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C’est au cœur de Paris, en bordure des Champs-Élysées, que le Grand Palais accueille ses visiteurs depuis l’Exposition Universelle de 1900. Chef-d’œuvre architectural, le bâtiment surprend par l’utilisation de l’acier et du verre, des matériaux innovants et modernes pour l’époque. Au fil du temps, le Grand Palais a présenté des salons, des spectacles de cirque,… Read more »

The French president Valéry Giscard d’Estaing was behind the project of the Arab World Institute construction at the heart of Paris. Thus, he wanted to lighten the relations between France and Arab countries bringing the two cultures closer. The building was inaugurated in 1987 under the chairmanship of François Mitterrand. The Institute shelters permanent collections… Read more »

During the second part of the 16th century, the Regent of France named Catherine de Medicis at the time, had the Tuileries Palace built on wilderness lands neighbouring the Louvre. Today, from that royal and imperial mansion only gardens remain. In fact, the monument was burnt during the Paris Commune of 1871, a social conflict… Read more »