Paris
Eiffel Tower
Les Champs-Elysées
Le Louvre
La Joconde
Le Musée d’Orsay
Tour Eiffel
Built 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
Affectionately called “The Iron Lady”
Opéra Garnier
A lake lies beneath the cellars of the building.
Stage has room for up to 450 artists
Central chandelier weighs over six tons
Ceiling painted in 1964 by Chagall
Made famous by “Phantom of the Opera”
Le Louvre
Richest art museum in the world
Home of la Joconde (Mona Lisa),
Venus de Milo,
and Winged Victory
A fortress, a palace, a prison, and now an art museum.
I.M. Pei, an American, is the architect of the glass pyramid.
Arc de Triomphe
Commissioned by Napoleon in 1806 to
commemorate his victories.
The four huge relief sculptures at the
bases of the four pillars commemorate:
The Triumph of 1810
Resistance
Peace
The Departure of the Volunteers
(La Marseillaise)
Beneath the Arch is the Tomb of the
Unknown Soldier and the eternal flame
commemorating the dead of the two
world wars.
Notre Dame
Construction began in 1163 and completed about 1345.
During the Revolution, many treasures were destroyed. Only the great bells
avoided being melted down. The church interior was used as a warehouse for
storage. A restoration program was begun in 1845 and lasted 23 years.
Notre Dame was made popular by Victor Hugo In his novel “Notre Dame de
Paris (Hunchback of Notre Dame.)
1430, Henri VI of England is crowned here.
2 December 1804, Napoleon crowned himself emperor in Notre Dame
Cathedral.
26 August 1944, a mass celebrated the liberation of Paris.
Conciergerie
A place of irony! Once a place of imprisonment, torture, and
death, it is now the Palais de Justice complex.
The Cuisines has four large fireplaces, each large enough
to roast an entire ox.
Built by Philippe the Fair (1284-1314.)
Marie Antoinette spent her last days here as a prisoner
before she was beheaded. Her cell is now a chapel to her
memory.
Works Cited
• http://www.paris.org/Monuments/Opera/
• http://www.paris.org/Monuments/NDame/
• http://www.paris.org/Monuments/Conciergerie/gifs/concie
rgerie1.html
• http://www.aolsvc.worldbook.aol.com/na/pc/cp/pc006600
.htm
• http://www.atkielski.com/inlink.html?/PhotoGallery/Paris/
Eiffel/EiffelTowerSmall.html
• http://www.paris.org/Musees/Orsay/info.html
• http://www.geocities.com/~sralph/m20.html