Statues, arches, monuments in the heart of Paris

Monument
75018 Paris 18e Arrondissement

The Northern Rim, or Cassini Pyramid, is an 18th-century geodetic monument located in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, serving as a landmark for the meridian of Paris.

Monument
75012 Paris 12e Arrondissement

The wood pyramid of Vincennes, a commemorative obelisk of the 18th century in Paris 12th, marked the reforestation of wood under Louis XV and served as an orientation point in a star-shaped crossroads.

Monument
75014 Paris 14e Arrondissement

The Lion of Belfort in Paris 14th is a 4 m high copper sculpture, a small replica of the Alsatian monument, erected in 1880 in Denfert-Rochereau to honour the French resistance of 1870.

Monument aux morts
75020 Paris

The monument to the dead of Père Lachaise, carved by Paul-Albert Bartholomew in 1899, is a pacifist stone work in Euville's famous Parisian cemetery. He pays tribute to all the dead, without distinction, through 21 symbolic figures.

Statue
75004 Paris

The equestrian statue of Louis XIII, in white marble, has been in the centre of the Place des Vosges in Paris since 1825. Work of Cortot, it replaces a first version destroyed during the Revolution.

Colonne commémorative
75004 Paris 4e Arrondissement

The July column, erected in the 19th century on the Place de la Bastille in Paris, is a bronze monument of the Three Glories (1830), surmounted by the Genie de la Liberté and housing a revolutionary necropolis under its base.

Maison des hommes et des femmes célèbres
75020 Paris

The Fédérés wall, located at the Père-Lachaise cemetery in Paris, is a symbolic place of the Commune of 1871, where 147 federated were shot during the Bloody Week. Ranked a historic monument, it embodies the struggle for freedom and revolutionary ideals.

Arc de triomphe
75001 Paris

The triumphal arch of the Carrousel, built between 1806 and 1810 in Paris, is a neoclassical monument inspired by the arch of Constantine, celebrating the Napoleonic victories of 1805. Ranked in 1888, it dominates the Place du Carrousel near the Louvre.