Arc de Triomphe - General Marceau's Funeral sculpture by Rude.
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Arc de Triomphe - Peace sculpture by Etex.
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Arc de Triomphe - Resistance sculpture by Etex.
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St Eustache Church - built 1532-1637, combines Gothic & Renaissance styles.
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Art Nouveau Metropolitan Sign - one of the few surviving original Paris subway (metro) signs from the year 1900.
This one is at the Place du Palais Royal.
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The Louvre - I came back this time to go inside, but the entrance line is still very long.
Luckily my museum pass let me skip the line.
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The Louvre - it was also crowded inside. Most of these people are grouped around the Mona Lisa which you can see at the far center behind a safety glass case.
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The Louvre - Mona Lisa (1506) by Leonardo da Vinci.
The most famous painting in the world.
I was lucky to get there first and spent about six minutes alone admiring it before a throng of people showed up.
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The Louvre - The Virgin, the Child, and Saint Anne (1510) by Leonardo da Vinci.
The pyramidal structure was copied by many future painters.
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