A Walking Tour of Paris

October, 2004

Place de l'Opera
 
 
View from Inside the Musee d'Orsay
This used to be the Gare (station) d'Orsay, on the Quai d'Orsay.
This is a view through one of the station's beautiful clocks, with Sacre-Coeur in the distance,
the Jardin des Tuileries in the foreground, and the de Marasan wing of the Louvre on the right.

 
 
The Seine
On the right is the Musee d'Orsay; note the two huge clocks, through one of which the above photo was taken.
On the left is the de Flore wing of the Louvre. In the distance are Notre Dame, Sainte-Chapelle, and the Institut de France.
 
 

The Arc du Carousel, between the Tuileries and the Louvre

 
 

In the Louvre

Winged Victory, the fabulous 200 BC Hellenistic sculpture unearthed at Samothrace
 
 
The grand salon in Napoleon III's Louvre apartment
 
 
The dining room in Napoleon III's Louvre apartment
 
 

The Institut de France and the Pont des Arts

 
 
The Pont Neuf and the Square du Vert Galant at Sunset
The oldest bridge in Paris connects the Ile d'la Cite with
the Right Bank (on the left in the photo) the Left Bank (out of the photo to the right).

 
 
The Square du Vert Galant, at the tip of the Ile d'la Cite, at Sunset
 
 

Notre Dame from the Pont St. Michel at Sunset

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