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Luxembourg Palace
The Luxembourg Palace is the French Senate, and it was built because a widowed queen was homesick for Florence.
- Must see
- Historic monument
District guide · Paris
Paris 6e Arrondissement
446 places catalogued in Paris 6e Arrondissement so far.
Practical information
Practical information
- Language spoken
- French
- French is the language of the Republic under Article 2 of the Constitution
- Dialling code
- +33 1
- Paris and the Île-de-France; drop the leading 0 of 01 when calling from abroad
- Currency
- Euro (€, EUR)
- France has used the euro as its official currency since 2002
- Emergency number
- 112
- One number across the country; 15 reaches an ambulance directly
- Plug type
- Type E · 220 V
- Round-pin sockets use a projecting earth pin
- Tap water
- Safe to drink
- The health ministry says tap water may be consumed safely unless local authorities issue specific advice
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Jardin du Luxembourg 02 1 hourJardin du Luxembourg
The Jardin du Luxembourg is a 23-hectare formal garden on the Left Bank, laid out from 1612 for a queen who wanted a Florentine garden in Paris and built by the French Senate, which still owns the palace at its…
- Must see
- Historic monument
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Medici Fountain 03 45 minMedici Fountain
- Must see
- Historic monument
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fontaine Saint-Michel 04 45 minfontaine Saint-Michel
- Must see
- Historic monument
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Gnomon of Saint-Sulpice 05 45 minGnomon of Saint-Sulpice
- High
- Historic monument
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Hôtel de Choiseul-Praslin 06 45 minHôtel de Choiseul-Praslin
- High
- Historic monument
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26 rue Vavin 07 45 min26 rue Vavin
- High
- Historic monument
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Chapelle Notre-Dame-des-Anges 08 45 minChapelle Notre-Dame-des-Anges
- High
- Historic monument
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Enceinte of Philippe-Auguste 09 45 minEnceinte of Philippe-Auguste
- High
- Historic monument
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Hall d'honneur 10 45 minHall d'honneur
- High
- Historic monument
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