Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #6 in Paris, France
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10 km
122 m
Explore Paris in France with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Individual Sights in ParisSight 1: Église Sainte-Claire d'Assise
The Church of Sainte-Claire is a Roman Catholic church located at 179 boulevard Sérurier, in the La Villette - Porte de Pantin district of Paris. It was built between 1956 and 1958 by the architect André le Donné, a student of Auguste Perret. It is dedicated to St. Clare of Assisi.
Sight 2: Théâtre Paris-Villette
The Théâtre Paris-Villette is a theatre created in 1986, in the Parc de la Villette, Paris. Since 2013, it has been directed by Valérie Dassonville and Adrien de Van.
Sight 3: Fontaine aux Lions
The fountain of the Château d'eau, Fontaine de Bondy, or fountain of the Nubian Lions created by the engineer Pierre-Simon Girard was erected, as its name suggests, on the Place du Château-d'Eau, at the beginning of the rue de Bondy, in Paris in 1811.
Wikipedia: Fontaine du Château d'eau (Pierre-Simon Girard) (FR)
Sight 4: Cité de la Musique - Philharmonie de Paris
The Cité de la musique is both a public institution in Paris and a group of buildings designed by the architect Christian de Portzamparc and inaugurated on 12 January 1995. Located in the Parc de la Villette, it offers a programme ranging from early music to contemporary music, jazz, world music and contemporary music. This program is structured around themes.
Sight 5: Philharmonie de Paris
The Philharmonie de Paris is a complex of concert halls in Paris, France. The buildings also house exhibition spaces and rehearsal rooms. The main buildings are all located in the Parc de la Villette at the northeastern edge of Paris in the 19th arrondissement. At the core of this set of spaces is the symphonic concert hall of 2,400 seats designed by Jean Nouvel and opened in January 2015. Its construction had been postponed for about twenty years to complete the current musical institution la Cité de la Musique designed by Christian de Portzamparc and opened in 1995. Mainly dedicated to symphonic concerts, the Philharmonie de Paris also present other forms of music such as jazz and world music.
Sight 6: La Bicyclette Ensevelie - La Selle
The buried bicycle is a work of the artists Claes Oldenburg and Coosje Van Bruggen located in Paris, in France. Installed in 1990 in the Villette Park, it is a monumental sculpture representing disparate elements of a bicycle partially buried in the ground. It is a round-bump and in situ work.
Sight 7: Le Zénith Paris - La Villette
The Zénith Paris - La Villette is a concert hall in Paris, located in the Parc de la Villette, in the 19th arrondissement, on the banks of the Canal de l'Ourcq. It has a maximum capacity of 6,804 seats.
Sight 8: Le Cabaret Sauvage
The Cabaret Sauvage is a performance venue located in the Parc de la Villette, at 59, boulevard Macdonald, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, not far from the Porte de la Villette metro station.
Sight 9: Argonaute
Argonaute is an Aréthuse-class submarine, and the fourth ship of the French Navy to bear the name. Launched on 29 June 1957, the submarine served as flagship within the Toulon submarine squadron. Argonaute was decommissioned on 31 July 1982. The vessel was converted to a museum ship in 1989 and located in Paris.
Sight 10: Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie
The Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie or simply CSI is the biggest science museum in Europe. Located in the Parc de la Villette in Paris, France, it is one of the three dozen French Cultural Centers of Science, Technology and Industry (CCSTI), promoting science and science culture.
Wikipedia: Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie (EN), Website
Sight 11: Salle Principale
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Sight 12: Église Saint-Jacques Saint-Christophe
The Church of Saint-Jacques-Saint-Christophe de la Villette, located at 6, Place de Bitche, between Square Serge-Reggiani and Place de Joinville, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, is a Roman Catholic parish church built between 1841 and 1844.
Wikipedia: Église Saint-Jacques-Saint-Christophe de la Villette (FR)
Sight 13: Square Serge Reggiani
The Serge-Reggiani Square is a green space in the 19th arrondissement of Paris.
Sight 14: Édicule Guimard
A Guimard metro entrance is an entrance to a Paris metro station designed at the very beginning of the 20th century by the Art Nouveau architect Hector Guimard (1867-1942).
Sight 15: Église Saint-Luc
The Église Saint-Luc is a Roman Catholic parish church in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, located at 80 rue de l'Ourcq, built at the end of the 20th century.
Sight 16: Le Cent Quatre
The Centquatre is a public establishment for Parisian cultural cooperation, opened since October 11, 2008 on the site of the old municipal service for funeral pumps, at 104 rue d'Aubervilliers, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris. At its launch, low attendance, as well as the importance of subsidies from the City of Paris, arouse different controversies in the press. Since the change of direction in 2010 and the arrival of José-Manuel Gonçalves, the site's attendance has increased considerably, to the point of becoming a cultural high place in North Paris.
Wikipedia: Cent Quatre (établissement culturel) (FR), Website
Sight 17: Marché de La Chapelle
The chapel market, also called olive market, named rue de l'Olive which runs along it, is a covered market located in the Chapel district of the 18th arrondissement of Paris. The hall which houses permanent food shops was built from 1883 to 1885 by Auguste-Joseph Magne according to the example of the central halls of Paris due to Baltard. The plans are available on the site of the Paris heritage libraries. The Halle has been registered as historic monuments since March 8, 1982.
Sight 18: Square Marcel-Bleustein-Blanchet
The Square Marcel-Bleustein-Blanchet, before 2004 Parc de la Turlure, is a green space in the 18th arrondissement of Paris.
Sight 19: Musée de Montmartre
The Musée de Montmartre is located in Montmartre, at 8-14 rue Cortot in the 18th (XVIII) arrondissement of Paris, France. It was founded in 1960 and was classified as a Musée de France in 2003. The buildings were formerly the home of several famous artists, including Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Suzanne Valadon.
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