Montmartre

Montmartre is an area of ​​historic Butte, home to the Basilique du Sacré-Cœur in the form of a hill (Butte Montmartre) as high as 130 meters, north of Paris in the 18th arrondissement, a part of the Right Bank. Montmartre is known as Basilica of the Sacré Cœur on its summit and the white domed as a nightclub district. And now Montmartre became one of the most famous places in France even in the world. This is due to Montmartre to be one place that has a history of high art culture. So many world travelers who come to this place for day trips. In addition, Montmartre is also often used as the setting for several hit movies.

Many artists working studios and settled around Montmartre, such as: In the mid-19th century, artists such as Johan Jongkind and Camille Pissarro came to inhabit Montmartre. But only at the end of the century it became a major art center district in Paris. A restaurant opened near the old windmill near the top, the Moulin de la galette.
Association of artists such as Les Nabis and Incoherents formed and individuals including Vincent van Gogh, Pierre Brissaud, Alfred Jarry, Gen Paul, Jacques Villon, Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Henri Matisse, Andre Derain, Suzanne Valadon, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Edgar Degas, Maurice Utrillo, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Théophile Steinlen, and African-American expatriates such as Langston Hughes worked in Montmartre and a few poor artists like Pablo Picasso, Amedeo Modigliani.

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The Île de la Cité

The Île de la Cité is one of two remaining natural islands in the River Seine in Paris, while others, Ile Saint Louis is the site where the city of Paris was founded. The Île de la Cité is the center of Paris and the location where the medieval city was refounded.

Three medieval buildings in the Île de la Cité (east to west):
* Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris, built in 1163 on the site of a church dedicated to Saint Étienne, and occupied the pagan holy sites in the Roman period. During the French Revolution the cathedral was badly damaged, and repaired by Viollet-le-Duc.
* Sainte-Chapelle Louis IX (1245), built as a storage building on Crown of Thorns and part of the True Cross, covered in the Palais de Justice.
* Prison Conciergerie, where Marie Antoinette was awaiting execution in 1793.

And now The Île de la Cité has become one of the world tourist destination. So many tourists from local and foreign tourists come here to enjoy the beauty of culture and scenery in this place.

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Petit Palais (Small Palace)

Petit Palais (Small Palace) is a very famous museum in Paris, France. This museum displays a remarkable collection of paintings and sculpture. And museum was built in 1900 for the Universal Exposition of Charles Girault's designs, now houses the City of Paris Museum of Fine Arts (Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris). This museum has one of the buildings display a remarkable and beautiful. Arranged around a courtyard and garden octi-circular, similar to the Grand Palais palace nearby. Ionic columns, a large terrace and the dome of the Invalides echoing across the river. Tympanum depict the city of Paris is surrounded by thoughtful work of sculptor Jean Antoine Injalbert.

In this museum there is a large collection of paintings of the famous and historic. Among them are as follows: Dutuit of medieval and Renaissance paintings, drawings and objets d'art; Collection Tuck 18th-century furniture and the City of Paris collection of paintings. As well as the works of famous painters such as Rembrandt, Rubens, Nicolas Poussin, Claude Gellée, Fragonard, Hubert Robert, Greuze and the remarkable collection of paintings of the 19th century.

And now the museum has become one of tourist destinations in the city of Paris. So if you come to Paris, then I suggest you to come and visit the museum on this one, because I'm sure you will not regret it.

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