The heart of what was once the seat of royal power in Paris, the 1st arrondissement retains an atmosphere of elegance and elegance.
Main sights and attractions in District 1:
- Musée du Louvre (Louvre Museum)
- Tuileries Gardens
- Jeu de Paume-National Galleries
- Musee des Arts Decoratifs (Museum of Decorative Arts)
- Musée de l'Orangerie
- Palais Royal (former seat of royal power)
- La Comédie Française (classical theater in Paris where French playwright Molière once performed)
- Place Vendôme
- Forum des Halles (monstrous shopping center and district) and the Les Halles / Beaubourg neighborhood
- Eglise Saint-Eustache
- Chatelet and the Saint-Jacques tower
- Ile de la Cite (natural island of the Seine)
- Chapel Sainte-Chapelle and the Conciergerie (former revolutionary prison)
- Pont Neuf bridge (oldest bridge in Paris)
See map of district 1: see map here
