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Place Vendôme
Place Vendôme’s ordered façades frame a square whose political symbols have repeatedly changed. Planned for Louis XIV, renamed Place des Piques during the Revolution and centered on a Napoleonic column, it remains a public square in Paris’s 1st arrondissement.
Pont Alexandre III
Pont Alexandre III is a low steel arch across the Seine, built for Paris’s 1900 Universal Exhibition and named for the Russian tsar whose son laid its first stone. Its gilded Pegasi, river nymphs and broad ceremonial axis connect the Invalides with the Grand and Petit Palais.
Pont Neuf
Pont Neuf is paradoxically the oldest surviving bridge in Paris. Its late sixteenth-century design introduced stone construction without houses on the bridge, leaving it open as a public route and viewpoint over the Seine.
Sacré-Cœur Basilica
Sacré-Cœur Basilica rises above Montmartre as both an active Catholic sanctuary and a landmark shaped by France’s contested nineteenth-century history. Its Romano-Byzantine domes, donor-funded construction, and monumental mosaic reward close attention.
Sainte-Chapelle
Built for Louis IX inside the former Palais de la Cité, Sainte-Chapelle was a royal sanctuary for Passion relics. Its two stacked chapels culminate in an upper room of stained glass, where biblical history, royal imagery and sacred light meet.
Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Saint-Germain-des-Prés grew around a sixth-century abbey outside Paris’s early walls. Its medieval church, former fairground, scholarly monasteries, and postwar cafés trace a neighborhood shaped by pilgrimage, performance, study, and everyday gathering.
Saint-Sulpice Church
Saint-Sulpice’s broad façade and unfinished-looking towers frame one of Paris’s largest church interiors. Built over centuries, the church gathers architectural styles, Delacroix murals, a monumental organ, and a scientific gnomon beneath a single roof.
Trocadéro
Trocadéro’s terraces frame one of Paris’s most recognizable views, but the gardens and monumental axis were shaped by international exhibitions. Cascades, fountains, and sculptures connect the hilltop Palais de Chaillot with the open Champ de Mars.