Musée National Picasso



Since 1985, the Picasso Museum has been housed in one of the most important private residences in the Marais, the Hôtel Salé, which was built in the seventeenth century for a man who collected the salt tax, as its name reminds us. The museum was created to receive the dation made by Picasso’s heirs in 1979, and has since enlarged its collection.

It has a unique set of Picasso’s works. Picasso was born in 1881 and he began to study art in 1895. During his life he created diverse works: painting, sculpture, drawing, ceramics, engraving, and even poetry. After his death in 1973, many of Picasso's works went to the French state, which decided to form a museum with the collection.

Place des Vosges



The Place des Vosges is the oldest square in Paris. It is located in le Marais, and is part of the 3rd and 4th arrondissements of Paris.

Originally known as the Place Royale, the Place des Vosges was built by Henri IV from 1605 to 1612.

The Place des Vosges has two major houses. In the middle of the north side is the Queen Pavillon, dedicated to the former queen of France. On the south side is the King Pavillon, Le Pavillon du Roi.

These houses are not open for visitors. You can visit the home of Victor Hugo, the famous author of «Les Miserables.» It is now a city museum, open for the public.

Musée Carnavalet



In the heart of the fashionable right bank Marais district in Paris, the Carnavalet museum (Musée Carnavalet in French) occupies a superb 1548 palace and is devoted to the history of Paris. Its many reconstituted palace rooms and its collection of paintings on Paris make it a favourite destination for lovers of the history of Paris.

The main building, The Hôotel Carnavalet, was built as a town house in 1548 by Nicolas Dupuis. The Hôtel Carnavalet is a Renaissance jewel that in the mid-1600s became the home of writer Madamé de Sevigné. The 17th century Hotel le Peletier was added to the museum in 1989 to contain the larger part of the museum's 20th century interiors.

Place de la République



The large square was created by Haussmann in 1854. At the centre rises the monument with the statue of the Republic (1883), approximately 10 metres high, work of Dalou, to commemorate the First, Second, and Third French Republics.