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Pontoise Cathedral
Val d'Oise
~1.36 miles from Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône city center
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Pontoise Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Saint-Maclou de Pontoise) is a Roman Catholic cathedral, and national monument of France, located in the town of Pontoise, now on the outskirts of Paris, in the Val d'Oise.The church, raised to the status of cathedral in 1966 when the Diocese of Pontoise was created, is dedicated to Saint Maclovius (Maclou). Construction began in the 12th century on the site of an ancient chapel of Saint Eustace and the building was enlarged and completed in the 15th and 16th centuries. Thus the central and eastern parts of the cathedral are 12th century, while the tower and the central portal are in the Flamboyant style. There are Renaissance additions flanking the central structure, and a north portal of the same period.
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City Centre Cergy
Cergy
~2.30 miles from Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône city center
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City Centre Maisons Laffitte
Maisons-Laffitte
~7.17 miles from Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône city center
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City Centre Enghien Les Bains
Enghien Les Bains
~9.76 miles from Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône city center
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City Centre Saint Germain en Laye
Saint-Germain-En-Laye
~10.60 miles from Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône city center
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Grande Arche
Paris
~11.90 miles from Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône city center
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City Centre La Defense (17th)
La Defense
~11.94 miles from Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône city center
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City Centre Sarcelles
Sarcelles
~11.99 miles from Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône city center
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Asnieres sur Seine
Asnieres
~12.03 miles from Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône city center
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Saint Denis Basilica
Saint Denis
~13.08 miles from Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône city center
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The Cathedral Basilica of St Denis (French: Cathédrale royale de Saint-Denis, or simply Basilique Saint-Denis, previously the Abbaye de Saint-Denis) is a large abbey church in the commune of Saint-Denis, now a northern suburb of Paris. The abbey church was created a cathedral in 1966 and is the seat of the Bishop of Saint-Denis, Pascal Michel Ghislain Delannoy. The building is of unique importance historically and architecturally.Founded in the 7th century by Dagobert I on the burial place of Saint Denis, a patron saint of France, the church became a place of pilgrimage and the burial place of the French Kings, nearly every king from the 10th to the 18th centuries being buried there, as well as many from the previous centuries. (It was not used for the coronations of kings, this role bei...
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Stade de France
Saint-Denis
~13.51 miles from Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône city center
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The Stade de France is the national stadium of France, situated in the Parisian suburb of Saint-Denis. It has an all-seater capacity of 81,338, making it the fifth largest stadium in Europe, and is used by both the France national football team and French rugby union team for international competition. On 12 July 1998, France defeated Brazil 3–0 in the 1998 FIFA World Cup Final contested at the stadium. The Stade de France is listed as a five-star stadium by UEFA and has hosted matches for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, 2003 World Championships in Athletics, and the 2007 Rugby World Cup making it the only stadium in the world to have hosted both a Football World Cup final and a Rugby World Cup final. The facility also hosted the annual Motorsport event Race of Champions in 2004, 2005, and 2006 b...
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Paris Congress Expo
Paris
~13.62 miles from Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône city center
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Bois de Boulogne
Paris
~13.69 miles from Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône city center
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The Bois de Boulogne is a park located along the western edge of the 16th arrondissement of Paris, near the suburb of Boulogne-Billancourt.The Bois de Boulogne covers an area of 8.459 km² (3.266 sq. miles, or 2,090 acres), which is 0.05 times larger than Central Park in New York, and 3.3 times larger than Hyde Park in London.The northern part of the Bois de Boulogne is occupied by the Jardin d'Acclimatation, an amusement park with a ménagerie and other attractions.
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Arc de Triomphe (17)
Paris
~13.74 miles from Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône city center
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Longchamp Racecourse
Paris
~13.76 miles from Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône city center
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The Longchamp Racecourse (French: Hippodrome de Longchamp) is a 57 hectare horse-racing facility located on the Route des Tribunes in the Bois de Boulogne at Paris, France. Built on the banks of the Seine River, it is used for flat racing and is noted for its variety of interlaced tracks and a famous hill that provides a real challenge to competing thoroughbreds. It has several racetracks varying from 1,000 to 4,000 meters in length with 46 different starting posts. The course is home to more than half of the group one races held in France. The highlight of the calendar is the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Held on the first weekend in October, the prestigious event attracts the best horses from around the world.The first-ever race run at Longchamp was on Sunday, April 27, 1857 in front of a...
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Arc de Triomphe (8th)
Paris
~14.26 miles from Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône city center
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Parc Monceau
Paris
~14.27 miles from Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône city center
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Parc Monceau (French pronunciation: [pa?k m?~so]) is a semi-public park situated in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France, at the junction of Boulevard de Courcelles, Rue de Prony and Rue Georges Berger. At the main entrance is a rotunda.The park was established by Phillippe d'Orléans, Duke of Chartres, a cousin of the king. He started buying land on which to establish the garden in 1769, and employed Louis Carrogis Carmontelle to design the gardens. He was a close friend of the Prince of Wales, later George IV, and a lover of all things English. As a result, his aim was to create an informal English-style garden in the middle of Paris. By 1778, through successive purchases, the garden had grown to 12 hectares. It became known as the Folie de Chartres.In 1793, during the French Rev...
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Lido
Paris
~14.50 miles from Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône city center
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50 triumphant years and still the latest thing!Can the Lido de Paris still be described as a "cabaret" ? To ensure perfect visibility for everyone in the audience, the 1150-seat panoramic theater has been designed without columns. A single 45-meter prestressed concrete beam provides the necessary long-bearing support. A giant elevator allows the orchestra section, where 300 guests dine, to sink 80 centimeters into the floor to further improve visibility. And yet, despite all its feats of technology and international status, the Lido still retains its soul - a uniquely Parisian spirit of refinement which carries its great tradition with panache. Your desire for enchantment is fulfilled 365 days a year at the Lido de Paris.
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Montmartre Cemetery
Paris
~14.55 miles from Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône city center
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Montmartre Cemetery (French: Cimetière de Montmartre) is a famous cemetery located at 37 Avenue Samson, in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France.Cemeteries had been banned from Paris since the shutting down of the Cimetière des Innocents in 1786, as they presented health hazards. Several new cemeteries replaced all the Parisian ones, outside the precincts of the capital, in the early 19th century: Montmartre in the north, Père Lachaise Cemetery in the east, Passy Cemetery in the west and Montparnasse Cemetery in the south.Located west of the Butte, near the beginning of Rue Caulaincourt in Place Clichy, the cemetery in the Montmartre quarter of Paris is built below street level in the hollow of an old quarry with its entrance on Avenue Rachel under Rue Caulaincourt. The cemetery epi...
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Musee Marmottan
Paris
~14.56 miles from Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône city center
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Musee Marmottan Claude Monet is nestled in on the east side of the Bois de Boulogne, by Ranelagh Park. Housed in a 19th century townhouse, you will find approximately 65 paintings by the great Impressionist. The piece of work which gave the art movement its name, Impression, Soleil Levant, is here, as well as paintings of Rouen Cathedral, Gare St. Lazare, scenes from Giverny, the London Houses of Parliament &, of course, water lilies. Not covered by the Museum Pass, closed Monday. Website: www.marmottan.com. A magnificent gem!
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Champs Elysees
Paris
~14.62 miles from Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône city center
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Moulin Rouge
Montmartre
~14.69 miles from Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône city center
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Moulin Rouge (French for Red Mill) is a cabaret built in 1889 by Joseph Oller, who also owned the Paris Olympia. Close to Montmartre in the Paris red-light district of Pigalle on Boulevard de Clichy in the 18th arrondissement, it is marked by the red windmill on its roof.The Moulin Rouge is best known as the spiritual birthplace of the modern form of the can-can dance. Originally introduced as a seductive dance by the courtesans who operated from the site, the can-can dance revue evolved into a form of entertainment of its own and led to the introduction of cabarets across Europe. Today the Moulin Rouge is a tourist destination, offering musical dance entertainment for visitors from around the world. Much of the romance of turn-of-the-century France is still present in the club's decor....
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Passy Cemetery
Paris
~14.75 miles from Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône city center
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The Passy Cemetery (Fr: Cimetière de Passy) is a famous cemetery located at 2, rue du Commandant Schlœsing in Passy, in the 16ème arrondissement of Paris, France.In the early 19th century, on the orders of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, all the cemeteries in Paris were replaced by several large new ones outside the precincts of the capital. The Montmartre Cemetery was built in the north, the Père Lachaise Cemetery in the east, and the Montparnasse Cemetery in the south. The Passy Cemetery was a later addition, but has its origins in the same edict.Opened in 1820 in the expensive residential and commercial districts of the Right Bank near the Champs-Élysées, by 1874 the small Passy Cemetery had become the aristocratic necropolis of Paris. It is the only cemetery in Paris to have a h...
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Museum of Eroticism
Paris
~14.76 miles from Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône city center
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Traveler Description: This seven-story museum houses a collection of erotic artifacts from around the world, including paintings, pottery, miniatures and much more.Attraction type: History museum, Art museum, Specialty museuminfo@musee-erotisme.comAddress: 72 boulevard de Clichy Paris FranceTel: 01-42-58-28-73
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Champs Elysees (8th)
Paris
~14.78 miles from Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône city center
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The Avenue des Champs-Élysées (French pronunciation: [??~zeli'ze] ( listen)) is a prestigious avenue in Paris, France. With its cinemas, cafés, luxury specialty shops and clipped chestnut trees, the Avenue des Champs-Élysées is one of the most famous streets in the world, and with rents as high as USD1.5 million per 1,000 square feet (92.9 square metres) of space, it remains the most expensive strip of real estate in Europe. The name is French for Elysian Fields, the place of the blessed dead in Greek mythology.The Avenue des Champs-Élysées is known in France as La plus belle avenue du monde ("The most beautiful avenue in the world"). The arrival of global chain stores in recent years has slightly changed its character, and in a first effort to stem these changes, the City of Paris (whi...
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Montmartre/Sacre Coeur (18th)
Montmartre
~14.78 miles from Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône city center
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Montmartre is a hill (the butte Montmartre) which is 130 meters high, giving its name to the surrounding district, in the north of Paris in the 18th arrondissement, a part of the Right Bank. Montmartre is primarily known for the white-domed Basilica of the Sacré Cœur on its summit and as a nightclub district. The other, older, church on the hill is Saint Pierre de Montmartre, which claims to be the location at which the Jesuit order of priests was founded. Many artists had studios or worked around the community of Montmartre such as Salvador Dalí, Modigliani, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso and Vincent van Gogh. Montmartre is also the setting for several hit films. This site is served by metro line 2 stations of Anvers, Pigalle and Blanche and the line 12 stations of Pigalle, Abbesses, Lamarck...
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Palais de Chaillot
Paris
~14.78 miles from Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône city center
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For the Exposition Internationale of 1937, the old Palais du Trocadéro was demolished and replaced by the Palais de Chaillot which now tops the hill. It was designed in classicizing "moderne" style by architects Louis-Hippolyte Boileau, Jacques Carlu and Léon Azéma. Like the old palais, the palais de Chaillot features two wings shaped to form a wide arc: indeed, these wings were built on the foundations of those of the former building. However, unlike the old palais, the wings are independent buildings and there is no central element to connect them: instead, a wide esplanade leaves an open view from the place du Trocadéro to the Eiffel Tower and beyond.The buildings are decorated with quotations by Paul Valéry, and they now house a number of museums:the Musée national de la Marine (na...
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Musee de l'Homme
Paris
~14.78 miles from Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône city center
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The Musée de l'Homme (French, "Museum of Man") was created in 1937 by Paul Rivet for the 1937 Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne. It is the descendant of the Musée d'Ethnographie du Trocadéro, founded in 1878. The Musée de l'Homme is a research center under the authority of various ministries, and it groups several entities from the CNRS. The Musée de l'Homme is one of the seven departments of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle.The Musée de l'Homme occupies most of the Passy wing of the Palais de Chaillot in the 16th arrondissement. Part of its exhibition will eventually be transferred to the Quai Branly museum.Due to renovation, the museum will be closed from the end of March 2009 until 2012. The total amount of money appropriated for the renova...
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Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
Paris
~14.86 miles from Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône city center
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Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris is an art museum in Paris dedicated to the arts of the 20th century (48°51'50?N 2°17'50?E). It is located at 11 Avenue du Président Wilson in the 16th district of Paris.It is located in the Palais de Tokyo constructed for the International Exhibition of Arts and Technology of 1937, the museum was inaugurated in 1961. The museum collections include over 8000 works illustrating various trends of the art of the twentieth century. Exhibitions on the major movements and artists highlights from the European scene of the twentieth century but also monographic and thematic exhibitions present the main trends of today's art.The museum collections include, among others, works by Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Raoul Dufy, Maurice de Vlaminck, Georges Ro...
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Basilica of the Sacre Coeur
Paris
~14.89 miles from Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône city center
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The Sacré-Cœur Basilica (French: Basilique du Sacré-Cœur, "Basilica of the Sacred Heart"), a Roman Catholic basilica, is a popular landmark in Paris, France, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The basilica is located at the summit of the butte Montmartre, the highest point in the city.With its origins in the aftermath of the French Revolution among ultra-Catholics and legitimist royalists, developed more widely in France after the Franco-Prussian War and the ensuing uprising of the Paris Commune of 1870-71. Though today it is asserted to be dedicated in honor of the 58,000 who lost their lives during the war, the decree of the Assemblée nationale, 24 July 1873, responding to a request by the archbishop of Paris by voting its construction, specifies that it is to "expiate the crime...
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