Le Corbusier's famous white villa, built in 1931 as a weekend house and one of the most influential buildings of the 20th century. It shows his five points of modern architecture: pillars, a roof garden, an open plan, long strip windows and a free facade.
It's part of a World Heritage listing of Le Corbusier's works. Take the RER A to Poissy and walk or take a bus.
A masterpiece of French classical architecture by François Mansart, built in the 1640s for a finance minister, which inspired the later palace at Ver…
The vast palace of Louis XIV, the 'Sun King', and the seat of the French court until the Revolution.
A large park on a hillside above the Seine, laid out by André Le Nôtre around a royal château that burned down in 1870.
Napoleon's triumphal arch stands at the top of the Champs-Élysées, in the middle of a huge roundabout of 12 avenues.
Built for the 1889 World's Fair, the 330 m tower has three levels open to visitors.
An 18th-century palace on the Place de la Concorde, built to store the royal furniture and later the headquarters of the French Navy for over 200 yea…
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