Located just within the Eastern outskirts of the city of Paris, lies one of the city’s most beautiful and interactive green areas. Spanning almost 40 square miles, Bois de Vincennes is the largest park within Paris surpassing the more well-known,…

The Montmartre Cemetery is known for housing bright and well-known creatives. Edgar Degas, a French artist famous for his drawings, paintings, prints, and sculptures is buried here. The gravesite of Degas, labeled “Famille de Gas” is a…

Jean-Luc Godard is a French-Swiss filmmaker and central figure of the French New Wave film movement. To some, he is the most important artist of the 1960’s. To others, he is a total fraud. I am in agreement with the former, unless of course I am in…

Perhaps what may draw the largest amount of people to the Trocadéro, is the view. The place sits across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower, giving a lovely view with the gardens in the foreground. This is an excellent place to take pictures of the…

An all-female religious order in the late 17th century, the Ladies of the Assumption (Dames de l’Assomption), were the first occupants of the building, which was constructed between 1670-76. It continued to be used by wealthy women as a sort of…

Sainte-Genevieve was born in 422 and became religious at a very young age. Once she moved to Paris, she became known for being religious and helping others. Catholic saints are known for some type of miracle that they made happen, and Genevieve’s…

Built in 1865, this train station has been a powerhouse for the 700,000 people it holds at any given time. Jacques Ignace Hittorff, the architect for the building, wanted the building to be beautiful on the exterior, and serve a purpose in the…

Pablo Picasso was born on October 25th, 1881 to a middle-class family in the city of Malaga in southern Spain. He was born to Maria Picasso y Lopez and Jose Ruiz y Blasco. Picasso displayed an early love for art and traveled often in his earlier…

The story of the Luxor Obelisk begins in Egypt in 1392 BC, when the Pharoah Amenhotep III began building the Luxor Temple. It was completed during the reign of the Pharoah Tutankhamun or, as he is better known, King Tut. The Luxor Temple stands tall…

Built just in time for the Exposition Universelle of 1900, Pont Alexandre III was put in place to commemorate the Franco-Russian alliance that took place in 1892 when the two countries formed an alliance for economic and military purposes. The…