Besides museums, public buildings and structures can serve as cultural and historical representations of a civilization. Encompassed in this sphere, some of these even become known and remembered throughout not only a society, but in the world at large. They become icons.
Paris, France, has many icons, and today we see three of them — Palaces, Conciergerie, and the Eiffel Tower. Petit Palais, Grand Palais, and Palais de la Decouverte host art and science exhibits and are used for numerous cultural events. The Conciergerie has two huge medieval dining rooms but is noted as the revolutionary courthouse and prison cell of Marie Antoniette. Of course, everyone recognizes the landmark Eiffel Tower. It can be seen day and night from many vantage points in the city, including the serene Japanese garden at the Muse’e du quai Branly, Paris’s newest museum.
As the final video in the Paris, France series, see once more the icons that make Paris such a great place to visit.