Paris, France

The most famous cemetery in France, this is the final resting place of Abelard and Héloïse, Chopin, Moliére, Oscar Wilde, Delacroix, Balzac, Jim Morrison and more.

Housed in a spectacular modern building, the Paris Institut du Monde Arabe explores France's long relationship with the Arab world and provides insights into Arab-Islamic religion, philosophy and politics.

The most fashionable church in 19th-century Paris, this basilica dedicated to a saintly French queen is best known for its imposing twin spires.

Dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene, this Neoclassical church was originally designed as a temple to the glory of Napoleon's army.

This Neoclassical church was originally part of an abbey dedicated to St. Genevieve, but since the 18th century it has served primarily as a burial place for French heroes.

This church stands on the site of an abbey founded by Clovis and dedicated to Geneviève, the patroness of Paris. It still receives pilgrims today.

When the Louvre was still a royal palace, this was its church. It accordingly drew an assortment of royalty, courtesans, men of art and law, and local artisans.

Built to house a relic of the True Cross brought from Spain in 542, this church was so powerful in the Middle Ages that it became a town within a town. It is one of very few Romanesque churches in Paris.

This 19th-century basilica and landmark is built over the place to which St. Denis is said to have carried his own head after his martyrdom.

A rare medieval survival in the heart of Paris, the early 14th-century Conciergerie is part of a royal palace but is best known for its use as a prison during the Reign of Terror.