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  • Sign for the GR 2024, a long distance hiking route around Paris created as part of the bid for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in the Promenade Bernard-Lafay, a 2km long linear park reaching from Porte Maillot to Porte d'Asnieres, in the quartier des Ternes in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. It is named after Bernard Lafay, 1903-77, minister and president of the Council of Paris. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Grande Halle, formerly a slaughterhouse and now a cultural centre, designed by Jules de Merindol and Louis-Adolphe Janvier and built 1865-67, on Place de la Fontaine aux Lions, in the Parc de la Villette in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Parc de la Villette sits on the site of Paris' old slaughterhouse district and was designed 1984-87 by Bernard Tschumi and Colin Fournier as one of Francois Mitterand's Grands Projets. It has since been developed with cultural venues, musical and science establishments built by many contemporary architects. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Grande Serre de Formige, also known as the Serre du Palmarium, a large 19th century greenhouse and palm house, in the French style formal garden or Jardin a la Francaise, at the Jardin des Serres d’Auteuil, a botanical garden opened in 1761 under Louis XV, in the Bois de Boulogne, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. The gardens house a huge parterre in French style, 5 19th century greenhouses, a palm house and an aviary. The Bois de Boulogne is a large public park gifted to the city of Paris in 1852 by Napoleon III. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Grande Serre de Formige, also known as the Serre du Palmarium, a large 19th century greenhouse and palm house, in the French style formal garden or Jardin a la Francaise, at the Jardin des Serres d’Auteuil, a botanical garden opened in 1761 under Louis XV, in the Bois de Boulogne, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. On the left is the Fontaine de Dalou, 1898, by Aime Jules Dalou. The gardens house a huge parterre in French style, 5 19th century greenhouses, a palm house and an aviary. The Bois de Boulogne is a large public park gifted to the city of Paris in 1852 by Napoleon III. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Grande Serre de Formige, also known as the Serre du Palmarium, a large 19th century greenhouse and palm house, in the French style formal garden or Jardin a la Francaise, at the Jardin des Serres d’Auteuil, a botanical garden opened in 1761 under Louis XV, in the Bois de Boulogne, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. The gardens house a huge parterre in French style, 5 19th century greenhouses, a palm house and an aviary. The Bois de Boulogne is a large public park gifted to the city of Paris in 1852 by Napoleon III. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Grande Serre de Formige, also known as the Serre du Palmarium, a large 19th century greenhouse and palm house, in the French style formal garden or Jardin a la Francaise, at the Jardin des Serres d’Auteuil, a botanical garden opened in 1761 under Louis XV, in the Bois de Boulogne, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. In front is the Fontaine de Dalou, 1898, by Aime Jules Dalou. The gardens house a huge parterre in French style, 5 19th century greenhouses, a palm house and an aviary. The Bois de Boulogne is a large public park gifted to the city of Paris in 1852 by Napoleon III. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Jardins Grands Moulins Abbe Pierre, created in 2009 by Ah-Ah Landscaping Agency, and behind, the Grands Moulins de Paris, large flour mills converted into University buildings, on the quai Panhard-et-Levassor in the Paris Rive Gauche district of the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. The mills were originally built by Georges Wybo in 1917-21, and repurposed by Rudy Ricciotti in 2004-6, to become a campus of the Université Paris VII-Denis-Diderot. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Grands Moulins de Paris, large flour mills converted into University buildings, on the Quai Panhard-et-Levassor in the Paris Rive Gauche district of the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. The mills were originally built by  Georges Wybo in 1917-21, and repurposed by  Rudy Ricciotti in 2004-6, to become a campus of the Universite Paris VII-Denis-Diderot. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bibliotheque Francois-Mitterrand, part of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France, designed by Dominique Perrault and opened in 1996, in the Paris Rive Gauche district of the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. The buildings resemble open books and are arranged around a plaza. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bibliotheque Francois-Mitterrand, part of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France, designed by Dominique Perrault and opened in 1996, in the Paris Rive Gauche district of the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. The buildings resemble open books and are arranged around a plaza. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bibliotheque Francois-Mitterrand, part of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France, designed by Dominique Perrault and opened in 1996, in the Paris Rive Gauche district of the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. The buildings resemble open books and are arranged around a plaza. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bibliotheque Francois-Mitterrand, part of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France, designed by Dominique Perrault and opened in 1996, in the Paris Rive Gauche district of the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. The buildings resemble open books and are arranged around a plaza. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bibliotheque Francois-Mitterrand and a dramatic cloudy sky, part of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France, designed by Dominique Perrault and opened in 1996, in the Paris Rive Gauche district of the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. The buildings resemble open books and are arranged around a plaza. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Jardins Grands Moulins Abbe Pierre, created in 2009 by Ah-Ah Landscaping Agency, in the Paris Rive Gauche district of the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bibliotheque Francois-Mitterrand, part of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France, designed by Dominique Perrault and opened in 1996, in the Paris Rive Gauche district of the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. The buildings resemble open books and are arranged around a plaza. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Jardins Grands Moulins Abbe Pierre, created in 2009 by Ah-Ah Landscaping Agency, in the Paris Rive Gauche district of the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bibliotheque Francois-Mitterrand, part of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France, designed by Dominique Perrault and opened in 1996, and on the right, the MK2 cinema, in the Paris Rive Gauche district of the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. The buildings resemble open books and are arranged around a plaza. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Allee Arthur Rimbaud, a garden walkway designed in 1997 by Jacqueline Osty and F Grether, and on the right, the Bibliotheque Francois-Mitterrand, part of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France, designed by Dominique Perrault and opened in 1996, in the Paris Rive Gauche district of the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. The buildings resemble open books and are arranged around a plaza. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bibliotheque Francois-Mitterrand, part of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France, designed by Dominique Perrault and opened in 1996, in the Paris Rive Gauche district of the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. The buildings resemble open books and are arranged around a plaza. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Red Doll, a street art fresco, October 2014, by Vinie and Reaone, on the Rue des Grands Moulins, in the Paris Rive Gauche development in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bibliotheque Francois-Mitterrand, part of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France, designed by Dominique Perrault and opened in 1996, in the Paris Rive Gauche district of the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. The buildings resemble open books and are arranged around a plaza. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bibliotheque Francois-Mitterrand, part of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France, designed by Dominique Perrault and opened in 1996, in the Paris Rive Gauche district of the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. The buildings resemble open books and are arranged around a plaza. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Philarmonie de Paris, or Philharmonie 1, in the Cite de la Musique in the Parc de la Villette in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. The building houses a symphony hall by Jean Nouvel, opened in 2015, home of the Orchestre de Paris, and concert halls, exhibition spaces, rehearsal rooms, educational services, restaurant and bars. The Parc de la Villette sits on the site of Paris' old slaughterhouse district and was designed 1984-87 by Bernard Tschumi and Colin Fournier as one of Francois Mitterand's Grands Projets. It has since been developed with cultural venues, musical and science establishments built by many contemporary architects. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Street art mural of a girl wearing a helmet with magical creatures, 2016, by Herakut (Jasmin Siddiqui, or Hera, and Falk Lehmann, or Akut), on the wall of the Ecole Publique Primo Levi, at the junction of the Rue Rene Goscinny and Rue Olivier Messiaen, next to the Jardins Grands Moulins Abbe Pierre, in the Paris Rive Gauche district of the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. The 13th arrondissement hosts the Musee a Ciel Ouvert, an open air street art exhibition, running since 2015. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Geode, a mirrored geodesic dome designed by Adrien Fainsilber and Gerard Chamayou, containing an Omnimax cinema, at the Cite des Sciences et de l'Industrie, or City of Science and Industry, the biggest science museum in Europe, opened in 1986, in the Parc de la Villette, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Parc de la Villette sits on the site of Paris' old slaughterhouse district and was designed 1984-87 by Bernard Tschumi and Colin Fournier as one of Francois Mitterand's Grands Projets. It has since been developed with cultural venues, musical and science establishments built by many contemporary architects. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Piscine Molitor, a swimming pool and hotel complex originally built in 1929 by Lucien Pollet in Art Deco style, in Porte Molitor, in Auteuil, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. The pool was listed as a historic monument and closed in 1989, and has been rebuilt in similar style, reopening in 2014, with an open-air and an indoor pool, 4-star hotel, health centre, medical centre, shops and restaurants. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Geode, a mirrored geodesic dome designed by Adrien Fainsilber and Gerard Chamayou, containing an Omnimax cinema, at the Cite des Sciences et de l'Industrie, or City of Science and Industry, the biggest science museum in Europe, opened in 1986, in the Parc de la Villette, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Parc de la Villette sits on the site of Paris' old slaughterhouse district and was designed 1984-87 by Bernard Tschumi and Colin Fournier as one of Francois Mitterand's Grands Projets. It has since been developed with cultural venues, musical and science establishments built by many contemporary architects. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Jardin passager in the Parc de la Villette in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. These gardens have a cultural, ecological and social purpose, educating the local community in growing and nurturing food. The Parc de la Villette sits on the site of Paris' old slaughterhouse district and was designed 1984-87 by Bernard Tschumi and Colin Fournier as one of Francois Mitterand's Grands Projets. It has since been developed with cultural venues, musical and science establishments built by many contemporary architects. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Folie L3 or Folie de l'Ecluse, at the entrance to the park at the lock on the Canal Saint-Denis, designed by Bernard Tchumi and Peter Rice, in the Parc de la Villette in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. 26 of these Folies were built around the park, all based on a bright red cube design. The Parc de la Villette sits on the site of Paris' old slaughterhouse district and was designed 1984-87 by Bernard Tschumi and Colin Fournier as one of Francois Mitterand's Grands Projets. It has since been developed with cultural venues, musical and science establishments built by many contemporary architects. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cite des Sciences et de l'Industrie, or City of Science and Industry, the biggest science museum in Europe, opened in 1986, in the Parc de la Villette, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Cite includes a planetarium, submarine, IMAX theatre and bioclimatic facade of greenhouses. The Parc de la Villette sits on the site of Paris' old slaughterhouse district and was designed 1984-87 by Bernard Tschumi and Colin Fournier as one of Francois Mitterand's Grands Projets. It has since been developed with cultural venues, musical and science establishments built by many contemporary architects. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Belle Brochette restaurant, in the Parc de la Villette, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Parc de la Villette sits on the site of Paris' old slaughterhouse district and was designed 1984-87 by Bernard Tschumi and Colin Fournier as one of Francois Mitterand's Grands Projets. It has since been developed with cultural venues, musical and science establishments built by many contemporary architects. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Belle Brochette restaurant, in the Parc de la Villette, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Parc de la Villette sits on the site of Paris' old slaughterhouse district and was designed 1984-87 by Bernard Tschumi and Colin Fournier as one of Francois Mitterand's Grands Projets. It has since been developed with cultural venues, musical and science establishments built by many contemporary architects. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Piscine Molitor, a swimming pool and hotel complex originally built in 1929 by Lucien Pollet in Art Deco style, in Porte Molitor, in Auteuil, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. The pool was listed as a historic monument and closed in 1989, and has been rebuilt in similar style, reopening in 2014, with an open-air and an indoor pool, 4-star hotel, health centre, medical centre, shops and restaurants. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • New law courts or Tribunal de Paris, designed by Renzo Piano and built 2014-17 on the Avenue de la Porte de Clichy, in the Batignolles area of the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. It contains the high court of Paris, the police court, the public prosecution service and all Parisian district courts. It is 38 storeys high and resembles 3 stacked blocks reducing in size with height on top of the main building. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pont de la Rue du Bastion, at the Porte de Clichy on the Boulevards des Marechaux, with behind, the new law courts or Tribunal de Paris, designed by Renzo Piano and built 2014-17 on the Avenue de la Porte de Clichy, in the Batignolles area of the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. It contains the high court of Paris, the police court, the public prosecution service and all Parisian district courts. It is 38 storeys high and resembles 3 stacked blocks reducing in size with height on top of the main building. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Piscine Molitor, a swimming pool and hotel complex originally built in 1929 by Lucien Pollet in Art Deco style, in Porte Molitor, in Auteuil, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. The pool was listed as a historic monument and closed in 1989, and has been rebuilt in similar style, reopening in 2014, with an open-air and an indoor pool, 4-star hotel, health centre, medical centre, shops and restaurants. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Geode, a mirrored geodesic dome designed by Adrien Fainsilber and Gerard Chamayou, containing an Omnimax cinema, at the Cite des Sciences et de l'Industrie, or City of Science and Industry, the biggest science museum in Europe, opened in 1986, in the Parc de la Villette, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Parc de la Villette sits on the site of Paris' old slaughterhouse district and was designed 1984-87 by Bernard Tschumi and Colin Fournier as one of Francois Mitterand's Grands Projets. It has since been developed with cultural venues, musical and science establishments built by many contemporary architects. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Water fountain providing free chilled sparkling water, outside the headquarters of Eau de Paris at 19 Rue Neuve-Tolbiac, in the Paris Rive Gauche district of the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hotel Hyatt Regency Paris Etoile, formerly the Hotel Concorde Lafayette, designed by Henri Guibout, Serge Maloletenkov, Yves Betin and built in 1974, on the Place du General Koenig at Porte Maillot, in the quartier des Ternes in the 17th century of Paris, France. On the right is the Palais des Congres, a concert venue, convention centre and shopping mall, designed by Guillaume Gillet, and opened in 1974. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cyclist at the Porte de Clichy on the Boulevards des Marechaux, with behind, the new law courts or Tribunal de Paris, designed by Renzo Piano and built 2014-17 on the Avenue de la Porte de Clichy, in the Batignolles area of the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. It contains the high court of Paris, the police court, the public prosecution service and all Parisian district courts. It is 38 storeys high and resembles 3 stacked blocks reducing in size with height on top of the main building. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Facade of the Prefecture de Paris et d'Ile-de-France, joint administrative offices opened in 2011, with a reflection of the Generali tethered hot air balloon, on the edge of the Parc Andre-Citroen, a public park in the Javel quarter, in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, France. The hot air balloon rises in the air, offering tourists views over Paris. The park was created in 1986 on the site of a disused Citroen factory, opened in 1992, and has been recently renovated. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Esplanade and water fountains in the Parc Andre-Citroen, a public park in the Javel quarter, and behind, the Prefecture de Paris et d'Ile-de-France, joint administrative offices opened in 2011, in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, France. The park was created in 1986 on the site of a disused Citroen factory, opened in 1992, and has been recently renovated. It was designed by Alain Provost, Gilles Clement, Patrick Berger, Jean-Paul Viguier and Francois Jodry, and comprises a Jardin Blanc, Jardin Noir and open central park area. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apartment blocks and boardwalk beside a pond at the Parc Clichy-Batignolles - Martin Luther-King, a new development of parkland and buildings developed since 2007 and set to cover 10 hectares in size, in the Batignolles area of the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The area has been developed from a large railway freight yard district and is a sustainable development with green space, many natural ecosystems and renewable energy sources. In the distance on the left is the new law courts or Tribunal de Paris, designed by Renzo Piano and built 2014-17 on the Avenue de la Porte de Clichy. It contains the high court of Paris, the police court, the public prosecution service and all Parisian district courts. It is 38 storeys high and resembles 3 stacked blocks reducing in size with height on top of the main building. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cyclist at the Porte de Clichy on the Boulevards des Marechaux, with behind, the new law courts or Tribunal de Paris, designed by Renzo Piano and built 2014-17 on the Avenue de la Porte de Clichy, in the Batignolles area of the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. It contains the high court of Paris, the police court, the public prosecution service and all Parisian district courts. It is 38 storeys high and resembles 3 stacked blocks reducing in size with height on top of the main building. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tram at the Porte de Clichy on the Boulevards des Marechaux, with behind, the new law courts or Tribunal de Paris, designed by Renzo Piano and built 2014-17 on the Avenue de la Porte de Clichy, in the Batignolles area of the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. It contains the high court of Paris, the police court, the public prosecution service and all Parisian district courts. It is 38 storeys high and resembles 3 stacked blocks reducing in size with height on top of the main building. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apartment blocks and boardwalk beside a pond at the Parc Clichy-Batignolles - Martin Luther-King, a new development of parkland and buildings developed since 2007 and set to cover 10 hectares in size, in the Batignolles area of the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The area has been developed from a large railway freight yard district and is a sustainable development with green space, many natural ecosystems and renewable energy sources. In the distance on the left is the new law courts or Tribunal de Paris, designed by Renzo Piano and built 2014-17 on the Avenue de la Porte de Clichy. It contains the high court of Paris, the police court, the public prosecution service and all Parisian district courts. It is 38 storeys high and resembles 3 stacked blocks reducing in size with height on top of the main building. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • New law courts or Tribunal de Paris, designed by Renzo Piano and built 2014-17 on the Avenue de la Porte de Clichy, in the Batignolles area of the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. It contains the high court of Paris, the police court, the public prosecution service and all Parisian district courts. It is 38 storeys high and resembles 3 stacked blocks reducing in size with height on top of the main building. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Piscine Molitor, a swimming pool and hotel complex originally built in 1929 by Lucien Pollet in Art Deco style, in Porte Molitor, in Auteuil, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. The pool was listed as a historic monument and closed in 1989, and has been rebuilt in similar style, reopening in 2014, with an open-air and an indoor pool, 4-star hotel, health centre, medical centre, shops and restaurants. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Water fountain providing free chilled sparkling water, outside the headquarters of Eau de Paris at 19 Rue Neuve-Tolbiac, in the Paris Rive Gauche district of the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Passerelle Simone-de-Beauvoir, a pedestrian and cycle bridge designed by Dietmar Feichtinger and built 2004-6, across the river Seine, between the 12th and 13th arrondissements of Paris, France. On the left is the Bibliotheque Francois Mitterrand, part of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France, designed by Dominique Perrault and opened in 1996, Paris Rive Gauche district. In the distance is the cinema MK2. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Jardin Frida-Kahlo, formerly the Jardin Dalle Fougeres, a community garden renamed in 2016 and developed as part of the new Quartier de la Porte des Lilas project on the Boulevard Peripherique, in the 20th arrondissement of Paris, France. The ZAC Porte des Lilas project was launched in 1993 and modified in 2003-4, and aims to link Paris with its suburbs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apartment blocks beside a pond at the Parc Clichy-Batignolles - Martin Luther-King, a new development of parkland and buildings developed since 2007 and set to cover 10 hectares in size, in the Batignolles area of the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The area has been developed from a large railway freight yard district and is a sustainable development with green space, many natural ecosystems and renewable energy sources. In the distance on the left is the new law courts or Tribunal de Paris, designed by Renzo Piano and built 2014-17 on the Avenue de la Porte de Clichy. It contains the high court of Paris, the police court, the public prosecution service and all Parisian district courts. It is 38 storeys high and resembles 3 stacked blocks reducing in size with height on top of the main building. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Eglise Saint Germain de Charonne and its graveyard, on the Place Saint-Blaise, in the Charonne quarter of the 20th arrondissement of Paris, France. The church was originally built in the 12th century in Romanesque style, and was reworked in the 15th and 18th centuries. It is said to have been built at the meeting place of St Germain with St Genevieve, patron saint of Paris. The church is listed as a historic monument. Until 1860 the village of Charonne was a wealthy rural village with large houses and cobbled streets, outside of the city of Paris. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Esplanade and canal in the Parc Andre-Citroen, a public park in the Javel quarter, and behind, the Prefecture de Paris et d'Ile-de-France, joint administrative offices opened in 2011, in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, France. The park was created in 1986 on the site of a disused Citroen factory, opened in 1992, and has been recently renovated. It was designed by Alain Provost, Gilles Clement, Patrick Berger, Jean-Paul Viguier and Francois Jodry, and comprises a Jardin Blanc, Jardin Noir and open central park area. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Jardin passager in the Parc de la Villette in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. These gardens have a cultural, ecological and social purpose, educating the local community in growing and nurturing food. The Parc de la Villette sits on the site of Paris' old slaughterhouse district and was designed 1984-87 by Bernard Tschumi and Colin Fournier as one of Francois Mitterand's Grands Projets. It has since been developed with cultural venues, musical and science establishments built by many contemporary architects. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Maison Internationale or International House, designed by Lucien Bechmann, 1880-1968, and Jean-Frederic Larson in 1936, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Passerelle Simone-de-Beauvoir, a pedestrian and cycle bridge designed by Dietmar Feichtinger and built 2004-6, across the river Seine, between the 12th and 13th arrondissements of Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • New law courts or Tribunal de Paris, designed by Renzo Piano and built 2014-17 on the Avenue de la Porte de Clichy, in the Batignolles area of the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. It contains the high court of Paris, the police court, the public prosecution service and all Parisian district courts. It is 38 storeys high and resembles 3 stacked blocks reducing in size with height on top of the main building. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Boulevards des Marechaux and the new law courts or Tribunal de Paris, designed by Renzo Piano and built 2014-17 on the Avenue de la Porte de Clichy, in the Batignolles area of the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. It contains the high court of Paris, the police court, the public prosecution service and all Parisian district courts. It is 38 storeys high and resembles 3 stacked blocks reducing in size with height on top of the main building. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rue Saint Blaise, with shops with apartments above, in the Charonne quarter of the 20th arrondissement of Paris, France. Until 1860 the cobbled Rue Saint Blaise was the heart of the village of Charonne, a wealthy rural village outside of the city of Paris. Along with the Rue Berton in the 16th arrondissement, these streets, now protected, provide a glimpse of the rural village life which previously surrounded the capital. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Eglise Saint Germain de Charonne, on the Place Saint-Blaise, in the Charonne quarter of the 20th arrondissement of Paris, France. The church was originally built in the 12th century in Romanesque style, and was reworked in the 15th and 18th centuries. It is said to have been built at the meeting place of St Germain with St Genevieve, patron saint of Paris. The church is listed as a historic monument. Until 1860 the cobbled Rue Saint Blaise was the heart of the village of Charonne, a wealthy rural village outside of the city of Paris. Along with the Rue Berton in the 16th arrondissement, these streets, now protected, provide a glimpse of the rural village life which previously surrounded the capital. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Facade detail, Prefecture de Paris et d'Ile-de-France, joint administrative offices opened in 2011, on the edge of the Parc Andre-Citroen, a public park in the Javel quarter, in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, France. The park was created in 1986 on the site of a disused Citroen factory, opened in 1992, and has been recently renovated. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monument a la gloire de la colonisation (Monument to the Glory of Colonisation), erected for the Paris Colonial Exhibition at the Bois de Vincennes in 1931, at Porte Doree, Paris, France. This stone relief, depicting French and colonial soldiers, was commissioned in memory of Jean-Baptiste Marchand, 1863-1934, who led a mission from the Congo to the Nile, to expand French territory in Africa by taking it from the British. Along with 250 Senegalese soldiers, he reached Fachoda in Sudan before abandoning the expedition in 1897. Several remnants of the Colonial Exhibition remain in and around the Bois de Vincennes to this day. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Maison Internationale or International House, designed by Lucien Bechmann, 1880-1968, and Jean-Frederic Larson in 1936, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Parc de la Cite Internationale, a 37 hectare public park surrounding the buildings of the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Passerelle Simone-de-Beauvoir, a pedestrian and cycle bridge designed by Dietmar Feichtinger and built 2004-6, across the river Seine, between the 12th and 13th arrondissements of Paris, France. In the distance is the Bibliotheque Francois Mitterrand, part of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France, designed by Dominique Perrault and opened in 1996, Paris Rive Gauche district. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Wallace fountain, drinking water fountain painted bright red, on the Avenue d’Ivry, in the Chinese quarter of the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. In 1871, Richard Wallace offered 50 drinking water fountains to the city of Paris, whose fountains had been destroyed in the Franco-Prussian war. They were designed by Charles-Auguste Lebourg, based on a fountain of the innocents design. There are 108 in Paris today, traditionally painted green but increasingly in bright colours. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rebiere 21 apartment building with colourful balconies on the Rue Saint-Just, in the Batignolles area of the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. This building is part of a project to improve the urban environment around Porte Pouchet, involving 9 teams of architects creating 180 housing units, part of a workshop named 'Autrement Rue Rebiere', run by Paris Habitat and Peripheriques architects. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Parc des Princes, designed by Roger Taillibert and Siavash Teimouri, and built 1971-72, a football stadium on the rue du Commandant-Guilbaud, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. The stadium is home to the Paris Saint-Germain football team. In the distance is the Stade Jean-Bouin, a sports stadium seating 20,000 people, designed by Rudy Ricciotti and originally opened in 1916, then rebuilt 2010-13, on the avenue du General-Sarrail. This is the home stadium of Stade Francais, Red Star FC and the Paris Saint-Germain Feminines, and is also used for rugby union. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Esplanade and canal in the Parc Andre-Citroen, a public park in the Javel quarter, and behind, the Prefecture de Paris et d'Ile-de-France, joint administrative offices opened in 2011, in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, France. The park was created in 1986 on the site of a disused Citroen factory, opened in 1992, and has been recently renovated. It was designed by Alain Provost, Gilles Clement, Patrick Berger, Jean-Paul Viguier and Francois Jodry, and comprises a Jardin Blanc, Jardin Noir and open central park area. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cafe in the Parc Andre-Citroen, a public park in the Javel quarter, and behind, the Prefecture de Paris et d'Ile-de-France, joint administrative offices opened in 2011, in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, France. The park was created in 1986 on the site of a disused Citroen factory, opened in 1992, and has been recently renovated. It was designed by Alain Provost, Gilles Clement, Patrick Berger, Jean-Paul Viguier and Francois Jodry, and comprises a Jardin Blanc, Jardin Noir and open central park area. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Runner on the Petite Ceinture, a 1.3km long linear public park and path along a disused railway line in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Petite Ceinture was a circular railway track completed in 1869 under Napoleon III, connecting all the Parisian villages. The park was developed from 2013 and is managed by the Direction des Espaces Verts et de l'Environnement (DEVE). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Runner on the Petite Ceinture, a 1.3km long linear public park and path along a disused railway line in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Petite Ceinture was a circular railway track completed in 1869 under Napoleon III, connecting all the Parisian villages. The park was developed from 2013 and is managed by the Direction des Espaces Verts et de l'Environnement (DEVE). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monument a la gloire de la colonisation (Monument to the Glory of Colonisation), erected for the Paris Colonial Exhibition at the Bois de Vincennes in 1931, at Porte Doree, Paris, France. This stone relief, depicting French and colonial soldiers, was commissioned in memory of Jean-Baptiste Marchand, 1863-1934, who led a mission from the Congo to the Nile, to expand French territory in Africa by taking it from the British. Along with 250 Senegalese soldiers, he reached Fachoda in Sudan before abandoning the expedition in 1897. Several remnants of the Colonial Exhibition remain in and around the Bois de Vincennes to this day. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Temple of Love, a round doric temple designed by Gabriel Davioud, on a promontory on the Ile de Reuilly, above a grotto, in Lac Daumesnil in the Bois de Vincennes, the largest public park in Paris, created 1855-66 by the Emperor Napoleon III, in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. Beneath the temple, tourists row rental boats around the lake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Maison Internationale or International House, designed by Lucien Bechmann, 1880-1968, and Jean-Frederic Larson in 1936, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fondation Deutsch de la Meurthe, designed by Lucien Bechmann, 1880-1968, built 1923-35 and inaugurated in 1925, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. This was the first residence built at CIUP and was influenced by the style of English University colleges at Oxford and consists of 7 pavilions around a garden. The buildings are listed as a historic monument. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fondation Louis Vuitton, a modern art gallery designed by Frank Gehry and built 2006-14, in the Bois de Boulogne in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. The gallery's collection is based on artwork owned by LVMH and Bernard Arnault. The Bois de Boulogne is a large public park gifted to the city of Paris in 1852 by Napoleon III. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Man rowing a rental boat on Lac Inferieur or Lower Lake, the largest lake in the park, dug 1853, in the Bois de Boulogne in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Bois de Boulogne is a large public park gifted to the city of Paris in 1852 by Napoleon III. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Avenue de France, in the Paris Rive Gauche development in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. The road was reworked in 1995-2002. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stream and fountain in the Parc Kellermann, a public park created in 1937, in the quartier de la Maison-Blanche, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. The park is named after the French marshal Francois-Christophe Kellermann, 1735-1820. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Les Olympiades, a development of apartment blocks, offices and shops built around a large pedestrianised esplanade, designed by Michel Holley and Andre Martinat and built 1969-77, in the Chinese quarter in the quartier de la Gare, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Wallace fountain, drinking water fountain painted bright red, on the Avenue d’Ivry, in the Chinese quarter of the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. In 1871, Richard Wallace offered 50 drinking water fountains to the city of Paris, whose fountains had been destroyed in the Franco-Prussian war. They were designed by Charles-Auguste Lebourg, based on a fountain of the innocents design. There are 108 in Paris today, traditionally painted green but increasingly in bright colours. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Disused railway tracks of the Petite Ceinture on the Pont National, a rail bridge over the river Seine, built 1852-53, with tramlines of tram route 3a, between the 12th and 13th arrondissements of Paris, France. In the distance are the apartment buildings in the quartier de la Gare. The Petite Ceinture was a circular railway track completed in 1869 under Napoleon III, connecting all the Parisian villages. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Disused railway tracks of the Petite Ceinture on the Pont National, a rail bridge over the river Seine, built 1852-53, with tramlines of tram route 3a, between the 12th and 13th arrondissements of Paris, France. In the distance are the apartment buildings in the quartier de la Gare. The Petite Ceinture was a circular railway track completed in 1869 under Napoleon III, connecting all the Parisian villages. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Disused railway tracks of the Petite Ceinture on the Pont National, a rail bridge over the river Seine, built 1852-53, between the 12th and 13th arrondissements of Paris, France. In the distance are the apartment buildings in the quartier de la Gare. The Petite Ceinture was a circular railway track completed in 1869 under Napoleon III, connecting all the Parisian villages. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mahatma the Indian, one of Les enfants du Monde, or Children of the World, 2001, by Rachid Khimoune, 21 bronze sculptures representing different countries made using imprints from streets (paving stones, bronze grids, manholes, etc), symbolising the need to respect the rights of children at the dawn of the 21st century, in the Parc de Bercy, a public park along the banks of the Seine in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. The park was commissioned in 1993 by President Francois Mitterand and is comprised of 3 gardens designed by Bernard Huet, Madeleine Ferrand, Jean-Pierre Feugas, Bernard Leroy, and by landscapers Ian Le Caisne and Philippe Raguin. The gardens are the Romantic Garden, with fishponds and dunes, the Flowerbeds and the Meadows, open lawns shaded by tall trees. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rue Paul Meurice with its gardens, redeveloped as part of the new Quartier de la Porte des Lilas project on the Boulevard Peripherique, in the 20th arrondissement of Paris, France. The ZAC Porte des Lilas project was launched in 1993 and modified in 2003-4, and aims to link Paris with its suburbs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nave of the Eglise Saint Germain de Charonne, on the Place Saint-Blaise, in the Charonne quarter of the 20th arrondissement of Paris, France. The church was originally built in the 12th century in Romanesque style, and was reworked in the 15th and 18th centuries. It is said to have been built at the meeting place of St Germain with St Genevieve, patron saint of Paris. The church is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rue Saint Blaise, and behind, the Eglise Saint Germain de Charonne, on the Place Saint-Blaise, in the Charonne quarter of the 20th arrondissement of Paris, France. The church was originally built in the 12th century in Romanesque style, and was reworked in the 15th and 18th centuries. It is said to have been built at the meeting place of St Germain with St Genevieve, patron saint of Paris. The church is listed as a historic monument. Until 1860 the cobbled Rue Saint Blaise was the heart of the village of Charonne, a wealthy rural village outside of the city of Paris. Along with the Rue Berton in the 16th arrondissement, these streets, now protected, provide a glimpse of the rural village life which previously surrounded the capital. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Eglise Saint Germain de Charonne and its graveyard, on the Place Saint-Blaise, in the Charonne quarter of the 20th arrondissement of Paris, France. The church was originally built in the 12th century in Romanesque style, and was reworked in the 15th and 18th centuries. It is said to have been built at the meeting place of St Germain with St Genevieve, patron saint of Paris. The church is listed as a historic monument. Until 1860 the village of Charonne was a wealthy rural village with large houses and cobbled streets, outside of the city of Paris. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 1 of 6 new contemporary greenhouses designed by Marc Minram, built June 2019, around the new Simonne Mathieu tennis court at the Roland Garros stadium, at the Jardin des Serres d’Auteuil, a botanical garden opened in 1761 under Louis XV, in the Bois de Boulogne, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. The gardens house a huge parterre in French style, 5 19th century greenhouses, a palm house and an aviary. The Bois de Boulogne is a large public park gifted to the city of Paris in 1852 by Napoleon III. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stade Jean-Bouin, a sports stadium seating 20,000 people, designed by Rudy Ricciotti and originally opened in 1916, then rebuilt 2010-13, on the avenue du General-Sarrail, next to the Parc des Princes football stadium, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. This is the home stadium of Stade Francais, Red Star FC and the Paris Saint-Germain Feminines, and is also used for rugby union. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Saint Denis, detail, stained glass window, 1930s, by Francois Decorchemont, 1880-1971, in the nave of the Eglise Sainte Odile, designed by Jacques Barge, 1904-1979, and built 1935-46, under Mgr Eugene-Edmond Loutil, 1863-1959, at the Porte de Champerret in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The church is built in concrete with a nod to Romanesque Byzantine architecture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People rowing in a rental boat on Lac Daumesnil in the Bois de Vincennes, the largest public park in Paris, created 1855-66 by the Emperor Napoleon III, in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Square Antoine-Blondin, in the 20th arrondissement of Paris, France. The square is named after French writer and journalist Antoine Blondin, 1922-91, and the garden was created in 1988 by the architect Bertrand de Tourtier. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fondation Deutsch de la Meurthe, designed by Lucien Bechmann, 1880-1968, built 1923-35 and inaugurated in 1925, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. This was the first residence built at CIUP and was influenced by the style of English University colleges at Oxford and consists of 7 pavilions around a garden. The buildings are listed as a historic monument. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Maison Internationale or International House, designed by Lucien Bechmann, 1880-1968, and Jean-Frederic Larson in 1936, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lac Inferieur or Lower Lake, the largest lake in the park, dug 1853, with rowing boats for hire, in the Bois de Boulogne in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Bois de Boulogne is a large public park gifted to the city of Paris in 1852 by Napoleon III. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Wallace fountain, drinking water fountain painted bright red, on the Avenue d’Ivry, in the Chinese quarter of the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. In 1871, Richard Wallace offered 50 drinking water fountains to the city of Paris, whose fountains had been destroyed in the Franco-Prussian war. They were designed by Charles-Auguste Lebourg, based on a fountain of the innocents design. There are 108 in Paris today, traditionally painted green but increasingly in bright colours. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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