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Louvre Museum
Musée du Louvre
The Louvre is the most-visited art museum on earth and it was a fortress before it was anything else.
- Must see
- Museum
District guide · Paris
Theme: History in Paris 1er Arrondissement, Paris
The 1st arrondissement sits at the heart of Paris, forming part of the central sector with three neighbouring districts. The Musée du Louvre, Sainte-Chapelle an...
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Editorial responsibility: Elena Voss · Roavina Travel Editor
The 1st arrondissement sits at the heart of Paris, forming part of the central sector with three neighbouring districts. The Musée du Louvre, Sainte-Chapelle and Jardin des Tuileries stand among its principal landmarks. The district contains monuments, museums and gardens of historical significance that draw those interested in French art and architecture.
Checked 2026-09-04
Practical information
- Language spoken
- French
- French is the language of the Republic under Article 2 of the Constitution
- Dialling code
- +33 1
- Paris and the Île-de-France; drop the leading 0 of 01 when calling from abroad
- Currency
- Euro (€, EUR)
- France has used the euro as its official currency since 2002
- Emergency number
- 112
- One number across the country; 15 reaches an ambulance directly
- Plug type
- Type E · 220 V
- Round-pin sockets use a projecting earth pin
- Tap water
- Safe to drink
- The health ministry says tap water may be consumed safely unless local authorities issue specific advice
Planning a visit
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Top things to see
Ranked by importance — sitelinks, pageviews and heritage status, not editor preference.
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02 45 minSainte Chapelle
Sainte-Chapelle
Sainte-Chapelle is a reliquary the size of a building, and the relic cost more than three times what the building did.
- Must see
- Historic monument
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03 1 hr 15 minConciergerie
The Conciergerie was a royal palace before it was a prison, and the prison is what everyone remembers.
- Must see
- Museum
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04 45 minPalais-Royal
Palais Royal
The Palais-Royal was a cardinal's house that became Europe's first shopping centre and then the place the Revolution started. Jacques Lemercier built it for Cardinal Richelieu between 1633 and 1639 as the Palais-Cardinal.
- Must see
- Historic monument
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05 20 minLouvre Pyramid
Pyramide du Louvre
The Louvre Pyramid is the glass entrance structure built in the museum's main courtyard in the 1980s, and it is a part of the Louvre — its main entrance and one of the more argued-over additions to central Paris …
- Must see
- Historic monument
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06 20 minplace Vendôme
Place Vendôme
Place Vendôme is an octagon of uniform stone façades built as a single architectural composition, not a collection of separate buildings that happened to end up on the same square.
- Must see
- Historic monument