Passy. Passy was originally a village on the outskirts of Paris. The Château de Passy (no longer existing) had been built in 1381. In 1658, hot springs...

Fontainebleau (/ˈfɒntɪnbloʊ/ Fon-tan-BLO, US also /-bluː/ -⁠bloo; French: Château de Fontainebleau [ʃɑto d(ə) fɔ̃tɛnblo]), located 55 kilometers (34 miles)...

The Republican Guard (French: Garde républicaine) is part of the French National Gendarmerie. It is responsible for special security duties in the Paris...

COBRA or Cobra, often stylized as CoBrA, was a European avant-garde art group active from 1948 to 1951. The name was coined in 1948 by Christian Dotremont...

mid-afternoon the crowd was reinforced by mutinous Gardes Françaises of the Royal Army and two cannons. De Launay ordered a ceasefire; despite his surrender...

openly gay leader, was stabbed during the first all-night, citywide Nuit Blanche (literally, White Night) festival when the doors of the long-inaccessible...

Line 2 stations at Barbès–Rochechouart, Anvers, Pigalle and Blanche, Line 4 stations at Château Rouge and Barbès–Rochechouart, as well as Line 12 stations...

Fête de la Musique, Techno Parade, Nuit Blanche, Cinéma au clair de lune, Printemps des rues, Festival d'automne, and Fête des jardins. The Carnaval de Paris...

Île de la Cité (French: [il də la site]; English: City Island) is an island in the river Seine in the center of Paris. In the 4th century, it was the site...

Immeubles et Monuments de Paris. Parigramme. ISBN 978-2-84096-539-8. Downie, David (2005), Paris, Paris: Journey into the City of Light, Fort Bragg: Transatlantic...