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Best Culture in 1st Arrondissement, Paris

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Best Culture in 1st Arrondissement, Paris

Guide: Louvre, Palais Royal, and Gothic Glass

The 1st holds some of Paris's most recognizable culture: the Louvre's palace galleries, Palais Royal's arcades, Monet's Water Lilies, and Sainte-Chapelle's stained glass. This guide keeps the royal core focused on the places themselves.

  • Musee du LouvreThe Louvre is Paris's essential art museum and a former royal palace, home to the Mona Lisa, Winged Victory, Venus de Milo, Egyptian antiquities, French painting, and monumental galleries that make the architecture part of the visit.
  • Palais RoyalPalais Royal is a 17th-century palace complex with arcades, formal gardens, the Conseil d'Etat facade, and Daniel Buren's black-and-white columns in the courtyard. It is one of the cleanest architectural contrasts in central Paris.
  • Musee de l'OrangerieMusee de l'Orangerie is an art gallery dedicated to Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painting, best known for Monet's Water Lilies rooms. The collection also includes works by Renoir, Cezanne, Matisse, Modigliani, Picasso, and Soutine.
  • Sainte-ChapelleSainte-Chapelle is a royal Gothic chapel with one of Europe's great stained-glass interiors. Its upper chapel rises into walls of color, with biblical scenes wrapping the room in blue, red, and gold glass.
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