Montmartre

• Community on the north hill of the right bank

• 19th century- area developed into a popular drinking destination because it was outside of central Paris, and its taxes.

• Moulin Rouge

• Basilica of the Sacré Coeur

Sacré Coeur

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Le Moulin Rouge

• Traditional Cabaret• Name means “The red mill”• French culture and bohemian influence

(free thinking, free-spirited artistic movement)• Music and dance • Topic of book by Pierre La Mure which was

used as basis for modern movie.

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Musée D’Orsay

• Museum situated on the left bank

• Houses mainly French art from 1848-1918

• Paintings, sculptures, furniture

• Converted from a train station and hotel

• Opened to the public in 1986

• Missing link between Louvre and Centre Georges Pompidou

Centre Georges Pompidou

• Bibliothèque publique d’information et Musée National d’Art Moderne

• Very distinct building, 50,000 works of art

• Color coded pipes on exterior, gives building inside-out appearance

• Cubism, abstractism, surrealism

Les Invalides

• Begun under King Louis XIV in 1670 as hospital for unwell soldiers – “les invalides”

• Veterans needed a chapel, 2 chapels built there, one a private royal chapel

• Tomb of Napoleon and many other famous war figureheads

Bateaux Mouches

Le Métro

• 16 lines, referred to by number

• Originally managed by Chemin de Fer Métropolitain de Paris (Paris Metropolitan Railway) or C.M.P, shortened as "Métropolitain".

• Extended lines into suburbs- RER