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Monnaie de Paris (Paris Mint)

The oldest continuously operating mint in the world that has been making coins since the 9th-century.

Fred Cherrygarden

Added by Fred Cherrygarden

'Jeune Éléphant pris au Piège' ('Young Elephant Caught in a Trap')

This emotive sculpture was originally created for the 1878 World's Fair.

Monsieur Mictlan

Added by Monsieur Mictlan

Statue Le Rhinoceros

A beautiful Victorian statue shows France's enduring love of the rhinoceros.

Monsieur Mictlan

Added by Monsieur Mictlan

Lines of Cremains at Père Lachaise Cemetery

Stripes of human ashes cover a back lawn in the most sought-after burial grounds in Paris.

satxwdavis

Added by satxwdavis

Treaty of Paris Plaque

A simple plaque on the facade is the only reminder that the treaty ending the American Revolution was signed inside.

satxwdavis

Added by satxwdavis

Grave of Antoine-Augustin Parmentier

The tomb of history's greatest potato promoter is surrounded by tubers.

Added by jimclarkenewyork

Musée Marmottan Monet

Former hunting lodge of a duke who was an avid collector of impressionist works.

Added by K Brown

Arago Medallions

135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Fountain of Innocents

A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.

satxwdavis

Added by satxwdavis

Temple de la Sybille (The Temple of Sybille)

This structure atop a craggy cliff in one of the most beautiful parks in Paris boasts an unbeatable view.

Added by daryleconners

Au Roi de la Bière

Once a 19th-century brasserie, this McDonald's exterior celebrates Alsatian design and the "King of Beer."

Fred Cherrygarden

Added by Fred Cherrygarden

Cannonball of the Hotel de Sens

A lone cannonball remains lodged in the walls of the Hotel de Sens as a sober reminder of a revolution.

The Stravinsky Fountain

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

Added by kelseyv64

L'Atelier des Lumières (Workshop of Light)

An immersive projection art installation uses sound, scale, and light to take visitors inside classic works of art.

Added by daryleconners

Roger La Grenouille

This frog-themed restaurant was frequented by Picasso, Saint-Exupéry, and more.

Fred Cherrygarden

Added by Fred Cherrygarden

La Conciergerie

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

easydistance

Added by easydistance

The Recumbent Effigy of Victor Noir

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

Napoleon's Angels

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

satxwdavis

Added by satxwdavis

The Heart of Voltaire

In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.

Dylan

The Last Original Standard Metre

An overlooked marble is the only surviving in-place 18th century example of the measurement that changed how we define distance.

Allison

Added by Allison

Sculptures de Décure

Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.

satxwdavis

Added by satxwdavis

Au Bonheur du Jour

Behind the pink curtain, Au Bonheur du Jour, an art gallery of erotic archives.

Foucault's Pendulum

19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists.

Dampo

The Gravestone Courtyard

Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.

Laetitia Barbier

Added by Laetitia Barbier