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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 ).
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.
There are five groups of universities and higher education institutions in the Paris region - three of them are COMUEs and two of them are alliances: Grouping. Universities. Grandes écoles (Colleges and graduate schools) Sorbonne University Alliance. Sorbonne University. Paris II Panthéon-Assas University.
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 ...
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The Académie des Beaux-Arts ( French pronunciation: [akademi de boz‿aʁ]; lit. 'Academy of Fine Arts') is a French learned society based in Paris. It is one of the five academies of the Institut de France. The current president of the academy (2021) is Alain-Charles Perrot, a French architect .
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.