Paris
is divided into roughly
equal sections by the
Seine. On the right
(northern) bank are
the Bois de Boulogne,
Arc de Triomphe, Bibliothèque
nationale, Élysée
Palace, Georges Pompidou
National Center for
Art and Culture (see
Beaubourg), Place de
la Concorde, Opéra,
Comédie Française,
Louvre, Palais de Chaillot,
Maison Européenne
de la Photographie,
Grande Arche de la Défense,
Champs Élysées,
and other great streets,
sites, and boulevards.
In the eastern part
of the right bank is
the Museum of the Art
and History of Judaism,
the Place de la Bastille
and the Bastille Opera;
to the north is Montmartre,
the highest area in
Paris, topped by the
Church of Sacré-Cœur.
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