List of places of interest in Paris

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Height comparison of some Paris sights

Notre-Dame de Paris

Eiffel Tower at night

The article includes a list of places of interest in Paris and the surrounding area:

Museums and galleries (by arrondissement)

(see also complete list of Paris museums )

1st arrondissement
- Musée des Arts décoratifs
- National Gallery of Jeu de Paume
- Musee du Louvre
- Musée des Lunettes et Lorgnettes Pierre Marly
- Musée de la Mode et du Textile
- Musée de l'Orangerie , in the orangery of the Tuileries Gardens
- Pavilion des Arts
- Musée de la Publicité

2nd arrondissement
- Cabinet des Médailles et Antiques, in the Old French National Library

3rd arrondissement
- Musée des Archives Nationales, Hôtel de Soubise ( Archives nationales )
- Musée d'art et d'histoire du Judaïsme (Museum of the Art and History of Judaism)
- Musée des arts et métiers , art and trade museum in the former abbey of St-Martin-des-Champs
- Musée Carnavalet Museum of Paris' urban history in the Hôtels Carnavalet and Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau
- Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature , hunting museum in the Hôtel de Guénégaud des Brosses
- Musée Cognacq-Jay, 18th century municipal museum
- Musée Picasso , in the Hôtel Salé
- Musée du Center Culturel Suédois, museum of the Swedish Cultural Center in the Hôtel de Marle

4th arrondissement
- Musée National d'Art Moderne in the Center Georges Pompidou
- Maison Européenne de la Photographie, European House of Photography
- Maison de Victor Hugo, Victor Hugo House
- Musée de la Curiosité and Académie de la Magie
- Musée Notre-Dame de Paris in the Cathedral Notre-Dame de Paris
- Archaeological Crypt of Notre-Dame (Crypte archéologique de Notre-Dame)
- Trésor de Notre Dame, treasure trove of Notre-Dame de Paris
- Pavillon de l'Arsenal
- Musée Adam Mickiewicz, Bleslas Biegas, Salon Chopin

5th arrondissement
- Musée de l'Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris in the Hôtel de Miramion
- Center de la Mer et des Eaux in the Oceanographic Institute
- Musée national du Moyen Age in the Hôtel de Cluny next to the thermal baths of Cluny
- Musée de l ' Institut du Monde Arabe
- Muséum national d'histoire naturelle , natural science museum in the Jardin des Plantes (Botanical Garden) with its Galerie de l'évolution
- Musée de la Police, police museum
- Musée Singer Polignac with works by Paul Gauguin

6th arrondissement
- Zadkine Museum

7th arrondissement
- Musée d'Orsay in the former Gare d'Orsay
- Musée du quai Branly
- Musée Rodin in the Hôtel Biron

8th arrondissement
- Musée des Arts asiatiques de la Ville de Paris - Cernuschi, Museum of Asian Art
- Musée du Petit Palais , municipal museum of fine arts

9th arrondissement
- Musée de la Vie Romantique in the Hôtel Scheffer-Renan

14th arrondissement
- Cartier Foundation
- Musée de l'Observatoire (visits only on prior written request)

15th arrondissement
- Bourdelle Museum
- Mémorial du Maréchal Leclerc de Hauteclocque et de la Liberation de Paris
- Jean Moulin Museum
- Pasteur Museum; the Pasteur Museum is the oldest building of the Pasteur Institute in Paris
- Musée Mendjisky - École de Paris (Art)

16th arrondissement
- Musée d'art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
- Maison de Balzac, House of Balzac
- Musée Galliera, municipal fashion museum
- Guimet Museum
- Marmottan Monet Museum
- Musée des Monuments français in the Palais de Chaillot
- Louis Vuitton Foundation - Le Vaisseau de verre (Glass Ship) by Frank Gehry , Bois de Boulogne 2014

18th arrondissement
- Musee de Montmartre

19th arrondissement
- Parc de la Villette

Profane buildings

in Paris (selection, alphabetical)
- Arena of Lutetia , 5th Arrdt.
- Bibliothèque nationale de France (Site Richelieu-Louvois), 2nd arrondissement
- Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris , 14th Arrdt.
- Conciergerie , part of the Palais de la Cité, 1st Arrdt.
- Eiffel Tower , landmark of the city, 7. Arrdt.
- Hôtel de Ville , City Hall , 4th Arrdt.
- Louvre , former royal palace, museum, 1st Arrdt.
- Moulin Rouge , 18th arrdt.
- Opéra Garnier , 9th arrdt.
- Opéra Bastille , 12th arrdt.
- Palais de la Cité , former royal castle, Palais de Justice , 1st Arrdt.
- Palais du Luxembourg , former country palace of the Queen Mother, seat of the Senate , 6th Arrdt.

City Palace (Hôtels particuliers)

see also: Hôtel particulier

in the Marais district (selection, chronological)
- Hôtel de Sens (1474, 1507-1519), 4th Arrdt.
- Hôtel de Carnavalet (1548–1560), houses the Museum of Paris City History, 3rd Arrdt.
- Hôtel d'Albret (1550, enlarged in the 18th century), 4th Arrdt.
- Hôtel Lamoignon (1594–1598), houses the library of Paris city history, 4th Arrdt.
- Hôtels der Place des Vosges (1605–1612), 3rd Arrdt.
- Hôtel de Mayenne (1613–1617, changed 1709), 4th Arrdt.
- Hôtel de Sully (1624–1630), houses the Monument Preservation Association, 3rd Arrdt.
- Hôtel de Saint-Aignan (1644–1650), houses the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme (Museum of the Art and History of Judaism), 3rd Arrdt.
- Hôtel Gunénégaud (1648–1651?), Houses the Hunting Museum, 3rd Arrdt.
- Hôtel de Beauvais (1654), 4th arrdt.
- Hôtel Salé (1656), houses the Picasso Museum, 3rd Arrdt.
- Hôtel Libéral Bruant (1685), 3rd Arrdt.
- Hôtel de Saint-Fargeau (1686), belongs to the Museum of Paris City History, 3rd Arrdt.
- Hôtel Mansart de Sagonne (1699), private residence, 4th arrdt.
- Hôtel de Soubise (1705–1709), houses the National Archives, 3rd Arrdt.
- Hôtel de Rohan Strasbourg (1708), 3rd Arrdt.
- Hôtel d'Hallevyl (early 18th century), 3rd Arrdt.

on the Ile Saint-Louis (selection)
- Hotel Lambert (1639), 4th arrdt.
- Hôtel de Lauzun (1657–1658), 4th Arrdt.
in the Faubourg Saint-Honoré (selection)
- Élysée Palace , formerly the Hôtel d'Evreux (1718), residence of the French President (not open to the public), 8th Arrdt.

in Faubourg Saint-Germain (selection, chronological)
- Hôtel Beauharnais (1713), residence of the German ambassador (not open to the public), 7. Arrdt.
- Palais Bourbon (1722), seat of the National Assembly (visits by appointment only), 7th Arrdt.
- Hôtel Matignon (1721–1723), residence of the French Prime Minister (not open to the public), 7th Arrdt.
- Hôtel de Lassay (1724), residence of the President of the National Assembly (not open to the public), 7th Arrdt.
- Hôtel Biron (1728), houses the Musée Rodin , 7th Arrdt.

Churches and monasteries

Romanesque

St. Aignan (closed), 4th Arrdt.
St. Germain-des-Prés (around 1000–1163), heavily changed, 6. Arrdt.
St-Martin-des-Champs (1125–1250), since 1798 part of the Musée des arts et métiers
St-Pierre de Montmartre (1134 - 15th century), 18th Arrdt.
St-Julien-le-Pauvre (1170 - 17th century), 5th Arrdt.

Gothic

Collège des Bernardins (13th / 14th century), 5th arrondissement
Notre-Dame de Paris (1163–1345) (closed for several years after a fire), 4th Arrdt.
Sainte-Chapelle (1244–1248), 1st Arrdt.
Parish church Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois (1220 - 15th century), 1st arrdt.
Parish Church of Saint-Séverin (1220 - 15th century), 5th arrdt.
Saint-Eustache (1492–1626), 4th Arrdt.
Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais , Parish Church (1494–1621), 4th Arrdt.
St. Jacques-de-la-Boucherie (Tour St. Jacques, around 1500), tower, 4th Arrdt.
Parish Church of Saint-Étienne-du-Mont (1515–1612), 5th Arrdt.
Parish Church of St. Merry (16th century), 4th Arrdt.

French Classicism (Baroque)

Port Royal de Paris (around 1620), monastery cloister (no visits) 14th Arrdt.
St. Paul-Saint-Louis (1627-1641)
St. Ursule-de-la-Sorbonne (1635), 5th Arrdt.
St. Louis des Invalides (1671–1679), 7. Arrdt.
Chapelle Royale des Invalides (1670–1691), 7. Arrdt.

18th century

Saint-Sulpice (1649 - 18th century), 6th Arrdt.

19th and 20th centuries

Notre-Dame-de-Lorette (1823–1836), 9th Arrdt.
La Madeleine (1806–1842), 8. Arrdt.
St. Vincent-de-Paul (1824–1844), 10. Arrdt.
La Trinité (Paris) (1861–1867), 9th Arrdt.
St-Augustin (1860–1871), 8. Arrdt.
St-Pierre de Montrouge (1863–1872), 14. Arrdt.
Sacré-Cœur (1875–1920), 18. Arrdt.
St-Jean de Montmartre (1894–1904), 18th Arrdt.
Saint-Christophe-de-Javel, (1926–1930) 15th Arrdt.

Other sacred buildings

Squares and streets

Places, in chronological order:
- Place des Vosges (1605–1611), 3rd / 4th Arrdt.
- Place Dauphine (1607–1612), 1st Arrdt.
- Place des Victoires (1675), 1st / 2nd arrdt.
- Place Vendôme (1690-1720), 1st Arrdt.
- Place de la Concorde (1755, unfinished), in the east of the 8th Arrdt.
- Place de la Bastille (1792), 4th / 11th / 12th arrdt.
- Place du Trocadéro et du 11 Novembre , 16th Arrdt.
- Place Charles-de-Gaulle- Étoile (1853)
- Place du Tertre , 18th Arrdt. - Montmartre

Streets, in alphabetical order:
- Avenue des Champs-Élysées , 8th Arrdt.
- Ax historique
- Quai d'Orsay
- Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré , 8th arrdt.
- Rue Saint-Martin (3rd / 4th arrdt.)
- Rue Saint-Jacques (5th arrdt.)

bridges

Passerelle Simone de Beauvoir (2006)
Petit Pont (1853)
Pont Alexandre III (1900)
Pont des Arts (1804)
Pont au Change (1860)
Pont au Double (1881-1883)
Pont Neuf (1578 - ???)
Pont Notre-Dame (1910-1914)
Pont Saint-Michel (1857)
Pont Mirabeau (1893-1896)
Pont de Bir-Hakeim (1903-1905)

See also about the Seine bridges there ...

Districts worth seeing

Miscellaneous

Street furniture:
- Wallace fountain , spread all over the city
- Colonnes Morris, “Advertising” pillars
- Hector Guimard metro stations
Worth seeing infrastructure:
- The Égouts , the Parisian sewer system
graveyards

Sights in the Paris area

Disneyland Resort Paris , leisure complex (in Marne-la-Vallée approx. 30 km east of Paris )
La Défense , business district (to the west of Paris )
Fontainebleau Castle
Malmaison Castle (in Rueil-Malmaison, west of Paris )
Versailles Palace (in Versailles southwest of Paris )
Stade de France , France's national stadium (in Saint-Denis , a northern suburb of Paris )
Cimetière des chiens , dog cemetery (in Asnières-sur-Seine north-west of Paris , closed )