Archive for October, 2007
Sacre-Coeur Basilica, Paris
Oct 30th
Address: Basilique Sacre-Coeur De Montmartre, Adoration Eucharistique Jour Et Nuit, 35 rue du Chevalier De La Barre, 75018 Paris Arrondissement: 18th arrondissement Hours: The Basicilica is open 6:00am to 11:00pm, last entries 10:15pm; The dome and crypt are open from 9:00am to 7:00pm (6:00pm during the winter); Bookshop everyday except Monday’s from 9:15am to 5:45pm
WWW: Sacre-Couer Phone: 33 1 53 41 89 00 Email: basilique@sacre-coeur-montmartre.com
About the Sacre-Coeur Basilica Sacre-Coeur Basilica, translated to the Basilica of the Scared Heart, is a Roman Catholic basilica and popular Paris attraction. The monument is located at the highest point in the city, More >
Jardin des Tuileries, Paris
Oct 25th
Address: Rue de Rivoli Arrondissement: 1st
Phone: 01 44 94 98 00
About the Tuileries
The Tuilieries is most famous for what used to be there. The Tuileries Palace stood at the west end of the Louvre’s courtyard until its destruction. Widowed Catherine de Medici began the planning of the palace during her lifetime and during construction Louis XIV moved in with his family. When the king left the building was abandoned. This beginning started an effect of negativity that surrounded the Palace. It was attacked several times by angry Parisian mobs. It’s demise was a horrible one. Twelve Commune men, More >
Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris
Oct 25th
Address: Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, 6 place du Parvis, Place Jean-Paul II, Paris 75004 Arrondissement: 4th Hours: 8:00am to 6:45pm Tickets: With a hostess 20EUR; Without a hostess 3EUR, Children 1EUR; With an audio guide 5EUR
WWW: Notre Dame Cathedral Phone: +33 (0)1 42 34 56 10. Email: info@cathedraledeparis.com
About Notre Dame
Notre Dame is a French Gothic cathedral that is still used today as a Roman Catholic church and the seat of the Archbishop of Paris. The cathedrals construction was long and spanned the Gothic period from 1160 until 1345. This period was known for its influence called naturalism More >
Pantheon, Paris
Oct 22nd
Pantheon
Address: Place du Pantheon, 75005 Paris Arrondissement: 5th Hours: Winter hours are 10am to 7pm. Summer hours are 9:30am to 6:30pm. Tickets: Adult 26EUR, Group 17EUR, Children 7EUR
Phone: 01 43 54 34 51
About the Pantheon
The Pantheon has an incredible and vast past. It’s history goes back as far as 507AD when King Clovish, the first of the Frankish Merovingian King’s, chose the site as a tomb for him and his wife Clothilde. In 512 the patroness of Paris, Saint Genevieve, was buried here. In 1744 when King Louis XV fell seriously ill, he made a promise to resurrect More >
Centre Pompidou, Paris
Oct 16th
Address: Centre Pompidou, 75191 Paris Cedax 04 Arrondissement: 4 Hours: 11am – 9pm; Certain exhibitions open until 11pm Thurs-Fri; Closed Tues Tickets: Free 18 and under; 10EUR for adults
WWW: Centre Pompidou Phone: 33 (01) 44 78 16 73
About Centre Pompidou
The Centre Pompidou is more than a museum. It was first dubbed the National Museum of Modern art and has since taken over its newest namesake. It features almost 53,000 works of art and is one of the largest collections of 20th century works. The works cover creative arts, painting, architecture, photography, cinema, new media, sculpture, design, contemporary and More >
The Bastille, Paris
Oct 16th
Address: Place de la Bastille, rue Saint-Antoine & boulevard Henri IV; Square Henri Galli, boulevard Henri IV Arrondissement: 4th About the Bastille
The Bastille, best known for its prison heydays, has a fascinating history. First known as the Bastion de Saint-Antoine during the Hundred Years’ War, it was a built as the rue Saint-Antoine gate. Shortly thereafter, it was built up as a fortress to defend the east end of the city and the Hotel Saint-Pol royal palace. When the war came to an end and the fortress was no longer needed as such, it was deemed a state prison. More >
Musee d’Orsay, Paris
Oct 16th
Musee D’Orsay, Paris
“To show the great diversity of artistic creation in the western world…”
Address: Musee d’Orsay, 63 rue de Lille, 75343 Paris, Cedax 07 Arrondissement: 7th Hours: 9:30am – 6:00pm Tues through Sun; 9:30am – 9:45pm Thurs; Closed Mon Tickets: 7.50EUR Full Rate; 5.50EUR Concessions; Free under 18 and members
WWW: Musee d’Orsay Phone: 33 (01) 40 49 48 14
About Musee d’Orsay
At Musee d’Orsay, the walls themselves are just as unique as the artwork they house. After some back and forth about what to do with the old Orsay railway, it was decided in 1977 that a museum be built on More >
Louvre Museum
Oct 10th
Louvre Museum “A 21st-century museum rooted in 200 years of innovation.”
Address: Musee de Louvre 75058 Paris Cedex 01, 1st Arrondissement
Hours: 9am – 6pm every day except Tues; open until 10pm Wed/Fr evenings Tickets: Full day pass excluding Napoleon Hall – 9EUR Napoleon Hall – 9.50EUR Wednesday and Friday evenings – 11EUR and 6EUR for Napoleon Hall Combination for Louvre Museum and Eugene Delacroix Museum – 13EUR
WWW: Louvre Museum Phone: American Friends of the Louvre 1 (212) 367-2646
The “Castle of the Louvre” was built in 1190AD and housed many of Paris’ noble kings for centuries before it became the museum it is today. More >
Eiffel Tower, Paris
Oct 10th
Eiffel Tower: “The guardian of Paris in golden apparel.”
Address: Tour Eiffel, Champ de Mars, 75007 Paris, 7th Arrondissement WWW: Eiffel Tower Phone: 33 (01) 44 11 23 23
Opening Hours: January 1 – June 14: 9:30am to 11:45pm June 15 – September 1: 9:00am to 12:45pm September 2 – December 31: 9:30am to 11:45pm
Tickets: Elevator – Adult/Child 12+: 1st floor 4.50EUR, 2nd floor 7.80EUR, Top 11.50EUR; Children 3-11 1st floor 2.30EUR, 2nd floor 4.30EUR, Top 6.30EUR Stairs – 25+ years: 4.00EUR; 25- years: 3.10EUR
Open every day of the year, the Eiffel Tower brings in almost 7 million visitors each year and has had More >
Arc de Triomphe, Paris
Oct 8th
Arc de Triomphe: “The largest triumphal arc in the world!”
Address: Place Charles du Gaulle, 75008 Paris, 8th Arrondissement
Hours: 9:30a – 6:30p, Winter (Oct 1 – March 21) 10am – 5:30pm Tickets: Standard 6.10EUR, Special 3.81EUR
Phone: 33 (01) 55 37 73 77
The Arc de Triomphe is a famous Parisian landmark, commissioned by the great Napoleon himself to commemorate French soldiers. Right in the Centre of Place Charles de Gaulle, the Arc de Triomphe is the first and largest monument in a series that runs from the courtyard of the Louvre Museum all the way to the out skirts of the city. The monument’s More >
