Île de la Cité & Île St Louis Photos

The very heart of Paris lies on two islands in the Seine. The most important structures on the Islands are Notre Dame Cathedral & St Chapelle, but other important architecture was introduced when Baron Haussmann rebuilt most of these Medieval islands in the 1860s.

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Notre Dame Cathedral Notre Dame Cathedral over Cité Bridge. Paris, France Gothic rear structure of Notre Dame Cathedral with flying buttresses. Paris, France Notre Dame Cathedral over Seine at sunset. Paris, France
Courts on Île de la Cité Palais de Justice with spire of St Chapelle. Paris, France Tribunal Judiciaire on Quai des Orfèvres of Seine River. Paris, France Domed Court of Commerce & Conciergerie with multiple towers on Ile de la Cité as viewed from Seine River. Paris, France
St Chapelle Medieval Stained Glass St Chapelle commissioned by King Louis IX of France. Paris, France Painted biblical scene in Gothic tetrafoil surrounded by Fleur-de-Lys at St Chapelle. Paris, France Seated man with woman stained glass scene at St Chapelle. Paris, France
Conciergerie Museum Conciergerie on Ile de la Cité where Marie Antoinette & about 2600 others were imprisoned during the Terror before being taken to the Guillotine. Paris, France Reproduction of the 1793 cell of Marie-Antoinette with period furniture at Conciergerie. Paris, France Portrait of the Widowed Queen Marie-Antoinette in Temple Prison painting by Alexandre Kucharski at Conciergerie. Paris, France
Île de la Cité Flower & Bird Markets Sunday bird market on Isle de la Cité. Paris, France Bird house for sale at Cité Bird & Flower Market. Paris, France Cité Flower Market stalls. Paris, France
Île de la Cité & Île St Louis Residential Men playing game of boules on triangular Place Dauphine on western tip of Isle de la Cité. Paris, France Apartment & commercial building on Rue d'Arcole beside Notre Dame Cathedral on Isle de la Cité. Paris, France Residential buildings along Quai d'Orleans on Île St Louis. Paris, France
Pont Neuf Sail boat in front of Pont Neuf. Paris, France Base of lamp post on Pont Neuf with faces & dolphins. Paris, France Western tip of Île de la Cité with equestrian statue of Henri IV & Pont Neuf. Paris, France
Île de la Cité & Île St Louis Bridges Notre Dame Cathedral over Saint-Michel Bridge. Paris, France Pont Saint-Michel with left banks buildings along Quai des Grands Augustins. Paris, France Pont Notre-Dame iron arch bridge with city hall towers beyond. Paris, France
Quays of River Seine, Paris Tribunal Judiciaire tower on Quai des Orfèvres on Seine River. Paris, France Pedestrians enjoying sunshine on quai of Seine River. Paris, France Artificial sandy beach on banks of River Seine. Paris, France
River Seine Floods in Paris Flooding of River Seine at Louvre. Paris, France Flooding of River Seine at tip of Isle de la Cité. Paris, France Flooding of River Seine at Place du Châtelet. Paris, France
St-Michel Fountain St-Michel Fountain over River Seine. Paris, France Archangel Michael wrestling devil by Francisque-Joseph Duret at St-Michel Fountain. Paris, France Winged dragon spouting water by Henri Alfred Jacquemart at St-Michel Fountain. Paris, France
Paris City Hall (Hotel de Ville) Paris City Hall seen above Seine River. Paris, France Renaissance Revival facade of Paris City Hall. Paris, France Central bell tower of Paris City Hall. Paris, France
Tour St Jacques & Place du Châtelet Théâtre de la Ville & Tour St Jacques over tour boat on River Seine. Paris, France Fontaine du Palmier (1806-8) on Place du Châtelet Napoleon's victory column water fountain called Fontaine du Palmier at Place du Châtelet with Tour St Jacques beyond. Paris, France
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