Place des Vosges
The oldest planned square in Paris, laid out in the Marais in the early 17th century as the Place Royale. Matching red-brick houses with arcades enclose a garden of trees and fountains, and Victor Hugo once lived at number 6.
- Where
- Paris, Île-de-France, France
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 48.8556, 2.3656
Get the Place des Vosges stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Place des Vosges. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Île-de-France volume with your photos and a note.
Near Place des Vosges
Musée Picasso 0.5 km
A museum in the Hôtel Salé, a 17th-century mansion in the Marais, devoted to Pablo Picasso. It holds more than 5,000 of his works, from paintings and sculpture to ceramics and notebooks, along with pieces from his own archive.
Le Marais 0.6 km
A historic district across the 3rd and 4th arrondissements of the Right Bank, once home to the aristocracy. Its narrow streets of old mansions now hold galleries, boutiques, falafel shops and some of the city's best small museums.
Île Saint-Louis 0.8 km
A quiet island of eleven hectares in the Seine, joined to both banks by four bridges and to the Île de la Cité by a footbridge. Its streets of 17th-century townhouses are known for their ice cream shops, Berthillon above all.
Centre Pompidou 1.1 km
A building worn inside out, its pipes, ducts and escalators painted in bright colours on the outside, designed by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers. Locals call it Beaubourg, and it holds one of the largest collections of modern art in Europe.
Notre-Dame de Paris 1.2 km
A medieval Gothic cathedral on the Île de la Cité, seat of the Archbishop of Paris. Its twin towers, flying buttresses and rose windows have watched over the Seine for more than eight centuries, and it reopened in 2024 after years of restoration.
Île de la Cité 1.3 km
One of two natural islands in the Seine and the place where Paris began. Clovis I, first King of the Franks, set up his castle here in 508, and today its 22.5 hectares hold Notre-Dame, the Sainte-Chapelle and the Conciergerie.
Jardin des Plantes 1.4 km
The main botanical garden in France, founded in the 17th century as the royal garden of medicinal plants. Its grounds by the Seine hold glasshouses, a small zoo and the galleries of the Natural History Museum.
Shakespeare and Company 1.4 km
A shop of English-language literature on the Left Bank, opened in 1951 by George Whitman across the river from Notre-Dame. Its crammed shelves and reading nooks have long given beds to young writers who help out in the shop.
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Questions
Where is Place des Vosges?
Place des Vosges is in Paris, Île-de-France, France. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Musée Picasso (0.5 km), Le Marais (0.6 km), Île Saint-Louis (0.8 km).
How do I get the Place des Vosges stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Place des Vosges and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Île-de-France volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Place des Vosges before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Île-de-France volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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