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