Arc de Triomphe

The Arc de Triomphe is located in the centre of the Place Charles de Gaulle at the western end of the Champs-�lys�es, and is really three arches: the main lateral arch and two perpendicular arches that support the north and south columns.

Arc of Triomphe

La Grande Arche

The Grande Arche de la Fraternit� is a monument located in La D�fense at the west of Paris, it's used as a huge government office building. It is usually known as the Arche de la D�fense or simply as La Grande Arche, and was designed by Danish architect Otto van Spreckelsen.

Le Louvre

The Louvre Museum is a famous and historic museum, is the most visited in France, and holds many works of art, the Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa, the Venus de Milo and the Winged Victory of Samothrace are a few examples.

The Orsay Museum

The Mus�e d'Orsay is an art gallery that holds many paintings, sculptures and photography, Monet, Mattise and Van Gogh's works of art are the most important here. This museum was constructed where the train station was located.

The Pompidou Centre

The Pompidou Centre was constructed between 1971 and 1977, receives 25,000 people a day, is located near Le Marais and Les Halles, is also known as Beaubourg. The building style is very modern and it houses the Centre's National Museum of Modern Art which occupies two floors for some 40.000 works.