Bagnolet Things to Do

The rectilinear, sand-colored façade of the Saint Jean-Baptiste Church in Neuilly-sur-Seine welcomes visitors and parishioners through towering green doors centered atop a broad staircase. In addition to Sunday Mass, the space... more

Saint Geneviève herself was born in Nanterre around the year 420, and grew up in the town. Legend tells of miracles she performed here, including curing her mother of blindness with well water (the well is also an important par... more

In the summer of 1743, the king of France placed the first stone of what would become the Cathédrale Saint-Louis, which holds guests under the warmly lit arches of the nave to this day. The elegant architecture is symmetrical a... more

The majestic Hôtel de Ville of Levallois-Perret was completed in only three years and inaugurated on March 27, 1898. Designed by the architect Jamin, it is particularly symbolic, marking the creation of a true town on this stre... more

After the executions of the French monarchs Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, their remains were buried at the Madeleine Cemetery. The Chapelle Expiatoire, constructed in the early 19th Century, is built upon the grounds of that... more

This is a charming Catholic church in Passy/Bois de Boulogne. more

Every year millions of people come to pray at the Chapelle de la Médaille Miraculeuse, where, in 1830, Sister Catherine Labouré (now St. Catherine) thrice saw an apparition of the Virgin Mary. During these visitations, the Holy... more

This ancient church in the 5th arrondissement of Paris was once the site of a Roman crossroads in the 6th Century. It was reconstructed after the Normand invasion in 886, although vestiges of the ancient foundations still stand... more

Construction on the Hôtel de Beauvais, to be built for the first attendant of the queen of Austria, began in 1654 on the site of an ancient medieval house. It was inaugurated for the occasion of Louis XIV and Marie Thérèse comi... more

La Galerie Colbert, now sheltering the Institut national d'histoire de l'art and the l'Institut national du patrimoine, arose as an architectural feat with a long history. It partially incorporates the Hôtel Colbert, a mansion... more