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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 Arab Institute
Designed by Jean Nouvelle to resemble the boats that carried Algerians,
Moroccan and Tunisian immigrants to France. The
institute has a unique shutter-like window system which opens
and closes automatically triggered by the sun. There is a Moroccan
restaurant on the roof and a superb view over Paris from the rooftop
terrace.
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).
Arenes du Lutece
Built during the 1st and 2nd centuries, this amphitheater could seat
15,000 people, hosting gladiator fights as well as less bloody entertainment.
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