So youngly Guccio Gucci developed competences within the fashion field and came nearer the luxury world working into palaces. In 1921 Gucci’s brand was founded and a first shop opened in Florence offered saddlery products, luggage and riding accessories. This first shop was followed by many others and the brand branched out quickly.
Set on the Left Bank of the Seine, facing the Tuileries Garden, the Musée d’Orsay holds the richest collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art in the world. Its singularity lies first in its setting: a former Belle Époque railway station, transformed into a museum without losing any of its spectacular architecture. A place where the history of… Read more »
Among the many museums set up in the capital city, the Modern Art Museum in Paris stand out by permanency arrays’ quality telling the story of the European art, beginning to the Fauvism until now and with temporary exhibitions. The museum set up in a wing within the Tokyo Palace, a monument built in 1937… Read more »
European Heritage Days return to Paris on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 September 2026. For one weekend, monuments, institutions and places usually closed to the public reveal a different side of the capital. For visitors staying near the Champs-Élysées, several notable sites can be reached on foot or within a short metro ride. Among the… Read more »