The "Reveries" of the Parisian promenade
Dossier
Updated on 19/07/2024
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Think you know every corner of Paris? That the City of Light holds no secrets for you? Our series of walks will take you back to its rich history. Art, architecture, memory: every street has its story, every facade its memory!
Discovering neighbourhoods
HISTORY
Parcours Révolution
The City of Paris is offering you the chance to travel back in time to Paris during the French Revolution through 16 neighborhoods and 121 points of interests. Following the French Revolution's traces throughout Paris !
All our neighbourhood walks
Paris, an open-air museum
Paris, a museum open to all
Sculptures, paintings, street art… Stroll through the streets of Paris, its gardens or places of worship and you'll be able to admire a thousand and one masterpieces.
Paris, a museum open to all
Sculptures, paintings, street art… Stroll through the streets of Paris, its gardens or places of worship and you'll be able to admire a thousand and one masterpieces.
Cultural Olympiad
To coincide with the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Cultural Olympiad aims to bring together the worlds of sport and culture before, during and after the event.
In addition to a rich programme of events, two programmes offer visitors the chance to discover works of art in public spaces: "Ex-Aequo: l'héritage des jeux" (Equal Expectations: the Legacy of the Games), which invites visitors to discover some thirty works of art in the city's sports facilities, and "Instants des Jeux" (Instants of the Games), which displays eight iconic photos by Raymond Depardon and eight photos of young French athletes by his son Simon Depardon on the city's walls in sixteen exceptional locations.
Sculptures on display all over Paris
There are several hundred of them in the streets, gardens and places of worship of the capital. Some are unmissable and well known to everyone Others are less well known, but no less interesting. Discover them for yourself
TOUR
Masterpieces of Parisian statues in public spaces
This selection of eight works is an invitation to discover an extensive itinerary that helps promote Parisian statuary,
Places of worship, free "museums" open to all
The city of Paris owns 96 religious buildings. This heritage is part of Paris' identity. Restoring, maintaining and promoting these buildings, shaped over the centuries, and the major works they contain
Their movable heritage, estimated at almost 50,000 items, is regularly restored by specialists under the supervision of the City of Paris' Conservation des Oeuvres d'Art Religieuses et Civiles (COARC) and the Monuments Historiques.
