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Pitti Palace in Florence. By the the Angel. Tours of the crypt
time it was finished, in 1631, are given regularly, including
Marie had been banished one in English, on the first
from Paris, but it remained a Sunday of the month. DRINK
royal palace until the French
Revolution. In World War II
it became the Luftwaffe Monk le Taverne
headquarters. The Musée 16 " ' de Cluny
du Luxembourg in the east Val-de-Grâce The place on the Left
gallery hosts art exhibitions. Bank for craft beer, with
 G7 ⌂ 1 pl Alphonse- a great selection on tap
Laveran 75005 q Les and bottled. There’s
Gobelins W Port Royal regular live music too.
15 ' # Noon–6pm Tue–Thu,  G5 ⌂ 51 rue de la
St-Sulpice Sat & Sun ¢ Aug Harpe, 75005 ∑ la
∑ valdegrace.org tavernedecluny.com
 F5 ⌂ 2 rue Palatine, This church, one of the most
place St-Sulpice 75006
q St-Sulpice # 7:30am– beau tiful in all of France, was Le Piano Vache
7:30pm daily ∑ pss75.fr/ designed by François Mansart Students and locals hit
saint-sulpice-paris/ and Jacques Lemercier, and the bar at this rowdy
forms part of a military hos­ watering hole, which
This imposing church, which pital complex. Built for Anne plays loud rock music.
was started during 1646, and of Austria (wife of Louis XIII) in  H6 ⌂ 8 rue Laplace
took more than 100 years to gratitude for the birth of her 75005 ¢Sun
be completed, has a simple son, young Louis XIV him self ∑ lepianovache.com
façade consisting of two tiers laid the first stone in 1645,
of elegant columns with mis­ when he was seven years old. Le Bombardier
matched towers at the ends. The church is noted for its Paris has few pubs
Large windows fill the interior grand, two­storey façade, and worthy of the name, but
with light, and the fine organ for the dome, a landmark on this one has earned its
fills it with sound when con­ Paris’ skyline. In the cupola is stripes with draught
certs are held. The chapel to Pierre Mignard’s enormous and cask ales.
the right of the entrance has fresco, with over 200 triple­  H6 ⌂ 2 place du
murals by Eugène Delacroix, life­size figures. The six huge Panthéon 75005
including Jacob Wrestling with marble columns framing the ∑ bombardierpub.fr
altar are similar to ones in
St Peter’s in Rome. There is no
Beautiful gardens in charge if you only want
front of the imposing to enter the nave.
Palais du Luxembourg

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