The
Carnavalet museum in Paris (Musée Carnavalet)
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At the heart of the fashionable
right bank Marais district in Paris, the Carnavalet museum (Musée Carnavalet in French)
occupies a superb 1548 palace (below) and is devoted to the history of Paris.
The
Hotel Carnavalet was built in 1548. It has beautiful sculptures by
Jean Goujon on its facades and a superb statue of Louis the XIV in the main courtyard at
the entrance of the museum.
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The place des Vosges in 16th century - Carnavalet museum |
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The Carnavalet museum
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Its many reconstituted palace rooms and its collection
of paintings on Paris (above, the Place des Vosges, below the Seine
river) make it a favourite destination of Paris lovers.
The Carnavalet museum, the trendy rue (street) des
Francs-Bourgeois near-by with its fashion and decoration shops and the beautiful Place des Vosges (Vosges square) make up a
great one day program out of the beaten track.
Other great Paris
museums
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Musée Carnavalet
23, rue de Sévigné
75003 Paris
tel: 33 (0)1 44 59 58
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Saint-Paul station on line 1
Buses: 29,69,76,96
Parking at Hotel de Ville
Closed on Mondays
Open 10am to 5.40pm
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The Seine river in 17th century - Carnavalet museum
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