26 Historic Buildings to Visit the Next Time You’re in Paris: Quick Facts

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Notre-Dame de Paris.

Notre-Dame's soaring Gothic interior

The Panthéon in Paris

Arc de Triomphe

Paris: Pompidou Centre

Musée d'Orsay: atrium

Glass and metal pyramid designed by I. M. Pei stands in the main courtyard of the Louvre Museum in Paris, with the historic palace buildings in the background.

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