Lonely Planet New York City (7th Edition) (City Travel by Ginger Adams Otis

By Ginger Adams Otis

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Hunt down medieval armor and infrequent baseball playing cards within the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Pub-crawl like a neighborhood: go away ny and head to Brooklyn's hippest bars

Breathe within the salt air on a ship cruise round NYC's cinematic skyline

Get outta city! Day-trip to the luxurious Hamptons or the picturesque

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Three neighborhood authors, 240 hours of study, sixty three slices of pizza and 315 miles of subway rides

Get the low-down at the excessive Line, Hudson River Park and different city transformations

New colour part grants insider alternatives for NYC's arts and cultural choices

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St-Jean l’Evangéliste by Anatole de Baudot is an interesting modern church combining the Art Nouveau style with Islamic arches. The modern gem of Islamic architecture, the Mosquée de Paris, is an attractive 1920s building in the HispanicMoorish style. It has a grand patio, inspired by the Alhambra, woodwork in cedar and eucalyptus, and a fountain. St-Sulpice Neo-Classical The arches of St-Jean L’Evangéliste, reminiscent of Islamic architecture Finding the Churches Chapelle de la Sorbonne p159 Dôme Church pp188–9 La Madeleine p218 Mosquée de Paris pp168–9 Notre-Dame pp82–5 Panthéon pp160–61 Sacré-Coeur pp226–7 Sainte-Chapelle pp88–9 Sainte-Clotilde p191 Salpêtrière p169 St-Etienne-du-Mont p159 St-Eustache p116 St-Germain-des-Prés p140 St-Germain l’Auxerrois p117 St-Gervais–St-Protais p103 St-Jean l’Evangéliste p230 St-Joseph-des-Carmes p175 St-Julien-le-Pauvre p158 St-Louis-des-Invalides p190 St-Merry p114 St-Paul–St-Louis p103 St-Roch p131 St-Séverin p158 St-Sulpice p174 Tour St-Jacques p117 Val-de-Grâce p175 SainteClotilde Second Empire Mosquée de Paris Modern 52  I N T R O D U C I N G PA R I S Paris’s Best: Gardens, Parks, and Squares Few cities can boast the infinite variety of styles found in Parisian gardens, parks, and squares today.

Bois de Boulogne See pp256–7. Interior of Notre-Dame Cathedral Eiffel Tower See pp196–7. Notre-Dame See pp82–5. Arc de Triomphe See pp212–13. 46  I N T R O D U C I N G PA R I S Remarkable Parisians By virtue of its strategic position on the Seine, Paris has always been the economic, political, and artistic hub of France. Over the centuries, many prominent and influential figures from other parts of the country and abroad have come to the city to absorb its unique spirit. In return, they have left their mark: artists have brought new movements, politicians new schools of thought, musicians and filmmakers new trends, and architects a new environment.

With the best architects and engineers of the day, he planned a new city, improved the water supply and sewerage, and created beautiful parks. Some avenues were named after French generals. 1861 Garnier designs new Opera House 1860 1862 1863 The nudity in Manet’s Le 1867 World Déjeuner sur l’Herbe causes a scandal and is rejected by the Academy (see pp146 –7) Exhibition 1864 1866 1870 Napoleon’s wife, Eugénie, flees Paris at threat of war 1868 1863 Crédit Lyonnais bank established 1862 Victor Hugo’s epic novel of Paris’s poor, Les Misérables, published 1868 Press censorship relaxed 1870 Start of Franco- Prussian War 38  I N T R O D U C I N G PA R I S The Belle Epoque The Franco-Prussian War culminated in the terrible Siege of Paris.

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