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Viewpoints in Paris

To see Paris is to read it from above. Montmartre is the oldest of these reading places — the hill has drawn the eye across rooftops and domes for centuries, the horizon dissolving nowhere in particular. Those seeking the same effect without the crowds find it in the Parc de Belleville, where Parisians gather for the sunset rather than the shot. The Jardins du Trocadéro frame the city differently — symmetrical, almost ceremonial, with the Eiffel Tower as a calculated vanishing point. Every viewpoint in this city also tells you something about who Paris was built for, and when.

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