of government	Anne Hidalgo (5 April 2014, Socialist Party);
Inception	3rd century BC;
Population	2,206,488 (2015);
Area	105.4 km²;
Elevation above sea level	28 ±1 m;
Drainage basin	Seine basin;
IATA airport code	PAR;
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Object location	48° 51′ 23.68″ N, 2° 21′ 06.58″ E	View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap - Google Earth	48.856578; 2.351828

Paris is the capital of France.

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1 Pronunciation
2 Panorama
3 Symbol
4 Geographic map
- 4.1 History map
- 4.2 Satellite imagery
5 Monument
- 5.1 Eiffel tower
- 5.2 Palais Garnier
- 5.3 Grand Palais and Petit Palais
- 5.4 Arc de Triomphe
- 5.5 Louvre Palace
- 5.6 Les Invalides
- 5.7 See also
6 Churches
- 6.1 Notre Dame de Paris
- 6.2 Sainte Chapelle
- 6.3 Sacré-Cœur
- 6.4 See also
7 Museum
- 7.1 Louvre Museum
- 7.2 Musée d'Orsay
- 7.3 See also
8 Park and Garden
9 Seine in Paris
- 9.1 Bridge
- 9.2 See also
10 Fountain and Sculpture
11 Square
12 Arrondissement of Paris
13 Street and Administrative quarter of Paris
14 Architectural element
15 Theatre, Convention center
16 City hall
17 Retail area
- 17.1 Café, restaurant and hotel
- 17.2 Shop
18 Public transport
- 18.1 Railway station
- 18.2 Paris Métro
- 18.3 Other transport stations
19 University, Lyceum, Library
20 Sports venue
21 Suburb
- 21.1 La Défense
- 21.2 Basilica of Saint-Denis
- 21.3 Versailles
- 21.4 Other places in Parisian suburbs
22 History of Paris
23 Painting, Drawing
24 Occurrence
- 24.1 Roller skating and Cycle sport

Pronunciation[edit]

Panorama[edit]

Main category: Landscapes of Paris

View of the north west of Paris from the Eiffel Tower

View over Paris, at dusk, from the Maine-Montparnasse tower

View of Paris from the Arc de Triomphe

Symbol[edit]

Main category: Symbols of Paris

Flag of Paris
Coat of arms of Paris
Insigne Lutetiae Coronatum (2016)
Grandes armes de Paris (2014)
Grandes armes de la ville de Paris (2009)

Geographic map[edit]

Main gallery: Maps of Paris.

History map[edit]

Main category: Old maps of Paris

Lutetia, the first map of Paris
508
1223
1575
1615
1657
17th century
1736
1740

Satellite imagery[edit]

Main category: Satellite pictures of Paris

10m/pixel, city
Landsat view (false colours), city
10m/pixel, city
Landsat view (false colours), city

Monument[edit]

Main category: Buildings in Paris

Eiffel tower[edit]

Main gallery: Tour Eiffel.

At sunrise from the Trocadero
From south, Trocadero garden
From north, Avenue de New York along the Seine River
La belle de Paris !
From Cité de l’Architecture, in Chaillot Palace
General view over Paris around Trocadero

Palais Garnier[edit]

Main gallery: Palais Garnier.

Facade
Nighttime view
circa 1900
date QS:P,+1900-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Le Grand foyer
Main staircase
Pavillon de l’Empereur (left side)
detail: Roof
view: from avenue de l'Opéra

Grand Palais and Petit Palais[edit]

Main galleries: Grand Palais and Petit Palais.

Aerial photography
Grand Palais and
Pont Alexandre III

Arc de Triomphe[edit]

Main gallery: Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile.

Aerial photography

Louvre Palace[edit]

Main gallery: Palais du Louvre.

Aerial photography
Richelieu wing

Les Invalides[edit]

Main gallery: Hôtel des Invalides.

Garden

The Invalides
Sarcophagus of
Napoleon
(Quartzite of Karelia)
Tribune organ of the Hotel des Invalides

Churches[edit]

Main gallery: Churches in Paris.

Notre Dame de Paris[edit]

Main gallery: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris.

Notre-Dame de Paris au printemps
westside
detail of the westside
Lower part of the front westside
view from east
view from south east
view from south east by night
westside, portal of the last judgement
Gargoyle
inside
inside
north rose

Sainte Chapelle[edit]

Main gallery: Sainte-Chapelle.

upper level
low level
detail
rose window
view from north

Sacré-Cœur[edit]

Main gallery: Basilique du Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre.

View from the foot of the hill
Outside
Inside
Skyline
Low-angle shot
Sacré-coeur roof

Museum[edit]

Main category: Museums in Paris

Louvre Museum[edit]

Main gallery: Louvre.

Nighttime view
Entrance
(Louvre Pyramid)
The fall of Icarus
(Merry-Joseph Blondel, 1819)
Greek antiquities, room 17
The Seated Scribe
(anonymous, 2600 BC)
Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss
(Antonio Canova, 1793)
Tomb of Philippe Pot
(anonymous, 1477)
Mona Lisa
(Leonardo da Vinci, between 1503 and 1506
date QS:P,+1503-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1503-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1506-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
)
Liberty Leading the People
(Eugène Delacroix, 1830)

Musée d'Orsay[edit]

Main gallery: Musée d'Orsay.

Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night Over the Rhone
Luncheon on the Grass from Edouard Manet
Gustave Courbet, The painter's atelier, detail
Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night Over the Rhone
La Moulin de la Galette from Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Hébé endormie from Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
Masc from Louis Welden Hawkins

Park and Garden[edit]

Main category: Green spaces in Paris

Seine in Paris[edit]

Main category: Seine River in Paris

Bridge[edit]

Main category: Bridges in Paris

Pont des Arts (nighttime view)

Fountain and Sculpture[edit]

Main categories: Sculptures in Paris and Fountains in Paris

Fontaines de la Concorde
Medici Fountain
Fontaine des Innocents
Fontaine Saint-Michel
Fontaine Saint-Sulpice
Fontaine de l'Observatoire
Wallace fountain
Fontaine Cuvier
Fontaine du Château d'eau
Fontaine du Palmier
Fountain of place de la Contrescarpe
tête de boeuf, 8, rue des Hospitalières-Saint-Gervais
Le Bon Samaritain, sculpture de François-Léon Sicard (1896) et l'araignée de Louise Bourgeois aux Tuileries.
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Square[edit]

Main category: Squares in Paris

Arrondissement of Paris[edit]

Paris contains 20 districts or arrondissements.

Street and Administrative quarter of Paris[edit]

Main category: Streets in Paris

Les Halles

Ile de la Cité view from Notre Dame
A picture taken in Paris in 1910.
Avenue des Champs-Élysées view from Arc de Triomphe
Avenue des Champs-Élysées view from Concorde
Avenue de la Grande-Armée view from Arc de Triomphe
Avenue des Champs-Élysées
Avenue de la Grande-Armée
Île de la Cité
Rue de Rivoli
Rue Rollin
Rue Saint-Jacques, Paris and Lycée Louis-le-Grand
Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré
Rue Abel
Rue Montgallet
Avenue d'Italie
Neighborhood of Beaugrenelle
Rue Oberkampf
Bassin de la Villette
Hôtel Duret de Chevry
Quai de Grenelle

Architectural element[edit]

Main category: Architectural elements in Paris

Entrance Petit Palais
Roofs, "Ile de la Cité" 1st district
Door (1714), 5th district
Door (1657) , 5th district
Door (e.1600), 5th district
Door Art Nouveau (1904), rue du Champ de Mars, 7th district
Door Art Nouveau (1900), av. Rapp, 7th district
Building Art Nouveau (1900), av. Rapp, 7th district

Theatre, Convention center[edit]

Main category: Theaters in Paris

Comédie-Française
Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe
Théâtre du Châtelet
Theater : "Théatre de la Ville" from the side and "Tour St Jacques"
Theater : "Théatre de la Ville" from the "Place du Chatelet"
Théâtre de la Renaissance
Bataclan
Olympia
Opéra-Comique
Pleyel hall
La Cigale
Cinema Bibliothèque F Mitterrand
Maison de la Mutualité
Moulin Rouge
Le Palace

City hall[edit]

Main gallery: Hôtel de Ville de Paris.

Nighttime view
Courtyard
Fountain

Retail area[edit]

Main category: Commerce in Paris

Café, restaurant and hotel[edit]

Main category: Hospitality buildings in Paris

Shop[edit]

Main category: Shops in Paris

Galeries Lafayette
(dome)
Galeries Lafayette departement store: inside the main building
Galeries Lafayette departement store: by night at Christmas
Bazar de l'Hôtel de Ville
(facade)
Le Bon Marché
(facade)
Le Bon Marché
(interior)
La Samaritaine
(facade)
Printemps
(facade)
Printemps
(nighttime view)
Rue Mouffetard
Stand of a bouquiniste (french term for second-hand books resellers)
Chanel
(Place Vendôme)
Passage Jouffroy
Galerie Colbert
Galerie Vivienne
Galerie Vivienne
(Q39659461)
Flea market
(Porte de Clignancourt)
Bakery
Grocery store
Louis Vuitton

Public transport[edit]

Main category: Transport in Paris

Railway station[edit]

Main category: Rail transport in Paris

Paris Métro[edit]

Main gallery: Paris Metro.

Other transport stations[edit]

RER (Transilien)

Tramways in Île-de-France

See also

University, Lyceum, Library[edit]

Main categories: Universities and colleges in Paris and Libraries in Paris

Sports venue[edit]

Main category: Sports venues in Paris

Suburb[edit]

La Défense[edit]

Main gallery: La Défense.

View from Arc de Triomphe
Skyline
view from the Grande Arche
view from Saint-Cloud

Basilica of Saint-Denis[edit]

Main category: Basilique Saint-Denis

Nave
The northwest nave
Louis XVI of France and Marie Antoinette
(Tomb)
Tomb of Clovis II (foreground) and Charles Martel

Versailles[edit]

Main gallery: Versailles.

Other places in Parisian suburbs[edit]

Château de Champs-sur-Marne

History of Paris[edit]

Main category: History of Paris

rue Saint-Denis
(1802)
Eiffel tower
(1888)
Exposition Universelle of 1900
(entrance)
Porte Saint-Denis
(1908)
Grand Hôtel at the corner of Place de l'Opéra
(1890)
Paris
(1890)
Monument to the Republic
(1890)

Painting, Drawing[edit]

Main category: Paintings of Paris

Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, October
(1416)
Ball at the Wedding of the Duke of Joyeuse
(1581)
Battle of the Faubourg St Antoine
(1652)
The Pont Neuf and the Samaritaine, Nicolas-Jean-Baptiste Raguenet
(18th century)
Français : Louis XV sortant du lit de justice tenu au parlement le 12 septembre 1715 from Pierre-Denis Martin (1673-1742)
Français : Prise de la Bastille (1789) from Charles Thévenin (1793)
Français : Fête de la Fédération (1790) from Charles Thévenin
Français : Démolition de l'église Saint-Barthélemy (1791) Pierre-Antoine Demachy
"Absolutely no agreement" (ca 1790) from Louis-Leopold Boilly (ca 1797)
"Passer Payez", ca. 1803 from Louis-Leopold Boilly.
Entrance to a free show at the Ambigu-Comique Theatre from Louis-Léopold Boilly (1819)
French Revolution of 1830 from Horace Vernet
French Revolution of 1830 from Hippolyte Lecomte
Porte Saint-Denis vers 1840 par Ph. Benoist
St. Germain l'Auxerrois
(Claude Monet, 1867)
Le Pont Neuf
(Claude Monet, 1873)
Boulevard des Capucines
(Claude Monet, 1873)
Le pont de l'Europe
(Gustave Caillebotte, 1876)
Paris Street; Rainy Day
(Gustave Caillebotte, 1877)
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(Gustave Caillebotte, 1878)
Boulevard Montmartre, soleil après-midi
(Camille Pissarro, 1897)
Street in Montmartre
(Willem de Zwart, between 1885 and 1931
date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1885-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1931-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
)
La Rue Montorgueil
(Claude Monet, 1886)
The Eiffel Tower
(Henri Rousseau, 1898)