The City of Lights by day and by night

 
  
L'Arc de Triomphe, commissioned in 1806 after the victory at Austerlitz by Napoleon, from the Champs Elysees; Seine River riverboat with Tour Eiffel (built 1887-1889 for the Exposition Universelle) which lights up at night every hour.

The Notre Dame cathedral

  
 
The Notre Dame (1163-1345) was one of the first gothic cathedrals and first buildings to use flying buttresses (not in the original design, but as structural support for the thin Gothic walls as stress fractures began to push the walls outward). West view, internal view, and east view; stained glass South Rose Window and door knocker.

Musee du Louvre, Musee d'Orsay and Musee Rodin

 
  
Mercury in the Louvre courtyard; View of the Grand Palais from inside the Musee d'Orsay; Rodin's The Thinker (1880-1882) with Les Invalides, containing the tomb of Napoleon; Rodin's The Gates of Hell (1880-1917) inspired by The Divine Comedy of Dante; I. M. Pei's Pyramide (1989) in the Louvre courtyard.

Along the central section of L'Axe historique (Historical Axis)

 
  
Sculpture along the Seine River near the Place de la Concorde; The underside of the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel built 1806-1808 by Napoleon to commemorate France's military victories in 1805; Statue at the east end of the Jardins des Tuileries; Post and sculpture on a bridge along the Seine River near the Place de la Concorde.

More sculptures and architecture

 
  
Sculpture atop the Grand Palais; Another in a blur of churches;
Gargoyles; Sculpture at the Palais Royal; Crown of the Petit Palais.

Life in Paris

  
 
Moi at the Palais Royal; Street performer playing a beautiful accordion; The cutest french children at the Jardins des Tuileries: sailing a boat at the fountain and riding La Belle Epoque Carrousel; Cite Metro (subway) entrance; red diamond of the tobacconist.