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ceiling domes crown the inside,
2 " -= richly decorated with rose
Musée Grévin marble and gilt sculp tures.
 G2 ⌂ 10 bd Montmartre 4 = -
EXPERIENCE Paris: Tuileries and Opéra Founded in 1882, this is a  G2 ⌂ 75002 q Bourse
75009 q Bourse, Grands
Boulevards # 9am–5pm
Mon–Sat ¢ 7 Jan–8 Feb
Les Passages
∑ grevin-paris.com
Paris landmark, on a par with
The early­19th­century galeries
Madame Tussauds. The histori­
or passages, (the glass­roofed
shopping arcades), are found
cal scenes include Louis XIV at
Versailles and the arrest of
mainly between boulevard
Montmartre and rue St­Marc.
Louis XVI. Notable figures from
They house an eclectic mixture
the worlds of art, politics, film
and sport are also on display.
from designer jewellery to rare
On the first floor is a holog­
books and art supplies. One of
raphy section devoted to
optical tricks. The museum
the most charming is Galerie
also houses a 212­seat theatre of small stores selling anything
Vivienne (off rue Vivienne or
that stages recitals, follies and rue des Petits Champs) with Jules Hardouin­Mansart’s royal
poetry events. its mosaic floor and excellent square was begun in 1698 and
wine bar. remains largely intact. The
original plan was to house
academies and embassies
3 = behind its arcaded façades,
La Madeleine 5 but instead bankers moved
Place Vendôme in and created sumptuous
 E2 ⌂ Pl de la Madeleine
75008 q Madeleine  F2 ⌂ 75001 q Tuileries mansions for themselves. The
# 9:30am–7pm daily most famous resi dents include
∑ eglise-lamadeleine.com Perhaps the best example of Frédéric Chopin, who died here
18th­century elegance in the in 1848 at No 12, and César
Modelled after a Greek temple, city, the 17th­century architect Ritz, who established his
La Madeleine was begun in famous hotel at No 15 in 1898.
1764, but not conse crated until
1845. Before that, there were
proposals to turn it into a stock
ex change, a bank or a theatre.
Corin thian columns encircle Marochetti’s sublime Mary
the building, sup porting a Magdalene Ascending to
sculptured frieze. Three Heaven in La Madeleine

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