- Start with a spectral rampart (the left bank, from Odéon to the Seine)
- Antiquarians on the way to Versailles (the 7th near the Seine)
- Power takes off from the river (the Louvre and Palais-Royal)
- Rue Saint-Denis: the royal route (its different sections reveal the past)
- A parade route changes course (the royal imprint, Bastille to Louvre)
- The Latin quarter the morning after victory (a Communard's recollection)
- A Communard bastion erased and transformed (the 13th)
- A bastion of the Old Regime (the Institut de France)
- Royal gardens, a world of their own, etc. (Palais-Royal)
- A cemetery that bewilders (the cemetery of the Holy Innocents)
- The huge open space at the city's heart (les Halles)
- The place that is ancestor of all (place des Vosges)
- A royal statue for a bridge (pont Neuf)
- The arc that heralds three centuries of calamity (at the Saint-Denis gate)
- A fountain where the emperor crushes socialism (at place Saint-Michel)
- What Opéra tours won't say (full chapter)
Exploring outskirts
East
- Crime that shook the Sun King's court (near the Saint-Denis gate)
- Eastern Paris, where new worlds emerge (full chapter)
- The "masterly line" of the working-class east (the Saint Martin canal overpass)
- Blue-collar neighborhoods' grandiose open spaces (the huge eastern places)
North
- If you must buy globalized brands... (a discount shopping center)
South (the 13th district)
- A Communard bastion erased and transformed (the 13th)
Visiting churches
Discovering parks and gardens
- Palais-Royal (and next pages)
- A wood where children play (20th)
- Gardens whose military origin seems hard to imagine (the canal overpass, 10th)
Suggestions for families
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