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Images proportionally resized and re-encoded as WebP/AVIF. Captions distinguish the known photograph date (sometimes only the month) from an artwork’s date; neither establishes current conditions.

Interior of Paris–Charles-de-Gaulle Terminal 2E, with counters, luggage trolleys and a curved wooden ceiling, in October 2021 · Syced · CC0 1.0 · 2021-10
The Arc de Triomphe de l’Étoile in Paris, seen from the pavement across the road in February 2017 · Winfried Weithofer · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2017-02-27
Baume-les-Messieurs village and abbey in the French department of Jura, seen from Granges-sur-Baume in August 2011 · Tangopaso · Public domain (author dedication) · 2011-08-30
The Conciergerie and Pont au Change seen from the Seine in Paris in June 2014 · Philippe Alès · CC BY-SA 3.0 · 2014-06-06
A side view of Notre-Dame de Paris with a construction crane, October 2025 · Wyslijp16 · CC BY 4.0 · 2025-10-02
The restored nave of Notre-Dame de Paris, March 2025 · Wozart · CC0 1.0 · 2025-03-19
The Sacré-Cœur basilica façade and visitors in Montmartre, February 2016 · Thomas Bresson · CC BY 4.0 · 2016-02-23
The Musée d’Orsay façade in December 2017, before the current renovation works · Suicasmo; perspective correction by Paris 16 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2017-12-22
The Grand Palais glass roof in February 2025; not Art Basel Paris 2026 · Yasminkaa · CC0 1.0 · 2025-02-23
La Vélodyssée / EuroVelo 1 wayfinding sign photographed in July 2023 · No(0)GoodNamesLeft · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2023-07-02
Ferns beside La Vélodyssée between La Chapelle-sur-Erdre and Sucé-sur-Erdre, April 2018 · Skimel · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2018-04-25
Halle Freyssinet / Station F in Paris, November 2018; enterprise context, not the business-registration desk · Celette · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2018-11-20
Interior of Musée du quai Branly in Paris, with a ramp and display spaces, March 2016 · Ninara · CC BY 2.0 · 2016-03-12
Boeuf bourguignon with potatoes at Paris Beaubourg in June 2025; not a current menu · Asamboi · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2025-06-15
Sorbonne courtyard in Paris in September 2026; university context, not a Campus France office · Arthur Weidmann / ZeusUpsistos · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-09-20
Les Bouchons Lyonnais plaque photographed in 2015; not proof of current certification · Xavier Caré / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2015-04-09
Aligre market in Paris in April 2007; one local scene, not all of French society · James Whisker · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 2007-04-21
Palais Galliera fashion museum in Paris, May 2016; cultural context, not a brand subject to a levy · Fred Romero · CC BY 2.0 · 2016-05-01
Colbert building of the Finance Ministry and Bercy bridge, November 2006; not a documented intrusion site · Pline · CC BY-SA 3.0 · 2006-11
Lycée Buffon façade in Paris in January 2019; not evidence of its current school rules · Celette · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2019-01-20
Charles Thévenin’s Storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789, painted around 1793; not a photograph · Charles Thévenin / Paris Musées · Public domain / CC0 1.0 reproduction · c. 1793
Children sailing model boats at the Luxembourg Garden pond in Paris in May 2014 · David McSpadden · CC BY 2.0 · 2014-05-18
The façade and green crosses of Pharmacie Necker in Paris in July 2017; not current opening information · Celette · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2017-07-14
A street in Vieux Lyon · 4net · CC BY 3.0 · 2015-06-13
Half-timbered buildings in Strasbourg’s Petite France · Pierre Blaché · CC0 1.0 · 2019-09-07
Place de la Bourse and the reflecting pool in Bordeaux · Xellery · CC BY-SA 3.0 · 2013-06-30
Sénanque Abbey and lavender fields in Provence · Guillaume 1995 · Public domain (author dedication) · 2007-07-09
Château de Chenonceau over the River Cher in the Loire Valley · Nono vlf · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2017-11-26
Nice seafront and the Promenade des Anglais · Zairon · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2021-10-01
A TGV Duplex at Valence-Ville station · Shadowwxx · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2023-05-20
Christmas lights on the Champs-Élysées and the Arc de Triomphe in December 2021 · Pierre Blaché · CC0 1.0 · 2021-12-27
Christmas market stalls below Strasbourg Cathedral in November 2023 · RaumplanungTV · CC BY 4.0 · 2023-11-25
A Delage D12 displayed at the Paris Motor Show in October 2024 · Mathious Ier · CC0 1.0 · 2024-10-20

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