Modern for its time, built in Second Empire Architecture, the Grand Salle of the Richelieu Bibliotheque Nationale de France was inaugurated in 1868, serving as Paris' primary library until the 1980's. 

Meander through alleys of antiques at the Marche aux Puces where would-be discarded treasures wear exorbitant price tags.

Sleeping beneath chiseled monuments in the Pere Lachaise Cemetery, blanketed in flowers and kisses, lie composer Frederic Chopin and writer Oscar Wilde.

Per Chopin's request, "The earth is suffocating. Swear to make them cut me open, so that I won't be burried alive," his heart was removed.
 

Cesar's Centaure marches amongst umbrellas along Rue de Sevres, an inventive conglomeration of unlikely pieces to personify Picasso.

Emerging from La Defense stand an Emerald City of glassy buildings and Cesar's bronze thumb.

Le Chateau de Versailles illuminated by an explosion of fireworks during the summer Fetes de Nuit.

Manege horses circulate in the shadow of le Sacre Coeur atop Montmartre.