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Paris PARIS. L’Arc de Triomphe - Location of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier - Built to commemorate those who fought in the French Napoleonic Wars.
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Paris
PARIS
L’Arc de Triomphe
- Location of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
- Built to commemorate those who fought in the French Napoleonic Wars
Place de l’Etoile ( Place of the star)Twelve streets
converge here, the
most important of which
is the Champs-Elysees.
Traffic jam: Un embouteillage
Les Champs-Elysees
-Tree-lined boulevard-Stretches between the Louvre and L’arc de triomphe
La Tour Eiffel
Champs-de-Mars
-Designed as the entrance way for the 1889 World’s Fair
- It is the most visited paid monument in the world
-It is the symbol of Paris and of France
Champs-de-Mars is the park in front of the Eiffel Tower
Ice skating on the Eiffel Tower
La Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris
-A Roman Catholic Church
-An example of Gothic architecture
Inside of Notre-Dame
Les Invalides
-Military museum and memorial-Napoleon is buried here inside of 6 coffins-Napoleon was an important political leader in the 1800s
Les Invalides
Napoleon’s Tomb
Le Pantheon-Modeled after
the Roman Monument of
the same name - Neoclassical
style- Burial place of many famous French people
La Seine
- The major river that runs through Paris
- Divides Paris into La Rive Gauche and La Rive Droit
Le Musee du Louvre-The largest national museum in France- Was once the King and Queen’s Palace-La Pyramide in front is very controversial
-Les jardins de Tuileries (Tuileries Gardens) are in front of the Louvre
Artwork of Napoleon’s Rule
The Mona Lisa by Leonardo Di Vinci
Le Musee d’Orsay
-Museum of beaux-arts (fine arts) built in an old train station- collection of masterpieces in the Impressionist style
Vincent Van Gogh
Seurat
Claude Monet
Sacre-Coeur/ Montmartre
• Montmartre is a hill in the northern part of the city.
• Sacre Coeur sits atop the hill• Neighborhood known for nightlife and art
Le Palais de L’Elysee
L’Opera – Palais Garnier
Le Moulin Rouge
Le Centre Pompidiou
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