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
Dec 14, 2015
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.
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
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