dearJulius.com

Notre-Dame Cathedral In Paris Tops List Of Most-Visited Monuments Once Again

Some 12 million people visited the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral in 2017, making it the French capital's most-visited monument.

In this file photo, two French motorcycle police ride near the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.

AFP Relaxnews

The Paris tourist office has published 2017 visitor numbers for the French capital's cultural attractions. The city's Notre-Dame cathedral tops the list once again as the most-visited monument, followed by the Sacré-Coeur basilica in Montmartre.

Some 12 million people visited the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral in 2017, making it the French capital's most-visited monument. The Sacré-Coeur in Montmartre comes next, with 10 million visitors. The Louvre museum takes third place, with visitor numbers up 14.8% to eight million in 2017. Tourists also flocked to the Eiffel Tower in 2017, with visitor numbers growing 4.6% to 6.2 million.

The tourist office data covers visitor numbers to Paris museums and monuments (permanent collections and exhibitions) over the past year. For 2017, the data covers 62 cultural attractions and 68 temporary exhibitions.

Paris museums also had a good year in 2017. The Fondation Louis Vuitton saw visitor numbers up 37.2% in 2017, while also topping the bill for the year's most-visited exhibition in Greater Paris, with "Being Modern. MoMA in Paris" (755,184 visitors). Visitors were up 24.9% to the Grand Palais and 32.2% to the Petit Palais.

In total, the French capital's cultural attractions drew 70.2 million visitors in 2017, up 5.9% from 2016.

The top 15 most-visited cultural attractions in Paris:

1. Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral
2. Sacré-Cœur Basilica, Montmartre
3. Musée du Louvre
4. Eiffel Tower
5. Centre Pompidou
6. Musée d'Orsay
7. Universcience - Cité des sciences et de l'industrie
8. Chapel of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal
9. MNHN (natural history museum): main site at Jardin des Plantes
10. Arc de Triomphe
11. Grand Palais
12. Fondation Louis Vuitton
13. Musée de l'Armée
14. Musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac
15. Petit Palais

COMMENTS





Note: If you think this story need more information or correction, feel free to comment below your opinion and reaction.
Name

Travel,1396,
ltr
item
Travel News: Notre-Dame Cathedral In Paris Tops List Of Most-Visited Monuments Once Again
Notre-Dame Cathedral In Paris Tops List Of Most-Visited Monuments Once Again
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoId4OgKvhyXZHSmqjVI4TY5itG0O6vmqhZIi8aw2M-Ds0KRLZIgTduVfH4yv2TCxH89z9kX2Bw3tq5QHnfBT-YK6PNtNbviyqbw_0edDLyH3A7unzMysjL7xmEKKJ4PrgtcKkY1ZKhee9/s1600/Notre-Dame-875.gif
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoId4OgKvhyXZHSmqjVI4TY5itG0O6vmqhZIi8aw2M-Ds0KRLZIgTduVfH4yv2TCxH89z9kX2Bw3tq5QHnfBT-YK6PNtNbviyqbw_0edDLyH3A7unzMysjL7xmEKKJ4PrgtcKkY1ZKhee9/s72-c/Notre-Dame-875.gif
Travel News
https://travel.dailynewsview.com/2018/06/notre-dame-cathedral-in-paris-tops-list.html
https://travel.dailynewsview.com/
https://travel.dailynewsview.com/
https://travel.dailynewsview.com/2018/06/notre-dame-cathedral-in-paris-tops-list.html
true
6737428913629963530
UTF-8
Loaded All Posts Not found any posts VIEW ALL Read More Reply Cancel reply Delete By Home PAGES POSTS View All RECOMMENDED FOR YOU LABEL ARCHIVE SEARCH ALL POSTS Not found any post match with your request Back Home Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat January February March April May June July August September October November December Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec just now 1 minute ago $$1$$ minutes ago 1 hour ago $$1$$ hours ago Yesterday $$1$$ days ago $$1$$ weeks ago more than 5 weeks ago Followers Follow THIS PREMIUM CONTENT IS LOCKED STEP 1: Share. STEP 2: Click the link you shared to unlock Copy All Code Select All Code All codes were copied to your clipboard Can not copy the codes / texts, please press [CTRL]+[C] (or CMD+C with Mac) to copy