From the Lou­vre to the Eif­fel Tow­er, from the Place de la Con­corde to the Grand and Petit Palais, the evo­lu­tion of Paris and its his­to­ry can be seen from the Riv­er Seine. The Cathe­dral of Notre-Dame and the Sainte Chapelle are archi­tec­tur­al mas­ter­pieces while Haussmann‘s wide squares and boule­vards influ­enced late 19th- and 20th-cen­­tu­ry town plan­ning the world over.