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District guide · Paris
The 4th arrondissement lies in central Paris alongside the 1st, 2nd and 3rd arrondissements, forming the city's first sector. Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris and Centre Georges Pompidou stand as major landmarks, while Hôtel de Ville anchors the district administratively. The arrondissement contains abundant historical architecture and museums spanning medieval Paris, art, and remembrance, making it essential for understanding the city's heritage.
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Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris is the historic cathedral on Île de la Cité, where the west façade, soaring nave, rose windows and restored liturgical spaces make the building more than a quick photograph stop.
Ruines de la Bastille
The Bastille is a square where a prison used to be, and the prison held seven people on the day it was stormed.
The Hôtel de Ville is Paris's city hall, seat of the mayor and the city council, on the square that carries its name.
Tour Saint-Jacques
The Tour Saint-Jacques is the last surviving fragment of the church of Saint-Jacques-de-la-Boucherie, a late-Gothic parish church built between 1509 and 1523 for the guild of Paris butchers, whose market gave the church its name.
Pont au Change
Pont au Change carries rue de Rivoli's continuation across the northern arm of the Seine, linking the Ile de la Cite -- at the Conciergerie and the Palais de Justice -- to the Right Bank at Place du Chatelet.
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