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Things to Do in The Islands
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Ancien Cloître Quartier 
Hidden in the shadows of Notre-Dame is this evocative, often-overlooked... |
Neighborhoods / Streets | The Islands |
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Conciergerie
Most of the Ile de la Cité's medieval structures fell... |
Architectural Sites | The Islands |
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Mémorial des Martyrs de la Déportation
On the eastern tip of the Ile de la Cité lies this stark... |
Memorials / Monuments | The Islands |
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Notre-Dame
Looming above Place du Parvis on the Ile de la Cité is... |
Religious Sites | The Islands |
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Palais de Justice
This courthouse complex, built in the 1860s by Baron Haussmann... |
Castles / Palaces | The Islands |
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Place Dauphine
The Surrealists called Place Dauphine "le sexe de Paris" because... |
Squares | The Islands |
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Sainte-Chapelle
Built by the obsessively pious Louis IX (1226-70), this Gothic... |
Religious Sites | The Islands |
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Square du Vert-Galant
The equestrian statue of the Vert Galant himself—amorous... |
Squares | The Islands |
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St-Louis-en-L'Ile
You can't miss the unusual lacy spire of this church as you approach... |
Religious Sites | The Islands |
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