PARIS 



1 1% 



PARIS 



War oi" ti 8 -'i 



--('han- 



inont in tlie nor' part oi' tlu- city, with 



: - . the grounds 



of the Palace of the Troeadero. on the north 



Momvau Park, in one 



Mo-t of ihe<e 



- and gardens are located in tin accom- 



iap. 



Notable Buildings. The tir.-t public- building 

 in point of interest is the Louvre, notable for 

 its architectural beauty and its pne I. 



:ich Renaissance -tyle. It contains the 

 ofiiei - where tin- municipal bu-iness of the city 

 is Iran-acted. In tin- >ame \icinity. on an i.-land 

 in tin- Seine known a> Ilede ladle, is the }ireai 

 Palais tie Justice, the headquarter.-* of the law 

 court.- and police department. This struciure 

 contain.- the nld ( 'oncieriierie. the prison in 

 which Marie Antoinette and Kobe.-pierre were 

 confined during the Revolution. 



The Palace of the Troeadero. in the park 

 mentioned pre\ lously. is a huge Oriental build- 

 ing in the form of a crescent, erected in 1S~S 









POINTS OF INTEREST IX PARIS 



1 < 



>l<- Vill.' 



\ Ai'ts 



lichel 



(11) Pantheon 



ML') J;u-(liii dcs IManU's 



(13) Place de hi Bast ill.- 



Ml) Hallrs Tcnti-alcs 



i 1 ."> ) Bourse 



i if,) Place de la Concc.i.i.- 



(17) Place Vendome 



( 18 ) Grand Opera House 



(19) Place de la Republiqm 



( 20 ) Montparnasse 



(21) Kiiftil Town- 



(22) Arch of Triumph 



< -j.:\ ) .Montmartre Cemeten 

 i :M I'.ois do Boulogne 



(25) Champs Elysees 



(26) HOtel des Invalidea 



< -il ) .Madeleine 



(28) Avenue de CliHiy 



( 29 ) P6re Lachaise Cemetery 



( 30 ) Place de la Nation 



odl ahing tin- 



uil< and adjcjin- tin- < iarden 



in Tml. ri. - mi th &Bt. < )riL r in:dly the 



l.oir \\uli tin- ro\al )ialaci 



in Is71. North of it i.- ih- I'.-dai- 



l,'oy;d 'winch x. i. built b\- Cardinal Richelieu 



;id IKJ\\ 1 1 , ii'ij i - of the 



Council of State and of the Fri-nr-h Theater. 



The Bourse, or Exchange, an arti>tn- building 



adorned with .-i\tv->i\ ('orinthian column 



north of the Palais Royal. A few block.- 



of the Louvre is one of the mo-t maiiiiifici m 



structures in the city the Ho'el >\< \ ilk. built 



I'or the International Kxposition. Northwest of 

 i In- Place de la Concorde are the Palais de 

 rKly.-ee, the residence of the French Pre.-ideni. 

 and the two Palais des Beaux Arts (Palaces oi 

 iiie Fine Arts), in which the annual Pan.- Sa- 

 lone are held (see SALON. TUK PAIMS). The 

 executi\c mansicju is on one side and the two 

 art buildings on the other side of a little park 

 forming the lower end of the Champs Elysees. 

 On the south side of the Seine, in a direct line 

 with the Louvre, is the beautiful Luxembourg 

 Pa her. the building in which the French Senat 

 hold- its -L ion-. The lower house oi the Na- 



