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Paris

La Tour EiffelBuilt by Gustave Eiffel in 1889 for the World’s Fair

An engineering feat for that time

Tallest structure in the world until 1930

Symbol of Paris and France

Most famous monument in the world

Le LouvreRichest art museum in the world

Home of the Mona Lisa and the Venus de Milo

A fortress, a palace, a prison and now an art museum

I.M. Pei, an American, is the architect of the glass pyramid

The Mona Lisa and The Venus de Milo

La SeineThere are many beautiful old bridges on the river, and most of the well-known monuments of Paris are close by. You can go on a boat trip – on a bateau-mouche – like Luc and Lucie

L’Avenue des Champs-Elysées

The Champs-Elysées is one of the most famous streets in the world with its cinemas, cafés and luxury specialist shops

Le Sacré-Coeur

The Sacré-Coeur is a Roman Catholic church which was built in 1890 on the highest point in the city in Montmartre

Le Musée d’OrsayLe Musée d’Orsay is a museum in Paris on the left bank of the Seine

It is housed in a former railway station

It is probably best known for its extensive collection of Impressionist masterpieces by painters such as

Monet, Degas, Renoir and Cézanne

L’Arc de Triomphe

Commissioned by Napoleon in 1806 to commemorate his victories

Beneath the Arch is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the eternal flame commemorating the dead of the two world wars

La Cathédrale de Notre Dame

Construction began in 1163 and was completed in about 1345

Notre Dame was made popular by Victor Hugo In his novel “Notre Dame de Paris” (Hunchback of Notre Dame)

• PowerPoint adapted from:

www.nebo.edu/misc/learning_resources/ppt/6-12/paris.ppt

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