Top rated Historical landmarks in La Defense, France to elevate your visit (Updated December, 2023)

Historical landmark

👍👍 Monumento de visita obligada por su interés no sólo histórico sino sobretodo emocional para el pueblo francés dado que esta tumba del soldado desconocido representa desde el 11 11 1920 cuando se construyó a todos los soldados franceses fallecidos en la primera guerra mundial y sólo por eso como turi...

4.90 (62 reviews) (~4.27 km from centre)

Mémorial du Mont-Valérien

Memorial

👍👍 I visited it with veterans of the Haute Saône

4.80 (117 reviews) (~2.97 km from centre)

Hôtel de la Vrillière

Historical landmark

👍👍 The most wonderful example of Regency and Grand Siècle styles that one can see. The gallery - when the enarques who monopolize it for their profit, while making us pay for its upkeep - is visible, it is a marvel in which we can stay for several hours looking at all the rich and abundant details of t...

4.80 (37 reviews) (~7.66 km from centre)

Eiffel Tower

Historical landmark

Gustave Eiffel's iconic, wrought-iron 1889 tower, with steps and elevators to observation decks.

4.70 (394.9K reviews) (~5.19 km from centre)

Hôtel des Invalides

Historical landmark

Series of army museums including a church & the tombs of many famed officers, including Napoleon.

4.70 (36.1K reviews) (~6.4 km from centre)

Tomb of Napoleon Bonaparte

Historical landmark

Napoleon is interred in this grand, 1677 Musée de l’Armée structure with a painted domed roof.

4.70 (9K reviews) (~6.45 km from centre)

Colonne Vendôme

Historical landmark

Bronze column standing as a war memorial, with bas-relief carvings topped by a statue of Napoleon.

4.70 (2.9K reviews) (~6.87 km from centre)

Arènes de Montmartre

Historical landmark

👍👍 Do not miss the Arènes Lyriques festival in August, it’s such a great moment either amazing artists.

4.70 (225 reviews) (~7.32 km from centre)

Canal Saint-Martin

Historical landmark

👍 Nice to walk around… There are a lot of people in the summer.

4.70 (93 reviews) (~9.04 km from centre)

Maison d'Ourscamp - Association pour la Sauvegarde et la Mise en valeur du Paris historique

Association or organization

👍👍 We discovered this place yesterday. The people are welcoming and passionate. We visited the medieval cellar (currently under renovation) and the house. Again, nothing to complain about. The explanations were complete and very interesting. Answers to all our questions. Don't hesitate to go there! As...

4.70 (92 reviews) (~9.25 km from centre)

Quartier Montorgueil

Historical landmark

👍👍 📸 The Montorgueil district, famous for its pedestrian and cobbled streets, its varied boutiques and restaurants, has a certain charm that leaves no stone unturned! There we find the magnificent Passage du Grand Cerf, the large Tour Jean Sans Peur, the sublime restaurant "Au Rocher de Candale", and...

4.70 (71 reviews) (~8.16 km from centre)

Equestrian Statue of Simón Bolívar

Historical landmark

👍 Statue in honor of one of the great symbols for the populations of South America. It is very well located next to magnificent landmarks.

4.70 (68 reviews) (~5.99 km from centre)

Quais de la Seine

Tourist attraction

👍👍 Nowadays this is the new bridge of love, if you come here you will see a lot of locks.

4.70 (51 reviews) (~6.66 km from centre)

Statue de Thomas Jefferson

Historical landmark

👍👍 I was in France last week and took an early morning jog along the River Seine. I went to where Thomas Jefferson stood and where they say he found architectural inspiration for his Monticello when looking at Paris’ Hotel Salm. The Hotel de Salm was constructed between 1782 and 1787. Thomas Jefferson...

4.70 (33 reviews) (~6.81 km from centre)