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The Canal Saint-Martin and the Grange-aux-Belles
Locks, iron footbridges and swing bridges bring engineering into the uses and transformations of the canal.
Scientists, Engineers and Inventions in Paris: audio walks
What was invented, measured or proved in Paris in full public view?
5 walks with different starting points and stories. Compare their maps, stops and duration, then choose where to begin.
Explore these walksMeasuring, building and demonstrating left stories in the streets of Paris too. These walks approach scholars, engineers and inventions through places where knowledge took shape. They invite a closer look at instruments, buildings and projects, with curiosity about the people who made them possible and the questions they were trying to answer.
In “The Canal Saint-Martin”: Locks, iron footbridges and swing bridges bring engineering into the uses and transformations of the canal.
In “The Eiffel Tower and the Champ de Mars”: The tower approaches engineering through a project that became one of Paris's best-known images.
In “Cluny, Sorbonne and Saint-Jacques”: Next to it stood the convent where the University buried two hanged students, after forcing the provost to kiss them.
Choose from 5 independent walks in Paris. Open the one that interests you to see its map, stops and approximate duration before deciding. You don't need to do them all or follow this selection's order; each walk has its own starting and finishing points.
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Cluny, the Sorbonne and the Rue Saint-Jacques
Next to it stood the convent where the University buried two hanged students, after forcing the provost to kiss them.
Mysteries of Old Paris: from the Grève to the Innocents
At the Tour Saint-Jacques you'll hear why Nicolas Flamel's tomb was there, how he got his reputation as an immortal alchemist, and what Pascal climbed up to measure.
The Panthéon and the Rue Mouffetard
From the dome of the Panthéon down to the church of Saint-Médard: a sick king's promise, the pendulum that proved the Earth turns, the coffins of Voltaire and Rousseau opened in 1897, a crime inside a church, a penniless Hemingway and three thousand gold coins hidden in a house on the Mouffetard.
The Eiffel Tower and the Champ de Mars
The tower approaches engineering through a project that became one of Paris's best-known images.
Paris, before you go
Paris works best a neighbourhood at a time. Combine a walk, a pause and another look: the distances on the map can be deceptive.
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