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Ile de la Cité
The medieval identity of this small island was
almost wiped out in the 19th century by Baron
Haussmann’s grand scheme. Sainte-Chapelle and
parts of the Conciergerie are the only buildings
of the period that remain. The Square du Vert-
Galant, a park at the island’s western tip, has views
of the Louvre and the Right Bank (pp78–91).

Conciergerie
During the Revolution, this
building, with its distinctive
Pont Neuf towers, became notorious as
Paris’s oldest standing a prison (p87).
bridge, the Pont Neuf
links the Right and
Left banks to the Ile
de la Cité (p90).

St-Gervais–St-Protais
One of the oldest organs in
Paris, dating from the early
17th century, is in this
church (p103).

Pont Neuf
Jardin Tino Rossi
Pont Neuf Created in 1975,
this is an open-air
Châtelet
Hôtel de Ville sculpture garden
Pont au dedicated to the
Change Corsican singer.
Pont
Notre-Dame
Cité
Pont
d’Arcole
Pont
St-Michel Louis-Philippe
Petit Pont Pont au Pont Marie
Double Pont St-Louis Pont Marie

Pont de
l’Archevêché
Pont de la Sully Morland
Tournelle Pont de Sully

Notre-Dame
This towering cathedral surveys
the river (pp82–5). Bâteaux Parisiens

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