The cradle of Paris, the île de la Cité, bears testimony to the Royal, religious and judicial powers under the Kings of France.

An education and college district, the Latin Quarter preserves admirable medieval buildings.

From its Cistercian abbey to its literary cafés, the Saint-Germain-des-Prés district bears witness to a thousand years of history.

With its many mansions and its classical churches, the Marais testifies to the splendor of the 17th century aristocratic life.

New Athens was the birthplace of Romanticism in the early 19th century.