Who ? Famous French novelist Honoré de Balzac wrote some of La Comédie humaine on this desk.

Where ? La Maison de Balzac, located in the former village of Passy, now in the 16th arrondissement at 47, rue Raynouard.

What ? A huge painting (624 square meter).

Who did it ? Fauvist painter Raoul Dufy.

Where is it ? Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris), hosted in the Palais de Tokyo, 13 avenue du Président-Wilson, near the Trocadéro, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris.

Métro ? Iéna or Alma-Marceau.

The Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris is an art museum dedicated to the arts of the 20th century. The museum collections include, among others, works by Picasso, Matisse, Dufy, Fernand Léger, Braque, Picabia, Modigliani, Chirico, van Dongen, Bonnard, Soutine, Derain, Suzanne Valadon, Utrillo, Robert and Sonia Delaunay, Giacometti, Yves Klein, Pierre Soulages…
Located 11 Avenue du Président Wilson in the 16th district of Paris, in the Palais de Tokyo.

The Battle of Trocadero, fought on 31 August 1823, was the decisive battle in the Spanish Civil War from 1820 to 1823 when French forces defeated the liberal rebellion and restored the rule of King Ferdinand VII. The fall of Trocadero was commemorated in Paris, with the Place de Trocadéro. It is the site of the Palais de Chaillot,  in the 16th arrondissement and houses a number of museums: the Musée national de la Marine and the Musée de l’Homme in the southern Passy wing, the Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine, including the Musée national des Monuments Français, in the eastern wing, from which one also enters the Théâtre national de Chaillot, a theater below the esplanade.

The 16th arrondissement is home to a large number of diplomatic embassies with the famous Avenue Foch, the widest street in Paris, the Place du Trocadéro, the Parc des Princes, Roland Garros Stadium and the Bois de Boulogne park.