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Some six million visitors a year ascend to the top of this most famous Paris landmark for the spectacular views. It was erected for the Universal Exhibition of 1889.

This great Gothic cathedral, founded on the site of a Roman temple, was completed in 1334 and is a repository of French art and history. It also represents the geographical heart of France.

The terrace in front of this monumental white-domed basilica in Montmartre affords one of the finest free views over Paris.

Napoleon’s triumphal arch, celebrating battle victories, stands proudly at the top of the Champs-Elysées and, along with the Eiffel Tower, is one of the city’s most enduring images.

The great and the good of France are buried in the Panthéon, including Voltaire and Victor Hugo.

Called “a gateway to heaven”, this splendid medieval church was built to house the relics collected by St Louis on his many Crusades.

The glowing golden dome of the Hôtel des Invalides church is unmistakable across the rooftops of Paris.

In the Ancient Armoury Department, restored 17th-century murals by Joseph Parrocel celebrate Louis XIV’s military conquests.

This underground museum with its black walls, lighting effects and soundtrack features some of Dalí’s lesser-known works, including bronzes, lithographs and book illustrations.

French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard’s 1959 film stars Jean-Paul Belmondo as a car thief on the run.

Poets and artists not only drank in this cabaret club, some such as Renoir and Verlaine also laid tables. Picasso even paid his bill with one of his Harlequin paintings.