TEC4623978: The Musee Galliera, 14 avenue du President Wilson, Paris 16th. Construction 1878-1894. Architect Leon Ginain (1825-1898). In order to give the City of Paris her art collections, the Duchess of Galliera built a museum in 1894, a pastiche of the Italian Renaissance. But for political reasons, it is the city of Genes (Italy) that houses the guilt and paintings while Paris remains the owner of this museum. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4622354: The chapel of the Sorbonne in Paris. Architect Jacques Lemercier (1585-1654), construction 1635-1642. Founded in 1258, this college quickly became the seat of the faculty of theology of the University of Paris. Except for the chapel dating from the 18th century, there are only buildings dating from the 19th century. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4622475: Musee national du Middle Ages et des thermal baths de Cluny, 6 place Paul Painleve in Paris in the 5th arrondissement.The thermal baths of Cluny date from the end of the 3rd century. They were the largest of the three ancient establishments in the public baths of Lutece. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4622659: The Pantheon in Paris. Construction 1757-1790, architect Jacques Germain Soufflot (1713-1780). In 1744 Louis XV, suffering from a serious illness in Metz, would wish to erect an immense church instead of the abbey of Sainte Genevieve, which was then in ruins. When the war came, he kept his word and assigned the architect Soufflot the task of drawing the plans of the monument. A great admirer of Greek Roman architecture, he imagined a gigantic building, built on a plan of Greek cross 110 metres long, 84 metres wide and 83 metres high. At the time, the project seemed so insane that many, in the court and in the salons of the capital, would question Soufflot's abilities and prevent the collapse of the monument. Louis XV confirmed his confidence in the architect and laid the foundation stone in 1764 during a grand ceremony. In 1806, the Pantheon, like all the churches in France closed during the revolution, was restored to its original name of Sainte Genevieve church. Renamed Pantheon in 1830, the building regained its vocation as a laique and patriotic temple. Headquarters to the insurgents of the Commune in 1871, during which Milliere was shot on the steps, the building was definitively transformed into a Republican monument in 1885, during the funeral of Victor Hugo. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4628124: Bercy Village, Paris 12th arrondissement. Installed on part of Bercy's old warehouses, which declined until the sixties. This new commercial urbanism wanted to keep some traces of the old wine and spirits trading center. Shops have opened in old cellars and traces of railway tracks carrying wine have been preserved. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4628196: Entrepots de Bercy, Paris 12th arondissement. Louis XIV (1638-1715) built the first wine warehouses in Bercy because Paris was home to one of the largest vineyards in Europe. These warehouses reached their peak in the 19th century, becoming the world's largest centre for wine and spirits trade. The activities of the warehouses began to declinate in the 20th century with the destruction of the fortifications of Thiers, 1920-1929, the success of the railway and the evolution of storage techniques. It is now Bercy Village and Bercy Park that settled on the old warehouses. The surrounding area still resonate with the memory of old activities: rue de Pommard, rue de Chablis, rue de Macon... / Bridgeman Images