Sights & Attractions in Paris

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Things to Do in Around the Louvre

Name	Category	Location

Bibliothèque Nationale Richelieu Superceded by the Bibliothèque Nationale François-Mitterand...	Libraries	Around the Louvre

Bourse du Commerce Best approached from the rear, the old Commerce Exchange looks...	Financial Institutions	Around the Louvre

Comédie Française Refined productions by Molière and Racine are staged regularly...	Arts / Performance Venues	Around the Louvre

Église de la Madeleine With its rows of uncompromising columns, this enormous neoclassical...	Religious Sites	Around the Louvre

Église St-Germain-l'Auxerrois Founded in 500 AD, this grand church across from the Louvre's...	Religious Sites	Around the Louvre


Galerie Véro-Dodat A lovely 19th-century passage, gorgeously restored, the Véro-Dodat...	Stores / Malls	Around the Louvre

Galerie Vivienne Considered the grande dame of Paris's 19th-century passages...	Stores / Malls	Around the Louvre

Jardin des Tuileries The quintessential French garden, with its verdant lawns, manicured...	Parks	Around the Louvre

Les Arts Décoratifs Sharing a wing of the Musée du Louvre, but with a separate...	Museums / Galleries	Around the Louvre

Les Halles For 800 years, Paris was fed by the acres of food halls overflowing...	Historic Districts / Sites	Around the Louvre

The Louvre The most recognized symbol of Paris is the Tour Eiffel, but the...	Museums / Galleries	Around the Louvre

Musée de l'Orangerie The lines can be long to see Claude Monet's huge, meditative...	Museums / Galleries	Around the Louvre

Musée du Jeu de Paume This Napoleon III-era building at the north entrance of the Jardin...	Museums / Galleries	Around the Louvre

Palais-Royal The quietest, most romantic Parisian garden is enclosed within...	Squares	Around the Louvre

Passage du Grand-Cerf This pretty glass-roofed arcade was built in 1825 and expertly...	Stores / Malls	Around the Louvre

Pinacothèque de Paris The Pinacothèque, one of the city's most original art...	Museums / Galleries	Around the Louvre

Place de la Concorde This square at the foot of Champs-Élysées was originally...	Squares	Around the Louvre

Place Vendôme Jules-Hardouin Mansart, an architect of Versailles Palace, designed...	Squares	Around the Louvre

Rue Montorgueil Rue Montorgueil was once the gritty oyster hub of Les Halles...	Neighborhoods / Streets	Around the Louvre

St-Eustache Built as the market neighborhood's answer to Notre-Dame, this...	Religious Sites	Around the Louvre

Tour Jean Sans Peur This unimposing little tower is all that remains of a sprawling...	Architectural Sites	Around the Louvre

Tour Saint-Jacques For centuries, this 170-foot bell tower guided pilgrims to a...		Around the Louvre
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