Le Bastille

The Bastille was a frotress that protected the oriental side of the city of Paris, for many centuries was an important place for the city's defense, but with the time it lost its strategic inportance and became a prision, now in its place is located the Place de la Bastille. Now on july 14 is celebrated the revolution that replaced the autocratic king Charles X with Louis-Philippe.

The Bastille Opera

Is a modern Opera Theater also called, was inaugurated on July 14, 1989 with the celebration of the storming of the Bastille bicentenary. This building can house 2,700 people, the design is functional and modern with the seats draped in black in contrast with the walls and to the glass ceiling. Has five mobile stages and is considered as a masterpiece of the technological ingenuity.

Place du Trocad�ro

Napol�on III ordered to construct a palace for his son in the Chaillot hill, at the end of the empire the Palace of Chaillot was built for the Universal Exposition of 1878. The palace had a Romanesque - bizantine-islamic style and was demolished in 1935 and in this place now is located the 'Palais du Trocad�ro', a neoclassic building that houses three museums, the Mus�e national de la Marine, the Mus�e de l'Homme and the Mus�e national des Monuments fran�ais.

The Eiffel Tower

The Eiffel Tower was constructed for the Exposition Universelle of 1889 in memory of the French Revolution, and was inaugurated on 31 March 1889, between the 700 proposition in contest it was the Gustavo Eiffels' the elected. At the beginning the tower was not accepted by everyone but now is one of the most visited places around the world. With 320,75 m and a weight of 7300 tons it has become in 1930 in the tallest building of the world, it almost dissapeared in 1909 but fortunately we can see it until now.

Les Invalides

Louis XIV constructed this building for his soldiers, it was designated to house all the invalid soldiers and disabled people, it was inaugurated in 1674, but was concluded three years after by architect Jules Hardouin Mansart and his young pupil Robert de Cotte. This building housed at the end of 17th century to 4000 disabled.

H�tel de Ville

The Neo-Renaissance style building was constructed in 1873 and was located near the Pompidou Centre, It was reconstructed and replaced an old building destroyed by fire in 1871 during the Paris Revolution. The square were an execution place in old times. Revaillac, the murdered of Henry IV was killed here in 1610. Each one of the rooms were decorated by important artists of the 19th century.

Saint-Denis Basilica

Constructed over the Saint Denis sepulture, the Basilica was the first place of peregrination, and iluminated in this period the artistic history, politic and spiritual cultivating privileged links with the French royalty. The Saint-Denis commune is home to France's national stadium, Stade de France, built for the 1998 Football World Cup.

Tour Montparnasse

This tour was constructed from 1969 to 1972, has a central cement node resistant to the wind and the floors' weight, its height is of 210-metre (689-foot) and is the tallest skyscraper in France. 52 of the 59 floors are designated for offices and houses 5000 people aprox.