Explore 1,000 years of the history of architecture at the Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine located in the Palais de Chaillot. Some examples include life-size productions of the doorway of Chartres cathedral, the painted cupola of the cathedral of Cahors and an apartment from Corbusier’s ‘Cité radieuse’, reproduced in full size. Models, videos and drawings complete the collections. There are guided tours, video guides and activities for children.
Recommended by:
Lyndsay Marcham
Contact Details:
1 Place du Trocadéro et du 11 Novembre, 75116 Paris / +33 (0)1 58 51 52 00 / communication@citedelarchitecture.fr / www.citedelarchitecture.fr
Makes for a fascinating visit for children of all ages. To help them understand the exhibits, colourful interactive games are dotted around the permanent displays, so they can try their hand at architecture and learn the concepts of Romanesque and Gothic as they create fantastical animal heads, design stained-glass windows or build a Romanesque arch. (LM)