Beaubourg

Once this area was occupied by the General Markets. Now it's a futuristic zone, where the modern "Centre Pompidou" and "Forum des Halles" rule the landscape, and where you can find lots of modern art works like the sculpture "L'Ecoute" by Henri de Miller or the fountain of Plaçe Igor Stravinsky designed by Niki de Saint Phalle and Jean Tinguely. Another beautiful example of modern art that you shall not miss it's the clock of the "Defenseur des Temps" that, when the hours strike, displays the "Defender" that struggles against the four elements depicted as monsters. Nowadays this part of Paris is a meeting point for shopkeepers, art lovers and students; it’s far away from being the "womb of Paris" as Emile Zola used to call it.

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