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Paris
La Ville Lumière
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La Seine• The Seine is the river that flows
through Paris.
• It divides Paris into two parts. The upper side is known as the right bank and the lower side is known as the left bank.
• There are many boat tours of the Seine; one is called a Bateau Mouche.
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Les Arrondissements• Paris is also divided into small
sections, or arrondissements. There are 20 of them.
• The number of the arrondissement is printed on the street signs in that area. Street signs are attached on the corners of buildings.
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Les Arrondissements
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Public Transportation• In Paris, you can take le métro, le
bus, or un taxi.
• Many people also choose to ride bikes or mopeds rather than to drive a car in the city.
• A month-long bus/subway pass is called a carte orange.
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Communications• Many people in France rely on cell
phones for communication.
• If you need to use a pay phone you cannot insert coins. A special card, called a telecarte must be purchased.
• Telecartes may be purchased at a Tabac.
• Also at a Tabac, one can buy stamps, lotto tickets, tobacco products, drinks, etc.
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La Tour Eiffel• The Eiffel Tower was built in 1889 for
the centennial celebration and world fair.
• It was built to demonstrate the ability to build such a structure and was supposed to be torn down.
• It was saved because it functioned as a radio tower.
• Now it is one of the most well-known monuments in the world.
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Notre Dame• Notre Dame is a cathedral in Paris.
• Notre Dame is an example of Gothic Architecture.
• Construction began in the 1100’s and didn’t finish until nearly 200 years later.
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Gothic Architecture• Pointed Arches
• Spires
• Flying Buttresses
• Stained Glass
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Arc de Triomphe• The Arc de Triomphe was built to
commemorate Napoleon’s war victories.
• Underneath the arc is the tomb of the unknown soldier.
• The Arc stands in the Étoile on the Champs-Elysées, and is in a direct path of the Louvre, Place de la Concorde, and La Défense.
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Arc de Triomphe
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Le Louvre• The Louvre once served as home to
the Kings and Queens of France, until they moved to Versailles.
• It is now a world-famous art museum.
• Famous works such as the Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo, and Winged-Victory are housed here.
• It is now characterized by a large glass pyramid that serves as an entrance to the museum.
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Le Louvre
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Le Musée d’Orsay• The Musée D’Orsay once served as a
train station in Paris.
• It is now an art museum that houses mostly impressionist and post-impressionist pieces.
• It is here where you will see the works of Monet, Renoir, Degas, Van Gogh, and Cézanne.
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Le Musée D’Orsay
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Other Monuments• Centre Pompidou- Modern art
museum, built to look inside-out.
• Place de la Concorde- area where the guillotine stood during the revolution- now is an Egyptian Obelisk.
• Les Invalides- Military museum and tomb of Napoleon.
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Le Centre Pompidou
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Le Centre Pompidou
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The church and fountains behind le Centre Pompidou
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Montmartre
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Montmartre
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Sacré-Coeur