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For the World's Fair of 1889 in Paris which commemorated the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution, the Eiffel Tower was built, the best-known landmark in Paris and tallest structure in the world until 1930. The large scale display of electricity and light bulbs at the world's fairs of 1889 and 1900, which was a first in the world, earned Paris the nickname 'City of Lights'.

ATTRACTIONS OF PARIS: Arc de Triomphe, Champs Elysees, Eiffel Tower, Les Invalides,
Louvre Museum, Montmartre, Moulin Rouge, Notre Dame, Place de la Concorde, Pont Neuf, Versailles,



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Arc de Triomphe, Paris, France Discover Paris Arc de Triomphe
The Arc de Triomphe is a monument in Paris that stands in the centre of the Place de l'Étoile, at the end of the Champs-Élysees. It is the linch-pin of the historic axis leading from the courtyard of the Louvre Palace, a sequence of monuments and grand thoroughfares on a route leading out of Paris ...

Discover Paris Champs Elysees, Attractions of Paris, France Champs Elysees
The Champs-Élysees (literally the Elysian fields) is a broad avenue in the French capital Paris. With its cinemas, cafes, and luxury specialty shops, the Champs-Élysees is one of the most famous streets in the world. The name refers to the Elysian Fields, the place of the blessed (heaven) in Greek mythology ...

Discover Paris Eiffel Tower, Paris, France Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower (La tour Eiffel) is the most recognizable landmark in Paris and is known worldwide as a symbol of France. Named after its designer, Gustave Eiffel, it is a premier tourist destination, with over 5.5 million visitors per year. The tower is 300 meters tall, not including the television antenna on top ...

Discover Paris Les Invalides, Paris, France Les Invalides
Les Invalides in Paris, consists of a complex of buildings now containing museums and monuments, all relating to France's military history, as well as a hospital and a retirement home for war veterans, the building's original purpose. It is also the burial site of Napoleon Bonaparte and other war heroes ...

Discover Paris Louvre Museum, Attractions of Paris, France Louvre Museum
The Louvre Museum in Paris, France, is one of the largest and most famous museums in the world. The building, a former royal palace, lies in the centre of Paris, between the Seine river and the Rue de Rivoli. Its central courtyard, now occupied by the Louvre glass pyramid, lies in the axis of the Champs-Élysees ...

Discover Paris Montmartre, Attractions of Paris, France Montmartre
Montmartre is a hill in the north of Paris, France, in the 18th arrondissement, a part of the Right Bank, primarily known for the white-domed Basilica of the Sacre Coeur on its summit. The community on the hill is also called Montmartre. In 1534, Ignatius Loyola took the vows that led to the creation of the Jesuit order ...

Discover Paris Moulin Rouge, Attractions of Paris, France Moulin Rouge
Moulin Rouge (French for red windmill) is a traditional cabaret, built in 1889 by Joseph Oller who already owned the Paris Olympia. Situated in the red-light district of Pigalle on Boulevard de Clichy in the 18th arrondissement, near Montmartre, Paris, France, it is famous for the large red imitation windmill on its roof ...

Discover Paris Notre Dame de Paris, Paris, France Notre Dame de Paris
Notre-Dame de Paris, (French for Our Lady of Paris, meaning the church in Paris dedicated to Mary, the mother of Jesus) often known simply as Notre-Dame in English, is a gothic cathedral on the eastern half of the Île de la Cite in Paris, France, with its main entrance to the west ...

Discover Paris Place de la Concorde, Attractions of Paris, France Place de la Concorde
The Place de la Concorde is one of the major squares in Paris, France. The Place was designed by Ange-Jacques Gabriel in 1755 as a moat-skirted octagon between the Champs-Élysees to the west and the Tuileries Gardens to the east. Filled with statues and fountains, the area was named Place Louis XV to honor the king ...

Discover Paris Pont Neuf, Attractions of Paris, France Pont Neuf
The Pont Neuf is the oldest standing bridge in Paris, France, across the river Seine. Ironically, its name means new bridge in French (the name, coined in the early 17th century, stuck). Standing by the western edge of the Ile de la Cite (an island in the middle of the river), it connects the Left Bank of Paris with the Right Bank...

Discover Paris Palace of Versailles, Attractions of Paris, France Palace of Versailles
The Chateau de Versailles —or simply Versailles— is a royal chateau, in Versailles, France. In English it is often referred to as the Palace of Versailles. When the chateau was built Versailles was a country village, but it is now a suburb of Paris with city status in its own right. From 1682, when King Louis XIV moved from Paris ...



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