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    Paris A World Heritage Site
    Paris A World Heritage Site
    Paris A World Heritage Site
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    Paris A World Heritage Site

    By Jérôme Sabatier

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    Travel guide updated in February 2019.

    It is of course “Paris, city of light”, but also Paris, capital and symbol of France, a city that expresses its country’s influence throughout the world. The city of Paris is a stunning architectural ensemble, built up over the centuries in spectacular unity. The area of the classified site that runs along the banks of the Seine reflects the evolution of the city and the importance of the river that runs through it. It offers visitors views of the most beautiful monuments in Paris, simultaneously tracing the city’s rich history. As you visit, you will move from the oldest districts, already occupied in ancient times, to the palaces of the kings, on to the major axes created by Baron Haussmann in the 19th century, and finally arrive at the 20th century additions and the Eiffel Tower. The history of Paris unfolds before your eyes in an enthralling journey through time. Whether cultural, historic, artistic, religious or architectural, the city’s rich heritage offers something for everyone.

    Here you’ll find all the information necessary to prepare your trip and your stay in Paris in order to discover this exceptional site of indisputable universal value. You will find the following under the sections for each site :the reasons for its selection for the World Heritage list, the history of the site, many practical informations (Tourist Offices, suggested tours, museums, events, transports), and a selection of accommodation and restaurants. Informations, prices and opening hours shown are for 2019.

    But most importantly, this “ Paris, a World Heritage site” travel guide also offers a suggested itinerary for visiting each site and monument. You'll also find tips (transport, pricing, activities ... ), anecdotes and all the possibilities for family-friendly visits to encourage children and families in their discovery.

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJérôme Sabatier
    Release dateMay 28, 2018
    ISBN9791096111701
    Paris A World Heritage Site
    Author

    Jérôme Sabatier

    A word from the authorVisiting a Unesco World Heritage site is more than just simple tourism.It's a journey toward the discovery of cultures, history and nature.It's the opportunity to explore places that have contributed to the construction our history and our humanity, and that protect this heritage even today.It's the experience of being enriched by the collective universal memory that helps us understand the world around us.The sites on the World Heritage of Humanity list all have one thing in common: their universal nature. They teach us that the world – since antiquity – has been fashioned by often commercial crossroads encouraging cultural, scientific and religious fusions. They teach us that openness to others and exchange are indeed sources of prosperity for all societies.To travel to the heart of these World Heritage sites is to choose to embark on an ethnological, anthropological, sociological, historical, architectural, cultural or religious voyage ... or all this at once! In short, it represents a tourism based on tolerance among civilizations and on respect for future generations.Let's protect our fragile universal heritage. And let's pass it on to our children.

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      Paris A World Heritage Site - Jérôme Sabatier

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      Table of Contents

      Cover

      Discover Paris and the Banks of the Seine

      PARIS - BANKS OF THE SEINE

      Maps

      World Heritage

      History

      Tourist Office

      Events

      Transport

      Sleeping / Eating

      1st District (excluding Ile de la Cité)

      Musée du Louvre

      Other Museums

      Religious Heritage

      Squares and Gardens

      4th District (excluding Ile de la Cité)

      Ile Saint Louis

      Place de l'Hôtel de Ville

      Ile de la Cité

      The Squares

      The Conciergerie (1248)

      Sainte Chapelle

      Cathédrale Notre-Dame

      6th District

      7th District

      The Eiffel Tower and the surrounding area

      The Invalides

      Other Museums

      The Palais Bourbon, National Assembly (1728)

      8th District

      Place de la Concorde and surrounding area

      In The Surrounding Area (non classified)

      16th District

      Trocadéro

      Palais de Tokyo

      Palais de Chaillot

      The Bridges of Paris

      The 10 criteria used by UNESCO

      This Travel Guide

      logo 2018

      Discover Paris and the Banks of the Seine, classified as a World Heritage site by UNESCO. Find all the information necessary to prepare and enjoy your stay. 

      Enjoy reading and especially, … bon voyage !

      Here you’ll find all the information necessary to prepare your trip and your stay in Paris in order to discover this exceptional site of indisputable universal value. You will find the following under the sections for each site : the reasons for its selection for the World Heritage list, the history of the site, information on Tourist Offices and suggested tours, general information about museums in the area, an events calendar, practical information on transport (getting there and getting around at the site), and a selection of accommodation and restaurants. Informations, prices and opening hours shown are for 2019.

      But most importantly, this Paris, a World Heritage site travel guide also offers a suggested itinerary for visiting each site and monument. You'll also find tips (transport, pricing, activities ... ), anecdotes and all the possibilities for family-friendly visits to encourage children and families in their discovery.

      The other travel guides from the France's World Heritage Sites collection

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      Join us on www.france-world-heritage.com. In addition to the content, you will find: news, events not to be missed, interactive maps, hundreds of photographs, social networks...

      Awards wonParis - Rives de la Seine

      PARIS - BANKS OF THE SEINE

      Visit time : 4 days to 1 week.

      It is of course Paris, city of light, but also Paris, capital – and symbol— of France, a city that expresses its country’s influence throughout the world. The city of Paris is a stunning architectural ensemble, built up over the centuries in spectacular unity. The area of the classified site that runs along the banks of the Seine reflects the evolution of the city and the importance of the river that runs through it. It offers visitors views of the most beautiful monuments in Paris, simultaneously tracing the city’s rich history. As you visit, you will move from the oldest districts, already occupied in ancient times, to the palaces of the kings, on to the major axes created by Baron Haussmann in the 19th century, and finally arrive at the 20th century additions and the Eiffel Tower. The history of Paris unfolds before your eyes in an enthralling journey through time. Whether cultural, historic, artistic, religious or architectural, the city’s rich heritage offers something for everyone.

      Maps

      Online interactive Map with all addresses and locations. Street View. On the website, at the bottom of page.

      World Heritage

      Carte Paris

      Classified area listed as a World Heritage Site of Humanity by Unesco in 1991

      From the Louvre to the Eiffel Tower, from the Place de la Concorde to the Grand and Petit Palais, the evolution of Paris and its history can be seen from the River Seine. The Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris and the Sainte Chapelle are architectural masterpieces, while Haussmann's wide squares and boulevards influenced late 19th- and 20th-century city planning the world over.

      The choice of the zone between Pont de Sully and Pont d'léna is based on the age-old distinction between Paris upstream and Paris downstream. Upstream, beyond the Arsenal, begins Paris, the port and river transport town; downstream is the royal and subsequently aristocratic Paris, which had only limited commercial activity. It is this latter section of the city that was selected for the World Heritage List. The powerful hand of the state is extremely visible here through its constructions and the legislation in effect. It can be seen how the site and the river were gradually brought under control with the articulation of the two islets (small islands), Ile de la Cité and Ile Saint-Louis, the creation of north-south thoroughfares, installations along the river course, construction of quays, and the channeling of the river. 

      Similarly, although the successive walls of the city have disappeared (the enceintes of Philippe-Auguste, Charles V, and the Fermiers Généraux), their traces may be read in the difference in size and spacing of the buildings: closer together in the Marais and the Ile Saint-Louis, more open after the Louvre, beyond which are a greater number of major classic constructions laid along three perpendicular axes: Palais Bourbon-Concorde-Madeleine, Invalides-Grand and Petit Palais, Champ-de-Mars-École Militaire-Palais de Chaillot. The ensemble must be regarded as a geographical and historic entity. Today it constitutes a remarkable example of urban riverside architecture, where the strata of history are harmoniously superposed.

      Criteria for selection

      Criterion (i) : The banks of the Seine are studded with a succession of masterpieces, including, in particular, Notre Dame and Sainte Chapelle, the Louvre, Palais de l'lnstitut, Les Invalides, Place de la Concorde, Military Academy, La Monnaie (Mint), Grand Palais des Champs Elysées, Eiffel Tower and Palais de Chaillot. A number of them, such as Notre Dame and Sainte Chapelle, were definitive references in the spread of Gothic construction, while the Place de la Concorde and the Invalides building complex exerted influence on the urban development of European capitals. The Marais and Ile Saint-Louis have coherent architectural ensembles, with highly significant examples of Parisian construction of the

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