He wanted to beautify Paris, to bring light and air to the tangled mess of streets at the heart of the city. But there was another reason for renovating Paris. The narrow, winding streets and ...

The Haussmann style of architecture, which is also sometimes described as Haussmannian, is the classic architecture that has defined modern-day Paris, and is probably what you think of when you ...

Period details are mixed with contemporary interventions inside these renovated apartments in Paris, built in the mid-19th century during Georges-Eugène Haussmann's reconstruction of the French ...

From the Louvre to the Eiffel Tower, from the Place de la Concorde to the Grand and Petit Palais, the evolution of Paris and its history can be seen from the River Seine. The Cathedral of Notre-Dame ...

The elegant department stores, or grands magasins, of Boulevard Haussmann are Parisian monuments that almost rival the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame Cathedral in popularity. While lesser high-street ...