Mata Hari, the archetype of the seductive female spy, is executed for espionage by a French firing squad at Vincennes outside of Paris.

Filmed in the Montemarte districts' subterranean Social Club in Paris, check out the first video from elusive LA producer and vocalist, ZHU. Directed and Edited by ZHU.

A new French law requires renewable energy or plants on all new commercial buildings.

The San Francisco Chronicle has created a literary map of Paris' Left Bank.

The European Union has said it is investigating whether Disneyland Paris is overcharging customers from certain countries in breach of the bloc’s laws. The European commission said it had received several complaints about the theme park east of the French capital. The case comes just days after Disney was one of several Hollywood studios targeted in a separate investigation as part of a wider commission crackdown on the unfair treatment of consumers.

PARIS — The art practically leaps off the walls. A striking painting of President Obama, Nelson Mandela and Patrice Lumumba, the Congolese leader who was assassinated in 1961. Luscious black-and-white photographs of 1950s night life in Léopoldville, now Kinshasa. Whimsical watercolors from the 1930s. These are among 350 works by 41 artists in “Beauté Congo,” an electric, eye-opening survey of art from Congo from 1926-2015 at the Cartier Foundation...

You can discover in the video how we found a way to turn a tiny room in Paris into a really functional and easy to live apartment (maybe the tiniest one in town) which will be used by a au pair or the kids when they get older. Vous pouvez désormais découvrir la vidéo de la chambre de bonne (8m2) à Paris, un très petit appartement fonctionnel et facile à vivre (sûrement le plus petit appartement de la ville) qui sera utilise par une fille au pair ou par les enfants quand ils seront plus grands.

Fireworks illuminate the Eiffel Tower in Paris during Bastille Day celebrations, July 14, 2015.

In honor of Couture Week, a look back at the always fashionable streets of Paris.

The city says that tests have shown "the passage of cyclists through red lights isn't accident-prone and avoids certain conflicts between cyclists and vehicles."

The painter Gustave Caillebotte captured a moment of radical transformation, as the Paris we know today took shape. Jason Farago takes a look.

This intriguing study looks at a time when the very act of smiling was improper and radical – and the moment when this changed

A huge inflatable sculpture inspired by a sex toy has been sabotaged days after it was installed in Paris. The 24m (80ft) sculpture on Place Vendome in Paris was brought down when supporting cords were cut. Earlier, US artist Paul McCarthy told a French newspaper that he was attacked by a man who said the sculpture had no place being on the street.

I recently embarked on a three week trip to Paris, to try and capture the city in all its glory. I had never visited the city before, and was quickly struck with how beautiful it is. My aim was to capture the classic sights; ornate buildings and typical Parisian activities, and contrast that to the modern business side, towering glass glad skyscrapers and fast paced life.

Sometimes too much love can be a bad thing as Paris discovered on Sunday when thousands of “locks of love” attached to a footbridge caused part of the railing to collapse, forcing an evacuation. Thousands of lovers from across the world visit the Pont des Arts every year and seal their love by attaching a lock carrying their names to its railing and throwing the key in the Seine.