Henri IV, the king of the Edict of Nantes, shaped the Paris we still walk: the Pont Neuf and his statue on it, the Place Dauphine on the Île de la Cité and the Place Royale, today’s Place des Vosges.
Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte is located approximately 55 kilometers southeast of Paris; Nicolas Fouquet’s 1661 fête there directly led to Louis XIV commissioning Versailles using the same architects (Le Vau, Le Nôtre, Le Brun), and Fouquet’s art collection was confiscated and absorbed into royal holdings.
Escape to Paris’s largest green space, where a medieval château, working farm, Buddhist temple, and endless woodland trails await on the eastern edge of the city.
The legendary Champagne region lies just 90 minutes from Paris. Here’s how to visit Reims, Épernay, and the vineyards where the world’s most famous bubbly is born.
The Maastricht Treaty (Treaty on European Union) was signed in Maastricht, Netherlands on February 7, 1992, establishing the European Union and the euro; France was a key signatory and French President Mitterrand was instrumental in the negotiations.
The Scottish economist who brought paper money to France in 1716: three places in central Paris that still tell his story, in one walk.
Discover the Latin Quarter, Paris’s historic student neighborhood where medieval streets, bookshops, and timeless bistros create the city’s most intellectual atmosphere.
President John F. Kennedy, whose Irish ancestry traces to County Wexford, made a historic state visit to Paris in May-June 1961, meeting with Charles de Gaulle at the Élysée Palace—a verified historical event.
Tucked away in the 12th arrondissement, Marché d’Aligre offers everything a Paris market should: fresh produce, vintage treasures, and the kind of neighborhood atmosphere you won’t find at the tourist spots.
Step into the 19th-century covered arcades that changed Parisian shopping: mosaic floors, glass roofs and a glass rotunda in the city’s most atmospheric passages.
