Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine

This mammoth 23,000-sq-meter space is an ode on three floors to French architecture. The highlight is the light-filled ground floor with a beautiful collection of plaster and wood casts of cathedral portals, columns and gargoyles. Replicas of murals and stained glass originally created for the 1878 Exposition Universelle are on display on the upper floors. Views of the Eiffel Tower are equally monumental.