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Conciergerie Built in stages between the 11th and
On bd du Palais, elegant Conciergerie 15th centuries, it’s on a gargantuan scale;
(www.monuments-nationaux.fr; 2 bd du Palais, the interior is 130m long, 48m wide and
1er; adult/child €8.50/free, joint ticket with 35m high. Don’t miss the three rose win-
Sainte-Chapelle €15; h9.30am-6pm; mCité) dows, the 7800-pipe organ and a walk up
is a royal palace that became a prison the gargoyle-covered Gothic towers.
and torture chamber for enemies of The Walk » Cross the river on Pont au Double
the Revolution. The 14th-century Salle and follow rue Lagrange to bd St-Germain. Then
des Gens d’Armes (Cavalrymen’s Hall) take rue des Carmes and rue Valette south to the
is Europe’s largest surviving medieval place du Panthéon.
hall. The nearby church of Sainte- Panthéon
Chapelle (joint ticket with Conciergerie €15)
has stunning stained glass. Once you reach the left bank you’re in
the Latin Quarter, the centre of Parisian
The Walk » Continue east along rue de Lutèce, higher education since the Middle Ages,
then cross place du Parvis Notre Dame and walk and home to the city’s top university, the
towards the cathedral.
Sorbonne. Here you’ll find the Panthéon
Cathédrale de Notre Dame (www.monum.fr; place du Panthéon, 5e; adult/
At the eastern end of Île de la Cité, show- child €8.50/free; h10am-6.30pm; mMaubert-
Mutualité or RER Luxembourg), the neoclassi-
stopper Notre Dame (www.cathedraledeparis.
com; 6 place du Parvis Notre Dame, 4e; cathedral cal mausoleum where some of France’s
greatest thinkers are entombed, includ-
free, towers adult/child €8.50/free; hcathedral
8am-6.45pm Mon-Fri, to 7.15pm Sat & Sun; mCité) ing Voltaire, Rousseau and Marie Curie.
is the heart of Paris – it’s from here that The Walk » Walk east to place Monge, take line
all distances in France are measured. 7 to Palais Royal Musée du Louvre, then line 1 west
to Concorde.
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