Opening of the CENTQUATRE

11 October 2008
More than two years of work have been necessary to transform the premises of the former municipal funeral services at 104 de la rue d’Aubervilliers in the 19^th arrondissement of Paris into the CENTQUATRE, a new major centre for artistic creation today.

Musée Grévin

If you’d like to see Marilyn Monroe or Elvis Presley, have a drink with Luciano Pavarotti or sing along with Ray Charles you can, at the Musée Grévin...

Musée du Moyen-Âge – Thermes et Hôtel de Cluny

This national museum was established in 1843, with the merging of the Thermes gallo-romains and the Hôtel des abbés de Cluny. The « thermes » (baths) date from ...

Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte

Built in the 17^th century by the architect Louis Le Vau for Nicolas Fouquet, superintendent of Louis XIV’s finances, the Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte is a model of aestheticism and refinement, a source of inspiration for numerous artists of this period, such as Molière.

Basilique du Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre

Crowning the Butte Montmartre, this church was built from 1875 onwards as an act of penance after France was defeated by the Prussians in 1870. Built in a...