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Gobelins Workshop
The Manufacture des Gobelins, a workshop for tapestries, was founded
in the 15th century. It became famous when Colbert, minister of Louis
XIV, promoted it to a Royal Manufacture. It is still producing the
finest quality tapestries. The workshops can be visited and there
is a presentation of its history and the techniques employed.
The Mosque of Paris
Is a Moorish-style building with soaring Minarets and pink marble
fountains. It is a wonderful place to have a massage (hamman) and
afterwards sit in the courtyard and sip sweet mint tea.
Jardin des Plantes
Jardin des Plantes (Botanical Gardens), which also encompasses
the Museum
of Natural History and a Zoo.
The Pantheon
Constructed by Louis XV in 1744 in gratitude for recovering from gout,
this massive temple to the great men of France houses the bodies of
Voltaire, Rousseau, Mirabeau, Marat, Victor Hugo, Emile Zola, and
Jean Moulin (hero of the French Resistance during WWII).
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