TEC4571486: Place des Victoires, Paris 2nd arrondissement. Jules Hardouin Mansart (1646-1708) designed this square dedicated to Louis XIV (1638-1715), basing all its proportions on those of the king's statue. The revolutionaries destroyed the monument which was replaced in 1822 by the equestrian statue made by Francois Joseph Bosio (1768-1845). / Bridgeman Images
TEC4572252: Artist workshop, 31 rue Campagne 1ere in Paris 14th arrondissement. Construction 1911, architect Andre Arfvidson (1870-1935), Gres d'Alexandre Bigot (1863-1927). Building prizes at the contest of facades in 1911 with the systematic appearance of duplex. Photography 10/05/88. / Bridgeman Images
LBY4572736: Les Catacombes, Paris 14th arrondissement. The origin of the catacombs dates back to the end of the 18th century, and collected all the bones found in the soil of Paris until around 1950. Anonymity is complete. It is estimated that six million of the individuals whose remains were collected in the catacombs. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4573235: La Defense de Paris, sculpture (1883) by Louis Ernest Barrias (1841-1905), a la Defense (Hauts de Seine). In 1878, the general council of the department of the Seine decided on a contest for a monument to the defense of Paris in 1870. Barrrias's work was retained and inaugurated in 1883 at the roundabout of Courbevoie, representing a bronze allegory: the City of Paris, a young mobile guard and a girl symbolizing the innocent civilian population. in order to carry out the renovation work of the neighbourhood, the year of its centenary in 1983, it returned to its place in the centre of the neighbourhood to which it gave its name. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4575496: Santa Maria della Salute (1631-1687) a Venice, Italy. This baroque building was built to thank the Virgin for having stopped the plague that decimated Venice in 1630. Every 21 November, the faithful come to commemorate the end of the plague and cross the Grand Canal on a boat deck / Bridgeman Images
TEC4620245: La Nationalgalerie, Bodestrasse, island of museums in Berlin (Germany). Construction 1866-1876, architect Friedrich August Stuler. In 1841 King Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia (1795-1861) designed a site that was to become an area dedicated to knowledge and art. In 90 years, this island has become one of the largest spaces dedicated to art. Here the National Gallery was originally built to house Egyptian art collections. / Bridgeman Images