An unusual district of Paris, with a village atmosphere and small houses. Don't miss the swimming pool with its beautiful red-brick façade, built between 1922 and 1924.

Designed across three bays, this Art Nouveau building with corbelled sections stands out for its opulent flamed sandstone decoration created by ceramicist Alexandre Bigot.

A fine example of neoclassical architecture, built from 1816 onwards on the site of the former Madeleine cemetery, where Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette were buried. Their remains were then transferred to the Basilica of Saint-Denis.

The Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris. Built for the 1900 World's Fair, it houses a beautiful collection of paintings, sculptures and objects from Antiquity to 1914.

A journey through the history of cinema: over 300 machines, costumes, posters, drawings and models, complemented by a selection of nearly 150 photographs and, above all, Méliès' films.

Built at the crossroads of the 19th and 20th centuries, this religious edifice was intended to remind workers of their factory, so that they could feel at home in their natural environment. A must-see for its nave and impressive metal framework.

This Cubist-inspired sculpture by Ossip Zadkine (1890-1967) holds a boat in its arms, recalling both the Navire des Nautes of Lutetia, symbol of Paris, and the artist's ancestry as heir to a family of wooden barge builders.

Headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Visits possible.

In spring and summer, a bucolic, leafy lane lined with little houses with colorful doors and shutters, typical of the old village of Plaisance.

Almost as an extension of Rue des Thermopyles, another bucolic little street with small houses flanked by small gardens. At number 19, an astonishing portal by Hungarian-born sculptor Alexandre Mezei.