La ville de Paris
Arrondissements de Paris
*neighborhoods in Paris numbered in
clockwise spiral;
*reflected in zip code Ex: 75015
Plan de Paris
Histoire de Paris
• Settled by Gauls and
Parisii btw. 250-200
b.c.
• Known as Lutetia,
conquered by Ceasar
in 52 b.c.
• Hugh Capet first king
of France in 987
(middle ages)
• The City of Light
• Île de la Cité
• Les parisiens
Notre-Dame
• The cathedral of Paris
• Built from 1163-1345
• Two towers were never finished
• Known for gothic style architecture
• Featured in Victor Hugo’s Hunchback of Notre
Dame
The Louvre
• Originally built as fortress by Philippe II
August
• Became a royal palace and was added
onto until the time of Napoleon III
• 1793 First museum opened
• Venus de Milo and La Joconde
• Glass pyramid added in 1989
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L’Arc de Triomphe de l’Étoile
• World’s largest triumphal arch
• Located in the midst of 12 radiating
avenues
• Construction begun under Napoleon I in
commemoration of a victory of his imperial
armies (1806)
• Completed under Louis Philippe (1836)
• Since 1920, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Le Champs-Élysées
• Named from Greek mythology – the
Elysian Fields (heavenly)
• One of the most famous streets in the
world
• Shops, cafés, restaurants, theatres
• Louis Vuitton instrumental in
commercializing the avenue in 1916
• Avenue de luxe
Le Tour Eiffel
• Built for Paris Exposition in 1889
• Was world’s tallest building until 1939
• Design by Alexandre Gustave Eiffel chosen
unanimously out of 700 submissions
• Petition against building of tower included 300
names (many famous)
• Saved for antenna used for telegraphy
• 300 m tall, over 7000 tons
• 3 observation levels;
FACTS:
•300 steel workers, and 2
years (1887-1889) to
construct it.
•Total height with
television antenna:
320.755 meters (1052
feet, 4 inches).
•15,000 iron pieces
(excluding rivets).
•Cost of construction: 7.8
•Height varies up to 15 cm million francs ($1.5
depending on
million).
temperature.
•Total number of visitors
•Size of base area:
during 1889 Exposition:
10,281.96 square meters 1,968,287.
(2.54 acres).
•Total receipts during 1889
•Total weight: 8.56 million Exposition: 5,919,884
kg (9441 tons).
francs ($1.14 million).
•40 tons of paint.
•1671 steps to the top.
•Maximum sway at top
caused by wind: 12 cm
(4.75 inches).
•Maximum sway at top
caused by metal dilation:
18 cm (7 inches).
•Total height in 1889:
300.51 meters (985 feet,
11 inches).
Dates of construction:
January 26, 1887 to
March 31, 1889.
•Total number of visitors
during 2002: 6,157,042.
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