Anecdote, fun fact, 8th arrondissement guide

On this day, May 21: the birth of FIFA in Paris, a look back at a key date in football history

Did you know? FIFA was founded in Paris on May 21. We revisit this pivotal date in football history, the moment that helped turn a global passion into reality.

This quiet square in Paris actually sits atop an old mass grave.

In the 8th arrondissement, there is a discreet garden that is nonetheless steeped in history. It now stands atop the former Madeleine Cemetery and its mass grave where Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, and hundreds of Revolution-era executions were originally buried, and today it houses the Expiatory Chapel.

This little-known detail of the Place de l'Étoile in Paris inspired the monogram of a major fashion house.

In Paris, even a detail of street furniture can enter the luxury legend. Behind this iconic monogram lies an inspiration drawn from the Place de l'Étoile, at the foot of the Arc de Triomphe.

Did you know? There was almost an elephant instead of the Arc de Triomphe.

On the Place de l'Étoile, at the top of the Champs-Élysées, stands now one of Paris's most iconic monuments: the Arc de Triomphe. But this legendary site almost looked very different — a former proposal by an architect envisioned a massive elephant as the centerpiece for the city's royal axis. Here’s the story.