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ru Ban and the Frenchman Jean de Gastines. 5th Day: Paris - City of Fashion and De-
Afternoon - Visit of the Louis Vuitton Foundation, sign and Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé Foundation
Paris & Architecture emblem of 21st century architecture designed by Visit of the Cité de la Mode et du Design (for-
6 days the architect Frank Gehry on the initiative of Ber- mer department store), a masterpiece of con-
nard Arnault. Created to support French and in- temporary architecture, currently home to the
ternational contemporary art creation and make French Fashion Institute, designed by architects
1st Day: Paris it accessible to a wide public through a perma- Dominique Jakob et Brendan MacFarlane and the
Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé Foundation.
Panoramic tour on a convenient bus that will nent collection and temporary exhibitions. Cité de la Mode et du Design
show you all the monuments and the most inter-
esting districts of the “Ville Lumière”. The entire
tour includes “Île de France”, Notre Dame, the
Eiffel Tower, Musée du Louvre, Le pont Neuf ...
until arriving at the Défense.

Curiosity: Paris has been nicknamed “Ville Lu- Business Proposals in France
mière” since the 17th century. Despite what you
might think, this has no connection with the phi-
losophers of the Enlightenment, who appeared
a century later. It was the visitors to Paris who
nicknamed it, struck by the street lighting that
had just appeared in the city at that time, a
world novelty. - The Paris Automobile Show in
1905 presented a new vehicle to the public: the
bus. The first complete Parisian bus line was in-
augurated on the 11th June 1906 and connect-
ed Montmartre to Saint-Germain-des-Prés (line
AM), on a route of 5.8 kilometers. - The starting
point for the “La Défense” district is at the lev-
el of the old roundabout in Courbevoie, in the
center with a statue in honor of the soldiers who Parigi: Centro Pompidou - Paris: Pompidou Centre
defended Paris in 1870.
Curiosity: - In 1907, the architect Georges Mor-
2nd Day: Paris - Evry - Paris (90 km) Curiosity: - For the opening week, Bob Dylan pro- in-Goustiaux designed the department stores;
Visit of the Evry’s Cathedral of the Resurrection, duced a musical show at La Seine Musicale as the one of the first buildings with a reinforced con-
through the inspired and daring architecture of first artist to do so. crete structure in the capital that he chose not
Mario Botta, built to satisfy its agglomeration of From 1929 to 1992 the Seguin Island hosted to cover with a decorative facade while it was
80,000 inhabitants. a Renault car production facility that covered being used. The first of its kind in France, this
almost the entire island. - The artistic pro- bare concrete frame marks the creation of the
Curiosity: - The cathedral is called “ Cathe- gram of the Foundation reflects Frank Gehry’s first modern Paris piers of the 20th century.
dral of the Resurrection” and is dedicated vision: “To build a majestic vessel in Par- - Inspired by the movement of the river, the plug-
to St. Corbinien, the first bishop of Freis- is, a symbol of the French cultural vocation”. in, made of metal and screen-printed glass, owes
ing-Monaco, born in the 7th century near - The project partners worked together using the its green color to the reflections of the water.
Arpajon on the territory of the future diocese. revolutionary Digital Project 3D software, based Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé Foundation
Every important building has a “foundation on the CATIA platform developed by the Dassault Curiosity: 150: this is the number of cine-
stone” laid by a local celebrity. While the aerospace group. matographic devices in the Pathé collection.
cathedral is no exception, it is in its original- - Behind it, there is the facade of a palace sculpt-
ity because it has no less than three “foun- 4th Day: Paris - Grande Arche de la Défense ed by Auguste Rodin around 1869.
dation stones”, each with its own symbol. Visit of the Grande Arche designed as a 20th cen-
- Evry is the birthplace of Paul Decauville (Évry, tury version of the Arc de Triomphe de l’Étoile, 6th Day: Paris - Pompidou Centre - Les Halles
1846 - Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1922), an illustrious so that it would be a monument consecrated to Visit of the Pompidou Centre and shopping in Les
French entrepreneur. He was the inventor of the humanity and humanitarian ideals, rather than Halles to enjoy the frenzy of Parisian life, a few
easily transportable, disassembled and reassem- military victories. steps from the Louvre pyramid. 237
bled railway, named the Decauville Railway in his
honor. Curiosity: - On the outside, front and back, it is cov- Curiosity: - The Pompidou Centre is one of the
ered in Carrara marble (Cava Lorano), in Bardiglio most visited museums in the world and houses a
3rd Day: Paris - La Seine Musicale and the Louis marble. collection of about 70 thousand artworks. - 681 ar-
Vuitton Foundation Following the death in 1987 of the Danish ar- chitectural projects were proposed. The jury nom-
Morning - Visit of La Seine Musicale on Seguin chitect Johann Otto who designed the Grande inated Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers as winners.
Island, a structure that brings together a group Arche, the construction was completed by the - Salvador Dalí was the only artist to open
of buildings in the shape of a ship, dedicated architect Paul Andreu. Beaubourg for 24 hours in a row for the last three
to music, open to the public and able to host nights of his second retrospective, at the end of
various artistic events, political, commercial March 2013.
... Designed by the Japanese architect Shige-
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