Musee Rodin, Paris

Hôtel des Invalides

Founded in 1671 by Louis XIV as a hospital for 6000 war-wounded soldiers - this function explaining the name of the building - the golden-domed Hôtel des Invalides still functions as an infirmary and now also houses the Musée de l'Armée

L'Assemblee Nationale

Formerely the Palais Bourbon, this building has housed the National Assembly, the French parliament's lower house, since 1827

Pont Alexandre III

Petit Palais

Le Grand Palais

An impressive museum wtih a classic interior

Chapelle Notre Dame de la Medaille Miraculeuse

Musee de l'Orangerie

Recently reopened after extensive renovations, this small museum near the Louvre houses the Jean Walter and Paul Guillaume Collection, sold to the French Republic on very generous terms and displaying 143 paintings from the late 19th century and the first half of the 20th century (15 Cézannes, 24 Renoirs, 10 Matisses, 12 Picassos, 28 Derains, 22 Soutines)

Musee d'Orsay

Housed in a former Beaux-Arts railway station (completed in 1900 for the Exposition Universelle, later saved from demolition and converted to its present use), the rambling, open-plan museum is home to the works of the great artists of the 19th century (1848-1914) - Impressionists, post-Impressionists, and the rest - that were formerly displayed in the Louvre

Place de la Concorde

The Place de la Concorde is the largest square in Paris, with an area of 8

Jerome de Noirmont

This museum represents some key contemporary and emering artists such as Jean Pierre Raynaud, Eva and Adele and Jeff Koons