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Jardin des Plantes
Jardin des Plantes (Botanical Gardens), which also encompasses
the Museum
of Natural History and a Zoo.
Bercy
A little further east is the Palais Omnisports, sports stadium
and concert venue, and Bercy, Cour St. Emilion, a new complex with
shops, bars and restaurants built on the site of warehouses where
the wine shipped up the Seine by barge was stored. There is also
a great new 18 cinema complex, many showing films in V.O. (Version
Original). All showings before 12:00 AM only 4.90 Euros. Fast access
to the center of Paris on the new Madeleine-Bibliotheque Francois
Mitterrand metro Line #14.
Bibliotheque Nationale de France
The Bibliotheque Nationale de France Francois Mitterrand, on the
embankment of the Seine is housed in an impressive glass building,
with its four massive "bookends" surrounding a central
garden. There is the new fast metro line #14 from here to Madeleine
in the center of Paris.
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.
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.
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