Paris offers a big amount of other treasure-like places to feel the beauty of this city.
After the heartbreaking blaze at Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris, it left a tragedy on tourism in the world. Without any doubt, Notre-Dame was one of the biggest attention grabber but Paris offers a big amount of other treasure-like places to feel the beauty of the city.
The Louvre
The Louvre is the most-visited historic monument and largest art museum in the world. You could be there for days, discovering collections of everything from antique Egyptian treasures to Renaissance painting masterpieces. The museum opened on 10 August 1793 with an exhibition of 537 paintings, the majority of the works being royal and confiscated church property.
Sacré-Cœur
Also known as the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Paris is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. A popular landmark and the second most visited monument in Paris, the basilica stands at the summit of the butte Montmartre, the highest point in the city. Sacré-Cœur Basilica is above all a religious (Catholic) building, shown by its perpetual adoration of the Holy Eucharist since 1885, and is also seen as a double monument, political and cultural. The whimsical structure sits at the top of the butte Montmartre. Its dome is 83 m (272 ft) high, and it offers a 360º view of Paris. Read more
