TEC4680991: Ferris wheel and obelisque de la Concorde, Paris 75008, France. Designed by Jacques Ange Gabriel as a French garden, it is one of the most beautiful French squares. Inaugurated in 1763 as Place Louis XV, it became the place of the Revolution from 1792 to become the place of capital executions. Louis-Philippe will give it back its current name. In 1836, he called the architect Hittorf to redesign the square with the eight statues of the big cities of France and the fountains surrounding the Obelisque of Luksor. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4681258: L'Arc de Triomphe, Place Charles de Gaulle, Paris 75008. Architecture of Abel Blouet, Jean Francois Chalgrin and Jean-Nicolas L'Abbaye, 1806-1836. Napoleon 1st decided to build an arch to the glory of the Great Armee on the Place de l'Etoile and was inaugurated thirty years later by King Louis Philippe / Bridgeman Images
TEC4597470: The Felix Potin building, 140 rue de Rennes and rue Blaise Desgoffe, Paris 6th arrondissement. Built in 1904, made of reinforced concrete by the architect Paul Auscher (1866-1932), this seven-storey building consists of supply shops and sales to the public (ground floor and floor), offices and housing on floors. The corner turret is crowned with an evide bell tower where you can read the name of Felix Potin. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4597475: The Felix Potin building, 140 rue de Rennes and rue Blaise Desgoffe, Paris 6th arrondissement. Built in 1904, made of reinforced concrete by the architect Paul Auscher (1866-1932), this seven-storey building consists of supply shops and sales to the public (ground floor and floor), offices and housing on floors. The corner turret is crowned with an evide bell tower where you can read the name of Felix Potin. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4597973: Cafe des Deux Magots (1875), 6 place Saint Germain des Pres, Paris 6th arrondissement. The cafe takes its name from the two stunned figures of the Extreme Orient: the two magots, which served as a sign for the Chinese silk and fabric trade. Since the last century, a large number of intellectuals have frequented Les Deux Magots, from Verlaine to Rimbaud, surrealists, Picasso, Giraudoux, not to mention Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir who came to write two hours a day for long years. / Bridgeman Images