la Conciergerie Paris

1 quai de l'Horloge, Ile de la Cite Paris , Île-de-France, France - Phone: 01-53-73-78-50

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    kinkajou25 2 contributions San Francisco, California, United States Nov 21, 2005

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    Art, and the art of shopping.

    No-one would ever believe me if I said I came to Paris and didn't shop. So I'm not going to lie, that's what I did today. But I managed to pack so much culture in either side it was well balanced.

    In the morning we went to the church of St Chapelle. It was founded by a cardinal who later became a saint for traveling to Egypt to bring back …

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    November 21, 2005

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    Today I went to The Louvre. It actually had the actual painting that Da Vinci painted of the Mona Lisa. Next, I went to La Sainte-Chapelle, [a small cathedral]. It had beautiful stain-glass windows.

    I also went to Notre Dame. It is on an island. Notre Dame is the very middle of Paris. It took me a long time to get near the top. We [ …

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    Ile-de-la-Cite and the Sights of Paris

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    Thursday, July 22, 2010 – Paris

    Paris is gorgeous! The first thought that ran through my head this morning as we walked the streets was "all of the houses here look like those from 'Madeline'"! Seriously, the houses are so pretty and sophisticated, despite being apartments and single dwelling mansions. I love it! The weather of …

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    Historic Core of Paris and the Louvre

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    Bonjour, Aaron here.

    Cassie and I spent the morning touring what is considered the "Historic Core of Paris", which encompasses the Ile de la Cite, Notre Dame Cathedral, Sainte-Chapelle, and the Latin Quarter. Cassie got some great shots of the cathedral and a beautiful piece of the stained-glass wonderland that is the Sainte-Chapelle.

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    Start of the Contiki Adventure

    Well it was a 17th and was time to head to the contiki basement to meet my fellow travellers. i also stayed the night at the royal national hotel as i had an early departure of 6.45 am the next morning. i first met all of my fellow travellers at the meet up at 7pm the night before departure and got along Immediately with all the travellers i spoke …

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    Our Last Days in Paris

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    ... was just unbelievable. If you have a chance to see this place, go! Our last sightseeing stop of the day was La Conciergerie, an ancient palace cum prison. Significant prisoners were held here before losing their heads ... like Marie Antoinette. ...

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    Not dying by Bicycle

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    ... was until we came home and googled it.)   We crossed to the Île de la Cité, the large island of Paris in the Seine. We passed La Conciergerie, which used to be a Palace and then a Prison and is now used as a court house and tourist attraction. ...

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    Notre Dame et l'Arc de Triomphe

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    ... rode the Batobus (Water Taxi) down the Seine to the Ile de la Cite, the island that houses Notre Dame and La Conciergerie. The boat ride down the river was amazing, since the incredible architechture above the tree lined river was just breathtaking. ...

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    "Maybe I'll just go back to the Louvre..."

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    ... de Carnavalet (basically like the history of France museum), I gazed at the beautiful stained glass in Sainte-Chapelle, I saw La Conciergerie (where the aristocrats were held during the Revolution), Place de la Concorde with the obelisk, etc, etc. My ...

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    Paris : 1er Arrondissement

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    ... de France. Erifée par Philippe le Bel au XIV° siècle. Partièlement tranformée en prison au XV° siècle. La Conciergerie vous fera revivre l'époque révolutionnaire à travers la restitution des cellules dont celle de Marie-Antoinette. In the heart ...

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    City of my Dreams...

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    ... laces that were under lock & key and so exquisite, you had to see it to appreciate their beauty... Then we stumbled upon La Conciergerie or Palais de la Justice ~ and took the tour.  It was the place where historical figures such ...

  • 7

    One week in Paris

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    ... en haut de Notre-Dame-de-Paris, je vais visiter la Sainte-Chapelle et ses vitraux (vitrails?) déments, et je finis par la Conciergerie. Mercredi, c'est les Invalides suivis de l'ascension des quelques 700 marches qui mènent au 2e étage de la tour ...

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    Sainte Chapelle and La Conciergerie

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    Sainte Chapelle is a gothic chapel built around 1245. The beautiful stained glass windows illustrate over 1,000 Biblical scenes. La Conciergerie started out as a palace but was converted to a medieval prison. It is infamously known as the prison ...

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    Tour of Paris

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    ... (where Napoleon is buried), the Musee D’Orly (where the impressionist paintings are), Notre Dame Cathedral, La Conciergerie, Concorde Place, the Champs Elysees, Paris Opera, La Place Vendome, L’ Hotel de Ville, the bridge of sighs (one of ...

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    Tout un sejour a Paris!!

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    ... du Luxembourg, Pantheon, quelques eglises, les rues St-Germain et St-Michel). Nous avons aussi vu Notre-Dame de Paris, la Conciergerie et la Sainte-Chapelle. Nous avons ensuite passe la soire dans le marais (Centre G Pompidou, place des Vosges= maison ...