Places to go

The Arènes de Lutèce are listed monuments that you can visit for free on any day. These arenas, situated in the Latin Quarter and built between the 1st and the end of the 2nd century, were able to hold up to 15,000 people. 

Originally, they were 132 m long by 100 m wide. Visitors can still see the site where the actors stood, the stage platform and lapidary parts. The Arènes de Lutèce and the Thermes de Cluny (at the Musée de Cluny) are the only remains of the Gallo-Roman period that are still visible in Paris today.

Address: 49 rue Monge 75005 Paris
Access: Metro Cardinal Lemoine / Buses: 47, 67, 89

Here, folklore is in full swing, between the restaurant terraces and easels belonging to the artists who share 140 spaces, giving 1 m² for two artists working in alternation. But the village's historical square is definitely worth seeing! 

Address: Place du Tertre 75018 Paris
Access: Metro Abbesses, Lamarck - Caulaincourt

The Bibliothèque Historique, which houses the Service des Travaux Historiques de la Ville de Paris, strives to protect, enrich and help visitors discover the history of Paris through the written word - printed works, manuscripts, maps, drawings and stories.

The Bibliothèque Historique brings together collections of documents on the history of Paris and the Paris region which enables visitors to approach all historical aspects concerning the capital. Its collections, bringing together some 15,000 maps, manuscripts and printed works from the 16th century to the present day, are enriched by a number of special collections. See more here. 

Address: Hôtel de Lamoignon - 24 rue Pavée 75004 Paris
Access: Metro Saint-Paul
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The electronic marketplace of Paris, the Bourse de Commerce is the trade center of Paris. An 18th century round building that has seen many faces of reconstruction and comprises of a prominent glass dome that houses the exhibit space needed for conducting events and exhibitions. 

Bourse de Commerce or the French Commodities Exchange building is being operated and occupied by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Paris. 

Its primary function includes entrepreneurship, services to aid as well as hosting high-profile and large scale exhibitions that are held on a regular basis in the space available under the dome. The Bourse de Commerce is a popular choice amongst exhibitors and organizers for conducting their exhibitions and events. 

Address: 2 rue de Viarmes, 1st district, Quartier des Halles Paris, France
Access: Metro Louvre - Rivoli et Les Halles

The Bibliothèque nationale de France is the National Library of France, located in Paris. It is intended to be the repository of all that is published in France. The current president of the library is Bruno Racine. 

Address: Quai François Mauriac, 75013 Paris, France
Phone: +33 1 53 79 59 59
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The Catacombs of Paris are underground ossuaries in Paris. 

The ossuaries holds the remains of about 6 million people and fills a renovated section of caverns and tunnels that are the remains of historical stone mines. 

Opened in the late 18th century, the underground cemetery became a tourist attraction on a small scale from the early 19th century, and has been open to the public on a regular basis from 1874.

The Catacombs are one of the 14 City of Paris Museums that have been incorporated since January 1, 2013, in the public institution Paris Musées. The official name for the catacombs is l'Ossuaire Municipal. Although this cemetery covers only a small section of underground tunnels comprising "les carrieres de Paris". Parisians today often refer to the entire tunnel network as "the catacombs".

Address: 1, avenue du Colonel Henri Rol-Tanguy (place Denfert-Rochereau) 
75014 Paris
Access: Metro and RER B: Denfert-Rochereau / 
Buses: 38, 68
Phone: +33 (0) 1 43 22 47 63
Opening times: Tuesday to Sunday from 10AM to 5PM (closed on Mondays)
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Created in 1795, the Institut de France is "Protector of Arts, Literature and Sciences" and encompasses five Academies:
- "French" (1635)
- "Inscriptions and Belles-Lettres" (1663)
- "Sciences" (1666)
- "Fine Arts" (painting was included in 1816, sculpture in 1648 and architecture - established by Colbert - in 1671)
- “Moral and Political Sciences” (established in 1795, suppressed in 1803 and re-established in 1832).
In addition the Institut de France also promotes prestigious foundations: Château de Chantilly, Château de Langeais, Musée Jacquemart-André... 

The Institut de France takes part in the European heritage days. 

Address: 23 quai Conti
, 75006 Paris
Acces: Metro Odeon / Buses: 24, 27, 58, 70 / RER: Saint-Michel - Notre-Dame
Phone: +33 (0) 1 44 41 44 41 

The Flame of Liberty (Flamme de la Liberté) in Paris is a full-sized, gold-leaf-covered replica of the new flame at the upper end of the torch carried in the hand of the Statue of Liberty at the entrance to the harbor of New York City since 1986.

The monument, which measures approximately 3.5 metres in height, is a sculpture of a flame, executed in gilded copper, supported by a pedestal of gray-and-black marble. It is located near the northern end of the Pont de l'Alma, on the Place de l'Alma, in the 8th arrondissement of Paris.  

Address: Place de l'Alma
, 75008 Paris
Access: Metro Alma – Marceau / RER: Pont de l'Alma

This great vestige of the Capetian Palace is a remarkable testimony of the civil architecture of the 14th century with the Salle des Gens d'Armes, the Salle des Gardes and the kitchens.

Most of the lower floor of the Palace was turned into a prison during the 15th century: you can visit the dungeons (in particular Queen Marie-Antoinette's) and also discover memories of the French Revolution. 

Address: 2 boulevard du Palais
, 75001 Paris
Access: Metro Cité / Buses: 21, 24, 27, 38, 58, 81, 85, Balabus / RER: Saint-Michel - Notre-Dame
Opening hours: 9.30am to 6pm
Phone: +33 (0) 1 53 40 60 92
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