In 1858, Napoleon III decided to build the Grand Opera, for which Paris had long been awaiting, in the new business quarter designed by B...

At the same spot once stood the Bastille Fortress that was made by Charles V in the 14th century to pr...

Notre Dame de Paris ( French for Our Lady of Paris ), also known as Notre Dame Cathedral , [1] is a Gothic , Catholic cathedral on the ...

A great national design competition François Mitterrand . Danish architect Johann Otto von Spreckelsen (1929–1987) and Danish engineer Eri...

Every one who has the slightest regard for historical monuments, who values mediaeval architecture, or cares in the least degree for the ...

Originally a royal palace, the Louvre became a public museum at the end of the 18th century. It is located in the ...