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Louis XIV, Place des Victoires (At the center of the Place des Victoires is an equestrian monument in honor of King Louis XIV celebrating the Treaties of Nijmegen concluded in 1678-79.)
Place des Victoires (The Place des Victoires is a circular place in Paris, located a short distance northeast from the Palais Royal and straddling the border between the 1st and the 2nd arrondissements)
Banque de France (The Banque de France, headquartered in Paris, is the central bank of France; it is linked to the European Central Bank (ECB). Founded in 1800, it helped resolve the financial crisis of 1848 and emerged as a powerful central bank. Its main charge is to implement the interest rate policy of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB). In 1800, financial power in France was in the hands of about ten to fifteen banking houses whose founders, in most cases, came from Switzerland in the second half of the eighteenth century. These bankers, mostly Protestant, were deeply involved in the agitations leading up to the French Revolution. When the revolutionary violence got out of hand, they orchestrated the rise of Napoleon, whom they regarded as the restorer of order. As a reward for their support, Napoleon, in 1800, gave the bankers a monopoly over French finance by giving them control of the new Bank of France. For the first fifteen years it was the sole issuer of bank notes in France.)
Au Pied de Cochon-The Pig's foot (Apparently, a big hangout for local rugby fans.)
A good Irish Pub in the heart of Paris (The Celtic Empire is global.)
Church of St Eustace (The Church of St Eustace, Paris (French: L’église Saint-Eustache) is a church in the 1st arrondissement of Paris. The present building was built between 1532 and 1632. Situated at the entrance to Paris's ancient markets (Les Halles) and the beginning of rue Montorgueil, St Eustace's is considered a masterpiece of late Gothic architecture. The church’s reputation was strong enough at the time for it to be chosen as the location for a young Louis XIV to receive communion. Mozart also chose the sanctuary as the location for his mother’s funeral. Among those baptised here as children were Richelieu, Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, future Madame de Pompadour and Molière, who was also married here in the 17th century. The last rites for Anne of Austria, Turenne and Mirabeau were pronounced within its walls. Marie de Gournay is buried there.)
Bourse de commerce (Commodities Exchange) (The Bourse de commerce (Commodities Exchange) is a building in Paris, France, originally used as a place to negotiate the trade of grain and other commodities, now used to provide services to businesses by the Paris Chamber of Commerce. It has its origins in a circular corn exchange built in 1763–67, with an open-air interior court that was capped by an iron dome in 1811. In a major reconstruction in 1888–89 much of the structure was replaced, although the layout remained the same and the dome was retained with modifications. The dome of the building is listed as a historical monument.)
"L'Écoute" (Listen), a sculpture by René Cassin (In front of St. Eustache's Church in Place René Cassin, is  a giant, seventy ton abstract sculpture of a head resting on a hand and made of sandstone. It is called, "L'Écoute" ("Listen"), created by Henri de Miller and placed there in 1986. With its location directly in front of the Gothic church of St. Eustache, "Ecoute" presents a striking contrast between old and new, one of the defining characteristics of Paris.)
Church of St Eustace-Waterspout gargoyle
Church of St Eustace
Church of St Eustace
Church of St Eustace-Trancept Rose Window
Church of St Eustace-Ornately carved pulpit
Church of St Eustace-The largest organ in France (With 8,000 pipes, the organ is reputed to be the largest pipe organ in France, surpassing the organs of Saint Sulpice and Notre Dame de Paris. The organ originally constructed by P.-A. Ducroquet was powerful enough for the premiere of Hector Berlioz' titanic Te Deum to be performed at St-Eustache in 1855.)
Church of St Eustace-The Altar
Georgia meditates in the Church of St Eustace
Church of St Eustace-Organ pipe detail
Church of St Eustace- The interior viewed from the western entrance
Church of St Eustace
Church of St Eustace
Church of St Eustace
Church of St Eustace-The Chapel of the Virgin (The Chapel of the Virgin was built in 1640 and restored from 1801 to 1804. It was inaugurated by Pius VII on the 22nd of December, 1804 when he came to Paris for the coronation of Napoleon.)
An alms seeker on her cell phone
Waiting for the Metro to Montmarte
Sacré-Cœur Basilica, crowning Montmarte, Paris' highest point (The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Paris, commonly known as Sacré-Cœur Basilica and often simply Sacré-Cœur is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in Paris. A popular landmark, the basilica is located at the summit of the butte Montmartre, the highest point in the city. Sacré-Cœur is a double monument, political and cultural, both a national penance for the defeat of France in the 1871 Franco-Prussian War and the socialist Paris Commune of 1871[1] crowning its most rebellious neighborhood, and an embodiment of conservative moral order, publicly dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which was an increasingly popular vision of a loving and sympathetic Christ. The Sacré-Cœur Basilica was designed by Paul Abadie. Construction began in 1875 and was finished in 1914. It was consecrated after the end of World War I in 1919.)
Fruit vendor near the Montmarte Funicular
A happy accordianist on Montmarte.
Montmartre Funicular (The Montmartre funicular is an automatic funicular railway serving the Montmartre neighbourhood of Paris, in the Eighteenth arrondissement. It is operated by the RATP, the Paris transport authority. It was opened on 13 July 1900 and was entirely rebuilt in 1935 and again in 1991.The funicular carries passengers between the foot of the butte (outlier) of Montmartre and its summit, near the foot of the Sacré-Cœur basilica. It provides an alternative to the multiple stairways of more than 300 steps that lead to the top of the Butte Montmartre. At 108 m (354 ft) long, the funicular climbs and drops the 36 m (118 ft) in under a minute and a half. It carries two million passengers a year.)
Sacré-Cœur Basilica
Sacré-Cœur Basilica
The plaza in front of Sacré-Cœur Basilica offers sweeping views of Paris
The plaza in front of Sacré-Cœur Basilica offers sweeping views of Paris
The plaza in front of Sacré-Cœur Basilica offers sweeping views of Paris
Sacré-Cœur Basilica
Sacré-Cœur Basilica-A mosaic in the apse, entitled Christ in Majesty, created by Luc-Olivier Merson (One of the largest mosaics in the world)
Archangel motif, Sacré-Cœur Basilica
A colorful souvenir vendor sets up shop on Sacré-Cœur's plaza
Chinese tourists take a "selfie", a very common site in Paris
Sacré-Cœur Basilica (Sacré-Cœur is built of travertine stone quarried in Château-Landon (Seine-et-Marne), France. This stone constantly exudes calcite, which ensures that the basilica remains white even with weathering and pollution.)
Children chasing pigeons on Sacré-Cœur's steps
Numerous couples from China and Korea  come to Paris to marry and be photographed
Napoleon's Tomb from Montmarte
An accordion player on the palza
Sacré-Cœur Basilica's domes
Sacré-Cœur Basilica-Joan of Arc
Georgia and Tom at Sacré-Cœur Basilica
Climbing the tower of Sacré-Cœur Basilica
Climbing the tower of Sacré-Cœur Basilica
Climbing the tower of Sacré-Cœur Basilica
View of St Pierre de Montmarte Monastery from Sacré-Cœur's dome
View of La Defense business district from the top of Sacré-Cœur
Bell Tower-Sacré-Cœur Basilica
St Michael Archangel, Sacré-Cœur
Climbing the tower of Sacré-Cœur Basilica
Gargoyle, Sacré-Cœur
View from the top ofSacré-Cœur Basilica
View from the top of Sacré-Cœur Basilica
A gargoyle of Sacré-Cœur
View from the top of Sacré-Cœur Basilica
View from the top of Sacré-Cœur Basilica
Gargoyle, Sacré-Cœur
View from the top of Sacré-Cœur Basilica
View from the top of Sacré-Cœur Basilica
View from the top of Sacré-Cœur Basilica
View from the top of Sacré-Cœur Basilica
View from the top of Sacré-Cœur Basilica
Unique motif, Sacré-Cœur
View from the top of Sacré-Cœur Basilica
View from the top of Sacré-Cœur Basilica
View from the top of Sacré-Cœur Basilica
A gargoyle of Sacré-Cœur
A gypsy seeking alms
St Pierre de Montmarte Church and  Monastery (The Church of Saint Peter of Montmartre  is the oldest surviving church in Paris but the lesser known of the two main churches in Montmartre, the other being the more famous 19th-century Sacré-Cœur Basilica. According to the earliest biography of Saint Ignatius Loyola, the church is the location at which the vows were taken that led to the founding of the Society of Jesus.)
Church yard cat
St Pierre de Montmarte Church and  Monastery
Chinese tourists assist a homeless woman
A busy square in Montmartre (Montmartre is a large hill in Paris's 18th arrondissement. It is 130 metres high and gives its name to the surrounding district, part of the Right Bank in the northern section of the city.  Montmartre is primarily known for the white-domed Basilica of the Sacré-Cœur on its summit and as a nightclub district. The other, older, church on the hill is Saint Pierre de Montmartre, which claims to be the location at which the Jesuit order of priests was founded.)
Montmartre shops
Mime, Montmarte
Montmarte
Georgia hoping for a crepe...or ice cream...or both!
Georgia's Pavlovian instincts kick in
Making crepes on Monmarte
Making crepes on Monmarte
Georgia waiting for her crepe
Georgia gets her crepe
Vincent van Gogh. Yes, he had a taste for Absinthe
A colorful Montmarte shop
A Montmarte cafe
Classically proportioned buildings, Montmarte
A cozy cul de sac, Montmarte
The Moulin de la Galette, Montmarte (The Moulin de la Galette is a windmill and associated businesses situated near the top of the district of Montmartre in Paris. Since the 17th century the windmill has been known for more than just its milling capabilities. Nineteenth century owners and millers, the Debray family, made a brown bread, galette, which became popular and thus the name of the windmill and its businesses, which have included a famous guinguette and restaurant. In the 19th century, Le Moulin de la Galette, represented diversion for Parisians seeking entertainment, a glass of wine and bread made from flour ground by the windmill. Artists, such as Renoir, van Gogh, and Pissarro have immortalized Le Moulin de la Galette; likely the most notable was Renoir's festive painting, Bal du moulin de la Galette.)
Montmarte
Street musicians rev up in Montmarte
A secret garden, Montmartre
Staircase leading down from Montmarte
Saint-Jean-de-Montmartre (Situated at the foot of Montmartre, it is notable as the first example of reinforced cement in church construction. Built from 1894 through 1904, it was designed by architect Anatole de Baudot, a student of Viollet-le-Duc and Henri Labrouste. The brick and ceramic tile-faced structure exhibits features of Art Nouveau design while exploiting the superior structural qualities of reinforced concrete with lightness and transparency. The Art Nouveau stained glass was executed by Jac Galland according to the design of Pascal Blanchard. Interior sculpture was by Pierre Roche.)
Abbesses Metro Station-A Classic Metro entrance (Abbesses  is a station on Paris Métro Line 12, in the Montmartre district and the 18th arrondissement. Abbesses is the deepest station in the Paris Métro, at 36 metres (118 feet) below ground, it is located on the western side of the butte (hill) of Montmartre. Access to the platforms is usually by elevators, but they can be accessed by decorated stairs.)
Abbesses Metro Station-The deepest station in the Paris Metro
Waiting for the Metro....Au revoir, Montmarte!

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