Maison de la photographie Robert-Doisneau and one more place to visit in Gentilly
Among the places to visit in and near Gentilly are 16 attractions, 15 museums and 5 gardens. 2 places to visit are mapped in Gentilly, with 678 more within 5 km of its centre. A short walk covers 3, all within 1 km. Beyond the town, the best known is Tour Eiffel, 6.1 km off.
Gentilly’s best known
The rest of the best known are 3 attractions, a garden and a museum.
MuseumMaison de la photographie Robert-Doisneauin townGardenGardenLa Friche Enchantéein town
AttractionCathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris4.3 km north, in Paris 4eAttractionAttractionPendule de Foucault3.5 km north, in Paris 5e
MuseumHerbier3.3 km north, in Paris 5e
AttractionPanthéon3.5 km north, in Paris 5eBest known first: by how many Wikipedia and sister-site articles cover each place (Wikidata’s count). It isn’t a ranking of how good they are.
Map of the places
Out of town, most of the 678 are to the north.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Gentilly; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
What there is to see
There are more museums or galleries (16) than anything else, then other sights (16).
Dark: in Gentilly. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
All of them, one by one
The town has 2; within 5 km of its centre, the list finds 678 more.
Pendule de Foucault
Simple device conceived as an experiment to demonstrate the rotation of the Earth.
7Université Paris-I-Panthéon-Sorbonne
French university located at the heart of the Latin Quarter, in Paris.
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14Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
Natural history museum in Paris, France.
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17École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts
National school of fine arts in France.
19Abbaye Royale de Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Abbey located in Paris, in France.
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Institut du monde arabe
French cultural institute dedicated to the Arab world.
Musée Bourdelle
Art museum in Paris, located in the old studio of Antoine Bourdelle.
The 2 places in Gentilly first, then those within 5 km of its centre. Nearby, the first 40 of 678.
Further away
Tour Eiffel, 6.1 km away, is the best known of the 12.
AttractionTour Eiffel6.1 km northwest, in Paris 7eMuseumMuseumMusée du Louvre5.2 km north, in Paris 1er
MuseumMusée d'Orsay5.2 km north, in Paris 7e
AttractionAvenue des Champs-Élysées6.9 km northwest, in Paris 8e
AttractionArc de triomphe de l'Étoile7.5 km northwest, in Paris 8e
AttractionCimetière du Père-Lachaise6.3 km northeast, in Paris 20eMuseumMuseumCentre national d'art et de culture Georges-Pompidou5.1 km north, in Paris 4e
AttractionPalais de l'Élysée6.5 km north, in Paris 8eAttractionAttractionAssemblée nationale5.6 km north, in Paris 7e
AttractionPlace de la Concorde5.9 km north, in Paris 8e
AttractionChâteau de Versailles16 km west, in Versailles
AttractionPalais Garnier6.4 km north, in Paris 9ePlaces within 40 km of Gentilly with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Seeing Gentilly: questions
What is there to see in Gentilly?
The first on our list in Gentilly are Maison de la photographie Robert-Doisneau and La Friche Enchantée. We list 2 places in town. Another 678 are within 5 km of the centre.
Are there museums in or near Gentilly?
16 museums and galleries in town or within 5 km, including Maison de la photographie Robert-Doisneau, Herbier, Catacombes de Paris and Conciergerie de Paris.
What well-known places are within a day out of Gentilly?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Tour Eiffel (6.1 km), Musée du Louvre (5.2 km), Musée d'Orsay (5.2 km), Avenue des Champs-Élysées (6.9 km).
How is this list made?
From OpenStreetMap and Wikidata: named museums, galleries, châteaux, abbeys, gardens, zoos, theme parks and other visitor attractions whose mapped point lies inside the commune of Gentilly, then those in the communes within 5 km of its centre, and well-known places within 40 km. Houses, ruins and gardens need a sign they’re open to visitors; places marked private, closed or disused are left out. The historic-monument link is the Culture ministry’s Mérimée record. A place that isn’t mapped isn’t listed, so this isn’t everything there is to see.
Sources: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0: descriptions, websites, Wikipedia articles), the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0), IGN commune boundaries. Distances are from the commune’s centre point.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (41)
- Maison de la photographie Robert-Doisneau: Miluth, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris: P e z i, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Herbier: DIST Lyon1, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Panthéon: Camille Gévaudan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Université Paris-I-Panthéon-Sorbonne: Moonik, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sainte-Chapelle: Mathae, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Palais du Luxembourg: Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez (Lmbuga), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Catacombes de Paris: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jardin du Luxembourg: Kirua, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Grande mosquée de Paris: LPLT, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Muséum national d'histoire naturelle: Ken and Nyetta, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Conciergerie de Paris: xandru, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts: Selbymay, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Abbaye Royale de Saint-Germain-des-Prés: Axel Brocke, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jardin des plantes de Paris: Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hôtel de ville de Paris: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée Rodin: Jean-Pierre Dalbéra, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hôtel de Matignon: Guilhem Vellut from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Parc Montsouris: Guilhem Vellut from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée de Cluny: ctj71081, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Institut du monde arabe: Guilhem Vellut from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée Carnavalet: Miguel Hermoso Cuesta, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- La Samaritaine: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée du Luxembourg: LPLT, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tour Saint-Jacques: Mbzt, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée Maillol: Moonik, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Coulée verte René-Dumont: jean-louis Zimmermann from Moulins, FRANCE, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Parc de Bercy: Photographer and original uploader was Sebjarod at fr.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée Bourdelle: Velvet, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée national Eugène-Delacroix: xiquinhosilva from Cacau, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hôtel de Sully: Original: jean-louis Zimmermann Derivative work: Sir Gawain, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maison de Victor Hugo: Frédérique PANASSAC, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tour Eiffel: Benh LIEU SONG, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée d'Orsay: Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Avenue des Champs-Élysées: SoWhat, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arc de triomphe de l'Étoile: ZeusUpsistos, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cimetière du Père-Lachaise: Connie Ma from Chicago, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Palais de l'Élysée: U.S. Department of State from United States, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Place de la Concorde: Cristian Bortes from Cluj-Napoca, Romania, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Château de Versailles: ToucanWings, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Palais Garnier: Alexander Hoernigk, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.