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15th. 14th. v. t. e. The 6th arrondissement of Paris ( VIe arrondissement) is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, it is referred to as le sixième . The arrondissement, called Luxembourg in a reference to the seat of the Senate and its garden, is situated on the Rive Gauche of the River Seine.
Pont des Arts. / 48.85833°N 2.33750°E / 48.85833; 2.33750. The Pont des Arts or Passerelle des Arts is a pedestrian bridge in Paris which crosses the River Seine. It links the Institut de France and the central square ( cour carrée) of the Palais du Louvre, (which had been termed the "Palais des Arts" under the First French Empire ).
École des Beaux-Arts. Coordinates: 48°51′24″N 2°20′01″E. Palais des études of the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris. École des Beaux-Arts ( French for 'School of Fine Arts'; pronounced [ekɔl de boz‿aʁ]) refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The term is associated with the Beaux-Arts style in ...
The Cité internationale des arts is an artist-in-residence building complex which accommodates artists of all specialities and nationalities in Paris. It comprises two sites, one located in the Marais and the other in Montmartre. [1] Approximately 1200 artists, choreographers, musicians, writers and designers from around the world live and ...
The Musée des Arts Décoratifs ( English: Museum of Decorative Arts) is a museum in Paris, France, dedicated to the exhibition and preservation of the decorative arts. Located in the city’s 1st arrondissement, the museum occupies the Pavillon de Marsan, the north-western wing of the Palais du Louvre. With approximately one million objects in ...
Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris (French pronunciation: [myze daʁ mɔdɛʁn də paʁi], in full the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, the Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris) or MAM Paris, is a major municipal museum dedicated to modern and contemporary art of the 20th and 21st centuries, including monumental murals by Raoul Dufy, Gaston Suisse, and Henri Matisse.
Art in Paris. The Thinker, a bronze sculpture by Auguste Rodin. Mona Lisa, a painting by Leonardo da Vinci. For centuries, Paris has attracted artists from around the world, arriving in the city to educate themselves and to seek inspiration from its artistic resources and galleries. As a result, Paris has received a reputation as the "City of ...
The Musée des Arts et Métiers ( French pronunciation: [myze dez‿aʁz‿e metje]; English: Museum of Arts and Crafts) is an industrial design museum in Paris that houses the collection of the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers, which was founded in 1794 as a repository for the preservation of scientific instruments and inventions.