Geography and History of Paris on a Map

How much do you know about Paris, the 'City of Light'? Try guessing all the answers with the help of a map and hints. Good luck have fun!

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The arrondissements are accepted by their names NOT their numbers

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Hint	Arrondissments
Central arrondissement where the Paris stock exchange formerly was, thus its name	Bourse
Northern arrondissement known for its lone major hill	Butte-Montmartre
Riverside arrondissement where the residents tend to be wealthy	Passy
Thirteenth arrondissement that contains the 'quartier asiatique'	Gobelins
Largest arrondissement, which has the lowest population density out of all the arrondissements	Reuilly

Hint	Battles
Roman conquest of a Gallic town that predated Paris	Battle of Lutetia
National holiday and revolutionary capture of a political prison	Storming of the Bastille

Hint	Nature
In the past, this park and 5 time host of the 'world's fair' was used as a marching ground for the army	Champ de Mars
Riverside garden where a real life carousel took place	Tuileries Garden
A palace of the same name and the 'Medici Fountain' are both located within this statue abundant garden	Jardin du Luxembourg
Touristic canal built in the 1820s, lined with many trees	Canal Saint-Martin
Former forest and hunting ground created by Napoleon III, with a bordering royal residence named after it	Bois de Vincennes
Public park in the west where the French Open is held	Bois de Boulogne
River which starts in Burgundy, named after Sequana, the Gallo-Roman goddess of the river	Seine River

Hint	Religious Places
Key location in the Da Vinci Code (novel), that has a well-known organ	Church of Saint-Sulpice
Hilltop basilica made out of iconic travertine limestone	Sacré-Cœur
Chapel found on an island with a large amount of stained glass	Sainte-Chapelle

Hint	Squares
Largest Parisian square, where the executions of Robespierre, Louis XVI, and his wife took place	Place de la Concorde
Old and perfectly symmetrical 'royal square' with many trees	Place des Vosges
Square at the tri-point of three arrondissements, with a bronze statue of the French Republic's personification	Place de la République
Circle and former hotspot for guillotine executions, where the 'Triumph of the Republic' sculpture is found	Place de la Nation

Hint	Streets
Street found in central Paris with many bakeries, and restaurants along it	Rue Montorgueil
Avenue named after a renowned writer who temporarily lived there	Avenue Victor-Hugo
The '14 July military parade' takes place on this wide avenue where the Tour de France usually ends	Avenue des Champs-Élysées
Long street named after a Napoleonic victory against the Habsburgs	Rue de Rivoli

Hint	People
Marshal of the Empire who mainly fought in battles of the French Revolutionary Wars	Charles-Pierre Augereau
Artist who mainly made paintings related to nature, such as 'Water Lilies'	Claude Monet
Mainly cabaret singer whose songs include 'Hymne à l'amour' and 'La Vie en rose'	Édith Piaf
Philosopher and existentialist who wrote several plays and novels, including 'No Exit' and 'Nausea'	Jean-Paul Sartre
Actress who starred in 'La Boum' and played Isabella of France in the film 'Braveheart'	Sophie Marceau
Final French king and part of the House of Orléans, deposed in 1848	Louis Philippe I
Formula 1 driver who won six races with the Ligier team	Jacques Laffite
Neoclassical artist who painted 'The Death of Marat', 'The Death of Socrates' and designed the French flag	Jacques-Louis David
Artist who commonly made detailed pastel and oil paintings	Edgar Degas
Blond actress whose works include: 'The Umbrellas of Cherbourg' and 'The Young Girls of Rochefort'	Catherine Deneuve
Explorer who circumnavigated the Earth, and has a flower and a Pacific island named after him	Louis Antoine de Bougainville

Hint	Landmarks
Napoleon's tomb and the Army Museum are located in this group of buildings	Les Invalides
Under this monument commemorating French soldiers lies Tomb of the Unknown Soldier	Arc de Triomphe
Neo-Renaissance style Parisian city hall, burnt by the Paris Commune and rebuilt	Hôtel de Ville
Mostly art museum that is home to many paintings by Cézanne, Van Gogh and others	Musée d'Orsay
Former aristocratic residence, now used as place where the National Assembly meets	Palais Bourbon
This skyscraper led to a brief law than banned any buildings over seven storeys high from being built	Tour Montparnasse
This tower nicknamed the 'Iron Lady' has an apartment for its creator near the top	Eiffel Tower
Monument in the Latin Quarter, dedicated to Saint Genevieve	Panthéon
Neo-Baroque style opera house	Palais Garnier
Busiest railway station in Europe, found in the 10th arrondissement	Gare du Nord
Football stadium home to Paris Saint-Germain	Parc des Princes

Hint	Cuisine
Filling between two cookies containing almonds, usually with bright colours	Macaron
Baked or fried sandwich containing ham and cheese	Croque Monsieur
Raw beef named after a group of Turkic warriors who used to eat meat raw	Steak Tartare

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4 Comments

Level 91

Jun 8, 2025

Way too many obvious type ins do not work.

Level 73

Jun 8, 2025

Such as what?

Level 61

Jul 16, 2025

I literally missed the Eiffel Tower 🤦 What an absolute berk

I think quite a few places have a Tour Montparnasse. In York it's the Radisson hotel - there's an urban myth (or it may be true) that after it was built they passed a regulation that no buildings would be allowed which were more than two-thirds the height of the Minster. And there's some heinous tower overlooking the Serpentine in London which really should be torn down post-haste, but I've never quite been able to work out what it is. But the Tour Montparnasse is certainly one of the very worst.

Level 73

Jul 16, 2025

I just looked up the London building, yep, it sticks out like a sore thumb.

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