Paris, Banks of the Seine
Paris, Banks of the Seine, comprises many of the main treasures of the French capital from the Middle Ages to the 20th century.
The area stretches from Saint-Chapelle and Notre Dame Cathedral in the east to the Eiffel Tower in the west. Along this kilometers-long route, one can find monuments such as the Notre Dame, Saint-Chapelle, the Louvre, the Gare d'Orsay and the Place de la Concorde. It also shows Haussmann’s urban planning, which inspired the construction of the great cities in Latin America.
Community Perspective: All these monuments are tempting of course (Hubert has provided an overview), but it is already worthwhile to take a boat trip or walk the whole included stretch along the Banks of the Seine. Be aware that a relatively small part of Paris is covered by the core zone of this WHS. And it’s not all rosy either: there are crowds and Parisian rudeness, and Ian hates the lanes of heavy traffic that cross the area.
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Ian Cade
Paris is great, it justifiably is one of the metropoles around which Europe seems to revolve and the Banks of the Seine show the finest parts of it. But I just want to focus on one specific part of the inscribed area.
“Oh Dad, THERE IS AN OBELISK! Can we go and visit it?”
Now I am a seriously proud Dad of a 5 year old that can not only recognise an obelisk, but gets properly excited by them, however at this precise moment I really didn’t want to indulge the request, partially because we were on a boat enjoying a cruise, but also I knew that this lump of Luxor that so enthused my daughter was in a place I hate above most other places I have visited on this World Heritage Site quest.
Yep, the obelisk was the famous one at the centre of Place de la Concorde.
But being somewhat weak willed and always wanting to reinforce any form heritage geekery from my family, we obviously disembarked at the next the Batobus quai. From here it was a short walk back up to Quai des Tuileries.
From here the grim visiting experience starts.
Before getting into details, I can understand that Place de la Concorde is an important place, I had so looked forward to visiting the first time I arrived two decades previously. In fact I think it is this discombobulation between what I expected and the reality is why I hate this “square” so much
We walked over from the quai (1,2-3,4,5,6) to the first reservation, then edged our way towards the centre nearer the start of the Champs Elysee (7,8), though to get there we crossed the start of the renowned boulevard for a view down to the Arc de triomphe (9,10,11,12-13,14,15,16). From here we stood waiting to cross into the centre to visit the obelisk (17,18,19,20-21,22,23,24). We viewed the obelisk, my daughter still impressed by it and she took some photos, then we headed off aiming to follow the inscribed core zone to Place de la Madeline. So we crossed from the centre toward Tuileries gardens (25,26,27,28-29,30,31,32) and after the reservation we headed off to the north (33,34) we stopped at the crossing before heading over the final road (35,36,37-38,39,40,41-42,43,44).
So there you go, crossing perhaps the most historic square in one of Europe’s most famous historic cities involved crossing 44 lanes of rather heavy traffic. That is utterly insane.
Even the shortest crossing route walking east to west would require crossing 22 lanes, just short of Texas’s comical Katy Highway, the widest road in the world.
What on earth possessed the city planners in Paris to look at one of their most famous destinations and decide to turn it into a freeway?
It utterly destroys the place.
Despite repeated visits over the last two decades I can barely identify it as a square. As a pedestrian the landscape is extremely hostile, you are just not welcome in what is supposedly a highlight of Paris, and I can’t imagine navigating in a car is any more welcoming, despite sacrificing the place to traffic it is just a sprawling void of lanes with minimal markings and cars at various angles as the 8 lanes suddenly split in different directions. (It isn’t a new phenomenon as this clip from German TV in the 80s illustrates). It seems that there is absolutely zero thought to anything in this square, it fails as an historic site, is hostile to pedestrians, confusing for motorists and I would assume lethal for cyclists.
Thankfully it seems that some sense has prevailed and the current plans are to reorganise the area and actually make it into a square again, a change that can’t come soon enough.
I really love Paris, but Place de la Concorde is one of the worst pieces of urban planning in contemporary Europe that has had a blind eye turned to it for far too long. The current situation's demise cannot come soon enough.
N.B.
To give some sort of comparison with the two other European capitals I know as well as Paris:
In London my commute from Waterloo Station south of the Thames to Tottenham Court Road in the northern part of central London covers about 2.5 km takes me about 35 mins and I will normally cross 21 lanes of traffic.
And in Prague you can do a whole day of sightseeing covering all the major sites (Statue of St Wenceslas, all down Václavské náměstí, a circuit of the Staroměstská náměstí, through the old town, over Charles Bridge, explore Mala Strana, up to and through the castle, seeing the Golden Lane, before descending down to Wallenstein Gardens and getting on the metro at Malostranska without breaking through even 20 lanes of traffic, many of which give pedestrians priority.
So in both of these cases a major capital can be traversed crossing fewer lanes of traffic than the shortest route across this historic “square”.
Jean Lecaillon
Firstly and to be honnest, I was born in Paris, I live in Paris and I work in Paris... I am probably partial but when you live in one of the most beautiful city in the world and the most visited, it's hard to appear fair.
But finally, it's not the point, and if you come in Paris, don't hesitate to contact me, I know the best beer craft pubs ;)
Like other members, I think the core of this WHS is too small ; the whole city clearly deserves this status. I really don't care, but Montmartre, the Opera Garnier, Les Champs-Elysées, the Quartier Latin (Sorbonne) are so many valuable places which can be the subject of an extension of this WHS.
Back now to the inscribed property:
One of the most beautiful human construction I have ever seen is clearly the Sainte-Chapelle. In front of all these stained glasses, you are forced to wonder how it can remain standing (cf. picture), it's really impressive.
In addition, you have one of the most famous museum in the world that everybody knows: Le Louvre. A wonderful castle like the Ermitage in St Petersburg, and a collection of works of art like the British museum or Pergamon museum have. The musée d'Orsay is another famous museum on the other side of the Seine: an old station turned into a museum of impressionist art.
From the river, you can appreciate in particular the Institut de France. And probably the most beautiful bridge in Paris: le pont Alexandre III (ideal place for sunsets!).
If Notre-Dame de Paris is also famous, don't forget to walk towards the Ile Saint-Louis where the buildings and the streets kept their charm.
It's already a good visit of this WHS, but i'm sure you will also have a look to the Eiffel tower (by night, it's more beautiful) or the Invalides.
Nan
In 2019, just a few weeks before Notre Dame went up in flames, I passed through the city, walking along the Seine from Bercy to Centre Georges Pompidou and then Gare du Nord. Comme l'Habitude, I got my ice cream at Berthillon (Cassis!) on Ile de la Cité. But I didn't really have any sites to hit or visit, it was just me strolling around town.
Having been repeatedly as a kid and adolescent, I have ticked off most of the must sees (Louvre, Tour Eiffel, Les Invalides, Notre Dame) and plenty of other sites. But Paris being Paris and the options endless, I still have places in Paris on my bucket list. For instance, I never went to the Musée d'Orsay. The Le Corbusier sites near town would be nice. And when researching this post I saw some Art Deco buildings I definitely want to see. But I like coming back to Paris, so I have never make a dedicated effort to finish up the town.
The inscribed area is not all of Paris, but a stretch of the city running along the banks of the Seine from Ile St Louis (Eastern most) to Champ de Mars (Western end point). Some components extend away from the banks of the Seine, specifically (East to West):
- Louvre, Jardin des Tuileries, Petit & Grand Palais
- Hôtel des Invalides
- Champ de Mars, Tour Eiffel, Palais de Chaillot
Smaller sites of note on the banks extending away from the Seine are:
- Hôtel de Ville
- Place du Châtelet
- Musée d'Orsay
As you may notice, several of Paris' key sites are not included as they are too far from the Seine. Montmartre, Champs-Élysées, Arc de Triomphe, Centre Georges Pompidou, ... I could go on forever. And this already points to the weakness of the inscription: It's artificially limited. From the tip of Ile St Louis you can see one of Mitterand's grand projects, the Institut du monde arabe, which is just outside the core zone. The Tour St Jacques, itself a WHS, is also left out, even though, it's just a block off Ile de la Cité. The Champs-Élysées starts behind the Tuileries at Place de la Concorde... I could go on forever to illustrate the arbitrary nature of the chose core zone. And it's not as if the inscribed area is a historic consistent set itself, with structures ranging from medieval times (Notre Dame) to modernity (Pyramide).
Personally, I would have favored an inscription of most of central Paris. Thanks to the efforts of Georges-Eugène Haussmann in the 19th century and several kings and presidents before and after, it feels like everything in Paris is part of living piece of art. I say living as the city constantly evolves, nowadays when the next Président or mayor tries to leave a mark on the city.
If you want to slice the city up, e.g. in smaller sites akin to Berlin, London or Seoul, I don't think using the Seine as a slice is not the most helpful. Some ideas for the French Unesco commission from my part:
- Medieval Paris: Louvre, Notre-Dame, Basilica of Saint-Denis, ...
- Revolutionary France: So many important revolutions happened in Paris. Bastille, Commune, ...
- The Reshaping of Paris by Napoleon III and Haussmann for its impact on urbanism: Les boulevards. Les Palais.
- Works of Gustave Eiffel: Tour Eiffel combined with other examples.
- Art Deco which originated in Paris: Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (the first Art Deco building), Basilica of Sacré-Cœur, Montmartre, Piscine Molitor, ...
- Birth of Impressionism: Montmartre, Musée d'Orsay, the bars of Lautrec.
- Modern Architecture: Louvre, Centre Georges Pompidou, La Villette, Institut du monde arabe, Bercy.
And I haven't even made a real effort here. There is probably some key industrialist site in town. And some Roman ruins, too.
While You Are There
As you can see, there is so much to see in Paris that I can always go back and find a new treasure. The last time I visited, though, the crowds including tourists had increased to a hard to bear level for me. Maybe, it's just a sign of me being older. Still, going up to first level of Tour Eiffel via the stairs never required a reservation when I was little. I think it does now.
If you want to get out of Paris, most of Northern France WHS is within reach (Reims, Amiens, Le Havre). My last two visits to Paris were me passing through, arriving from some site hunting at Le Havre/Rouen and Montbard/Dijon. Limiting myself to Paris and Ile de France, you should visit Versailles. There also several Le Corbusier ticks in/and around Paris plus several tentative sites.
Zoë Sheng
Chinese-Canadian - 01-May-19 -
Paris is a lovely city. I don't go for “city of love” or anything like that, from a pure sightseeing point of view there is so much to do the 3 days I spent here were not enough, and that's didn't even include Versailles and the other things past the A86 ring road such as Saint Denis cathedral, the Nestle chocolate or Hangar Y. The arc, the tower, the basilica, Notre Dame (no access due to the fire which is very sad), the Louvre and that's just a few highlights. The only downsides I have are crowds (tourist groups) and general Parisian rudeness.
I also did the unthinkable: drive to some of these places! May 1st had zero traffic in town and parking is free. We decided that 5 people buying another metro pass would be too expensive and in the end walking and transportation exchanges would have taken triple the time. Why not just park 50m away from the Eiffel tower or just off the roundabout of the Arc the Triomphe? The only problem was that the Arc was off limits with a massive police presence all around town (ensuring no protests take place?)
Caspar Dechmann
There is no perfect way do determine the exact boundaries of a city WHS. And while there are cities like Quito that seem to have no boundaries at all or like Samarkand that include huge and also some less interesting parts of a city. On the other hand there is at least one city on the list with absurdly narrow boundaries: Paris.
I think even most WH travellers are unaware how little of the centre of Paris is included into the core zone while a buffer zone doesn’t even seem to exist. It includes naturally the most iconic sites like the Ile de la Cité, the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre and seems beyond that mainly interested in the buildings from the world exhibitions: the Trocadero and the Palais de Tokyo. Both of them are not very attractive if you view them closely and in a surprisingly bad state. On the other hand it excludes several iconic sights that border directly the current core zone. Among them the Champs-Elysées, the Palais Royal, the Chatelet and the magnificent St. Julien le Pauvre. It also excludes many of the unique sites just a block or two further away from the Seine: The Palais Garnier, possible the most fairy tale theatre in the world, the Arc de Triomphe, St. Eustache, the Place des Vosges, the Jardin de Luxembourg, the Pantheon, Saint-Germain-des-Prés, the oldest church of Paris. It doesn’t either include the old quarters that escaped the Hausmannian changes of the city like the Marais and the Quartier Latin.
It would be an easy extension to include all these sites who are part of the very historic core of the city by extending the borders just a few blocks. I am sure nobody would even discuss if this were legitimate.
Beyond this the current WHS does neither include some famous site which are a little further away from the Seine like the Montmartre area with the iconic Sacré Coeur or the Cathedral St. Denis with its magnificent royal tombs. Those two should be easy extensions as well or even independent WHS if the city and the country took a real interest in promoting them. My impression is that nobody cares because Paris is already famous and full of tourists and therefore it is unlikely anything will ever change here. The fact remains that this is possibly the most understated core zone on the entire list.
Jay T
Perhaps the most surprising thing about the Paris, Banks of the Seine World Heritage Site, one of the most famous and visited sites in the world, is that 16 French World Heritage Sites were inscribed in previous years before it was finally added to the list in 1991. Paris is easily one of the most picturesque cities I have ever seen, with amazing views from the heights of Notre-Dame, the Eiffel Tower, and Montmartre (of which the last is not part of the inscribed site), as well as at street level, with grand boulevards and squares. Even the underground sewer system (so thoroughly described by Hugo in Les Misérables) and catacombs are tourist attractions, though I believe the official site boundary stops at surface level. Of the inscribed properties in this site, I particularly appreciated Sainte-Chapelle, with its beautiful stained glass which glows in morning light, and the Musée d'Orsay, with its impressionist and post-impressionist art displayed throughout a former train station. As alluded to in previous reviews, the Seine is the heart of Paris, and a walk or a boat ride along it, at any time of day, is highly recommended, and one of the best ways to appreciate the feel of this world-class city.
Logistics: Walk along the banks. Take a tour boat, or, if you prefer a cheaper, non-narrated option, buy a pass for the Batobus river boat shuttle. Explore, but take time to relax and enjoy this beautiful city.
Tsunami
Japan / USA / Europe - 27-Jan-17 -
The most visited site by our community.
I was back in Paris for some personal business in mid-Januaruy 2017.
I just wanted to add a photo here, as I don't see too many photos of the banks of the Seine here. It is my re-creation of a shot from a Robert Bresson movie. :)
When I looked at the map of the core zone of this WHS again, I noticed that some areas of the core zone are off the Seine. Such areas include the Madeleine and the park where Eifel Tower is situated. I was also happy to see the Tomb of Napoleon, my man, in the core zone. There are many tombs around the world that are World Heritage Sites, and Napoleon's should be one of them, even though it may be a relatively recent one.
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Hubert
Paris, the No. 1 on the list of most visited WHS on this website and truly a wonderful city. And it is one of those WHS that I have visited most frequently. At the end of the 1990s and early 2000s, I had an annual scientific meeting in Paris in late March, a perfect opportunity to extend a business meeting to a long weekend trip. Moreover, I visited Paris twice on private trips, most recently in September 2015 at the end of our tour to northern France. So I had plenty of opportunities to visit all the major tourist sights over the years.
All the monuments and museums along the banks of the Seine are well known, well described and - crowded. So, just a few comments.
Notre Dame - A perfect starting point to explore the city and to get a feel for the crowds of tourists. Ile de la Cité is the oldest part of the city and somehow still its centre.
The Towers of Notre Dame - Long queues. Climbing church towers is very often not worth the effort, mostly the views are less exciting than expected. So it is with Notre Dame. But it is so popular because you can have a close look at the quirky statues that watch over Paris (photo).
By the way: You have the best view over Paris from the top of Arc de Triomphe: unobstructed views in all directions. Or for free from the roofs of the department stores Galeries Lafayette or Printemps.
Sainte Chapelle - Long queues. A nice Gothic chapel, but overrated in my opinion.
The Louvre - I could spend a whole week in there, absolutely great, often considered the best museum in the world and I would not contradict. Mona Lisa - clearly overrated, there are better paintings by Leonardo just in the next room. You cannot view it well because of the barrier and the crowds, but go there, you can take nice pictures of people taking pictures of the Mona Lisa.
The Tuileries - On a sunny day, try to grab one of the chairs around the basin, eat a baguette, enjoy the sun and watch the tourists.
Musée d’Orsay - Another world class museum in a wonderful location. But if you have a fondness for Expressionism, visit the Musée de l’Orangerie, the Water Lilies paintings by Monet are marvellous.
Grand Palais - A masterpiece of steel and glass. Built for the Worlds’s Fair of 1900, only open for special events. I visited the Grand Palais many years ago, I can not remember the exhibition, the construction was much more impressive.
Tomb of Napoleon - Kitschy and nationalistic, would not visit again.
Eiffel Tower - I had exactly the same thoughts and feelings as Ian describes in his review below. If you see it, you will like it, an impressive construction. I was never at the top level, you will have to book well in advance. But I climbed twice the stairs to the second level, once at night (open until 11 pm), a very special atmosphere.
If you like to visit several museums and monuments, a museum pass may be an option (available for 2, 4 or 6 consecutive days). You get free entry to a long list of sites in and around Paris as often as you wish, without queuing. But be aware, that there is no privileged access to the Towers of Notre Dame and the Sainte Chapelle. For the Louvre, you can also preorder tickets online, nevertheless you should come early because there is also a queue for prebooked tickets.
Kyle Magnuson
California - United States of America - 03-Apr-15 -
I visited Paris in 2007, and at that time I only had a vague notion of UNESCO. Therefore, when I wandered Paris it certainly was not UNESCO themed, but instead focused on some of the icons of France.
I spent considerable time at Notre Dame, the Eiffel Tower, and the Louvre. Luckily, I also unintentionally visited a few other sections of the inscribed area. I only have positive memories of my time in Paris, indeed many of the stereotypes I'd heard about France and Paris were far from my mind as I enjoyed this beautiful city.
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Clyde
There are so many historical and cultural sights in Paris that it surely must have made more sense to include them all in one WHS. From the Notre Dame Cathedral to Montmartre, from the Louvre to the Eiffel Tower, from Place de la Concorde to the Opera Garnier. Paris and the Banks of the Seine offer a new discovery and a new experience every time I visit. Old and new intertwine in a perfect symbiosis and offer one of the richest experiences you can get when visiting a WHS.
Emilia Bautista King
From the time I was 8, I had read so much about Paris that it became the number 1 place I wanted to visit. I got my wish at 14 and the first time I saw the Eiffel Tower, it took my breath away. My parents, my sister, and I all purchased Sorbonne sweatshirts and we all wore them for a family photo in front of the Eiffel Tower (so cheesy, I know, but it was a proud moment for me then)! I remember taking the boat tour on the River Seine and just taking in the sites. I'd love to visit again as an adult but then again, there are 800 other WHS to see!
Ian Cade
I have now visited Paris twice and almost by accident I have indulged in two clichés, the first time I visited I stumbled in on Bastille Day and was treated to an amazing firework display whilst standing on the banks of the Seine. The second time I took my girlfriend there for Valentines Day and had the most fantastic time strolling along the river from Notre Dame to the Eiffel Tower. There is so much to do that I would have no problems having another trip here.
There are many points of interest along the river banks, and it is two of Paris most famous sights that captivated me most, it can some times be disappointing to see ‘world class’ attractions however the Eiffel Tower and Musée du Louvre were just enchanting. Having now visited many of the great grand museums of the Western World (Pergamon, British, Smithsonian etc.) I feel that the Louvre has the distinction of, in my humble opinion, being the best of the bunch. The exhibits are world class and the way they are displayed is sensational, it manages to combine both a classical Palace setting with fine contemporary architecture and in a way that is hard to beat, and I only see about a 5th of the collection.
However the highlight of the city for me has to be the Eiffel Tower, I wanted to not like it, I wanted to be unimpressed but I just couldn’t, it is massive and an exceptional feat of engineering worth of being one of the worlds most famous sights.
This is added to by a great architectural heritage, it is one of the great cities for art nouveau (iif you are a fan it is well worth hunting out the house at No. 29 Avanue Rapp near the Eiffel tower!), there are exceptional modern buildings, especially Institut du Monde Arabe, and the plasticy wedding cake like concoction that is Sacré Cour. Added to this are great cafes and restaurants (Quartier Latin and Montmatre) and heaps of other sites too numerous to list, including the exceptionally ugly UNESCO headquarters.
Paris is a world class city that deserves a weekend of any ones time.
Marcel Schmitz
Paris, the Banks of the Seine? When I made a three days trip to Paris with friends we did lots of sight-seeing there, including many of the famous buildings, such as the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame Cathedral, Sacre Coeur, Arc de Triomphe and many more, but the best thing we did there was to take a boat trip on the Seine in the evening. It's such a wonderful moment to see the Eiffe Tower by night, shining because of all the small lamps on it.
Paris in general is always worth a visit, but besides all the lovely touristy places you soon will see that those great places always are very close to poverty/poor people who suffer while tourists spend 3 Euro for a glass of coke.
Klaus Freisinger
It is very appropriate that Paris´ World Heritage area is called "Banks of the Seine", because few cities are so defined by the river flowing through it as Paris is (none, I would say). Almost all the major sights are located on or close to the river, and there is no better way (who cares if it´s touristy and kitschy?) to enjoy Paris than by taking a river cruise in a bateau-mouche. Attractions like the Eiffel Tower (who would believe it was so unpopular to Parisians in the beginning?) and the Louvre are world-class sights in their own right anyway, but there´s so much else to see to keep you occupied for ages - Notre-Dame cathedral, the Arc de Triomphe and the Champs-Elysées (in my humble opinion the most beautiful street in the world), the Sacré-Coeur and Montmartre, to name just a few. I could be mistaken, but I believe Paris is the most visited city in the world, and it´s easy to understand why.
Ben Pastore
I visited Paris briefly during my honeymoon, because I couldn't call myself a world traveler and skip this Must-See location. Yes, it is all that you think, and yes, it has earned its spot on the list.
Graeme Ramshaw
I love Paris. It's a city that I always find myself coming back to whenever I find myself on the continent for any appreciable amount of time. Whether it be a trip with friends, a romantic getaway with a girlfriend, or simply a solo fling, Paris has never failed to amuse and delight. At the heart of this marvelous city flows the Seine, along whose banks many of the premier tourist attractions and generally amazing sights lie. One can gaze at the wonders of French impressionism at the Musee d'Orsay or cross the river to stroll around the cultural heritage of thousands of years of human history and of hundreds of different cultures at the Louvre. Notre Dame and Sainte-Chappelle stand as testament to the skill and faith of the residents of medieval Paris, while the Eiffel Tower looms large over the city as a symbol of man's ingenuity and technological drive. Still other sights and experiences await along the banks of this remarkable stretch of river for those who have the stamina or the time to explore. If Paris is the embodiment of French achievements of the last two millenia, then the Banks of the Seine are surely its masterpieces.
Sri Ganesh
I visited Paris mid Oct 2002 on an official visit from USA and with the little time I had, I decided to explore the banks of the Seine from Eiffel Tower to Notredame. I took the metro train from my hotel to Eiffel Tower and started my stroll along Seine. Weather was perfect and the landmarks both old and new were impressive. No entry fee for the stroll but I took the ascensors up Eiffel Tower for around 7 euros. The shops along the riverbank near the Notredame cathedral adds a quaint character to the walk.
Els Slots
I started my first visit to Paris at the Notre Dame Cathedral. A real surprise when you pop your head up from underground, having used the subway to get to de Ile de la Cité. So this is Paris. I think I'm going to like it here!
To enter nearby Saint-Chapelle I had to queue for about 20 minutes. It's a lovely small chapel, but whether it's worth the EUR 5,49 entrance fee and all the waiting?
In the afternoon I took a boat trip on the Seine. In the time span of an hour you get to see several of the city's highlights from the water, for example, the Pont Neuf, Gare d'Orsay and the Eiffel Tower. It was a cold experience (sitting on the deck while it's nearly freezing), but not to be missed.
Ten years later, I was back in Paris for a second visit. I had some more time to spend: on Saturday I enjoyed two museums (d'Orsay and Guimet), and on Monday I walked the whole WHS-designated stretch along the Banks of the Seine.
It took me 3.5 hours, without getting inside any of the landmark sights I came across. I enjoyed it tremendously: around every corner, there's something pretty or remarkable to see. I saw so many equestrian statues that I think a whole book could be written about them. I had a glimpse into the Grand Palais through an open side door, what an amazing iron/steel/glass construction. I have to come back and visit it properly. And I still haven't visited the Louvre yet.
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- Full Name
- Paris, Banks of the Seine
- Unesco ID
- 600
- Country
- France
- Inscribed
- 1991
- Type
- Cultural
- Criteria
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- Categories
- Urban landscape - Post-medieval European
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- By ID
Site History
1991 Revision
Includes former TWHS Hotel des Invalides de Paris, Tour Eiffel, Sainte-Chapelle de Paris (1981)
1991 Inscribed
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