Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #8 in Paris, France
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9.4 km
198 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: Ministère de l'Intérieur
The Hôtel de Beauvau is a former private mansion located on Place Beauvau in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, near the Élysée Palace. Since 1861, it has housed the headquarters of the French Ministry of the Interior. An official apartment is made available to the Minister.
Sight 2: Salle Gaveau
The Salle Gaveau, named after the French piano maker Gaveau, is a classical concert hall in Paris, located at 45-47 rue La Boétie, in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. It is particularly intended for chamber music.
Sight 3: Hôtel Schneider
Hotel Schneider is a private mansion located in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. The building has been listed as a historic monument since 6 March 1980.
Sight 4: Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier holds an unidentified member of the French armed forces killed during the First World War, to symbolically commemorate all soldiers who have died for France throughout history. It was installed in Paris under the Arc de Triomphe on 11 November 1920, simultaneously with the interment of a British unknown soldier in Westminster Abbey, making both graves the first examples of a tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and the first to honour the unknown dead of the First World War.
Sight 5: Arc de Triomphe
The Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile is one of the most famous monuments in Paris, France, standing at the western end of the Champs-Élysées at the centre of Place Charles de Gaulle, formerly named Place de l'Étoile—the étoile or "star" of the juncture formed by its twelve radiating avenues. The location of the arc and the plaza is shared between three arrondissements, 16th, 17th (north), and 8th (east). The Arc de Triomphe honours those who fought and died for France in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, with the names of all French victories and generals inscribed on its inner and outer surfaces. Beneath its vault lies the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from World War I.
Sight 6: Cathédrale Saint-Étienne
St. Stephen's Greek Orthodox Cathedral is the seat of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of France in Paris. It is located at 7 rue Georges-Bizet, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. It was consecrated on 22 December 1895.
Wikipedia: St. Stephen's Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Paris (EN)
Sight 7: Square Thomas Jefferson
Thomas-Jefferson Square is a green space in the 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Sight 8: Galerie-musée Baccarat
The Musée Baccarat is a crystal glass museum located in the manufactury Baccarat. It is located at 2 rue des Cristalleries in the town of Baccarat in Lorraine. It showcases around 1,100 objects and the manufacturing technique. It currently houses the Red Diamond Play Button made from Baccarat glass.
Sight 9: Union Libérale Israélite de France
The Union Libérale Israélite de France (ULIF), commonly referred to as the rue Copernic synagogue, is a Liberal Jewish synagogue, located in Paris, France. Inaugurated on the first of December 1907, it is the oldest Reform synagogue in France.
Sight 10: Alphand
Jean-Charles Adolphe Alphand (26 October 1817 – 6 December 1891) was a French civil engineer and administrator.
Sight 11: Musée Arménien de France
The Musée Arménien de France is a private museum of Armenian art and archaeology located in the 16th arrondissement of Paris at Fondation Nourhan Fringhian, 59 avenue Foch, Paris, France.
Sight 12: Immeuble dit Fondation Thiers
The Thiers Foundation is a French institution designed to assist the early careers of young researchers who are considered promising.
Sight 13: Musée de la Contrefaçon
The Musée de la Contrefaçon is a museum of counterfeiting. It is located at 16, rue de la Faisanderie, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France, and open daily except Monday; an admission fee is charged. The nearest métro and RER stations are Porte Dauphine and Avenue Foch.
Sight 14: Jardin Claude Debussy
The Claude-Debussy Garden is a public garden in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, in the Porte-Dauphine district.
Sight 15: Square Lamartine
Square Lamartine is a square in the 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Sight 16: Château de la Muette
The Château de la Muette is a château located on the edge of the Bois de Boulogne in Paris, France, near the Porte de la Muette. It is the OECD's headquarters.
Sight 17: Jardin du Ranelagh
The Ranelagh Garden is a green space in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France.
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