Landmark · Paris

Place Vendome: Napoleon's Column at Dusk

Napoleon's 44m column (1810), forged from seized cannons, spirals 425 bronze plates atop Place Vendôme—Louis XIV's octagonal 1699 triumph designed by Hardouin-Mansart, now ringed with Van Cleef & Arpels, Boucheron, Ritz Paris, the Ritz, Ministry of Justice.

What to do there

CityPlace Vendome: Napoleon's Column at DuskThe octagonal square where luxury was born. Napoleon's column made from 1,200 cannons. The Chanel N°5 cap inspiration. When the lights come on at dusk, this is the most photographed square in Paris.

Places to see and wineries nearby

Landmark Place Vendome: Where Luxury Was Born Place Vendôme—where absolute power meets absolute wealth.
Museum · Sevres Sevres: Marie Antoinette's Breast Bowls Marie Antoinette's famous bol-sein porcelain service at the Sèvres museum—the "breast bowls" she commissioned for her ceremonial dairy at Rambouillet in 1784.
Winery Les Caves Augé: Paris's Oldest Wine Shop Established in 1850 on Boulevard Haussmann, this legendary Parisian wine shop stocked 4,000 bottles and counted Marcel Proust among its devoted customers.