Editor's note: This story was updated to reflect the recent news event of a fire at the iconic landmark. It was originally published in the May/June 2017 issue of National Geographic History Magazine.
Paris’s fabled monuments, sublime churches, and iconic sites were created from limestone excavated from a vast maze of subterranean quarries, starting in the Middle Ages. Deserted over time, the ...
The best trips to Paris blend the new and the old. Here, a longtime Francophile shares which landmarks are worth visiting, plus a mix of classic and recently opened hotels, restaurants, bars, and more ...
The splashy show, an example par excellence of what makes modern French musicals distinctive, begins a run at Lincoln Center. By Elisabeth Vincentelli When Americans are asked to name French musicals, ...
The Docks de Paris project by Paris based architecture studio Jakob + MacFarlane is nearing completion. The building was first designed in 2004 for a competition held by the city of Paris. Jakob + ...