Louvre | Jeannie's Travel Addiction

May 22, 2014

Dedicated to all of you happy travelers who delight in the same addiction as I do…here are my final photos of my April 2014 trip to Paris, France. Such a beautiful city with so much to enjoy.

Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel – built in 1806 to commemorate Napoleon’s military victories. It stands on the sight of the former Tuileries Palace ( yet another palace for the kings).

Tuileries Garden: Queen Catherine de Medicis created the garden of the Tuileries Palace in 1564, it was opened to the public in 1667, and became a public park after the French Revolution.

The Louvre ( a small portion of) – also a former palace of the kings and now an art museum where the Mona Lisa resides.

Winston Churchill sighting at the Grand Palais : The Grand Palais was built for the 1900 World’s Fair in Paris as an exhibition hall. During WWI it was used as an military hospital , than during the France Occupation by the Nazis, they used it as a truck depot and later to house propaganda exhibitions. Again, this building is huge, has three separate entrances and this photo only captures a small section of it.

Les Invalides – Built in 1670 as a military hospital and home for war veterans, Les Invalides is a now a complex of buildings with museums, monuments and burial vaults all relating to France’s military history.