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Paris, la Ville Lumière
• Capital of France• Capital of fashion, art,
technology and cuisine• Nickname= city of
light= knowledge• Approx. 12 miles
across
Notre Dame de Paris
• Name means “Our Lady”= Mary• Located on Ile de la Cité• Gothic cathedral
pointy arches, gargoyles, stained glass, tall=600 feet
• Took 200 years to build during the middle ages
• Built to house the crown of thorns and cross
• Parvis= small plaque in front on sidewalk that measures all distances to and from Paris
• 2 front towers were left unfinished
La Sainte-Chapelle
• Small gothic cathedral• Only took 20 years to
build• Home of the crown of
thorns and portion of the cross
• Next door to Notre Dame• Famous for stained glass
windows• Connected to Palais de
Justice / Supreme Court
Sacré Cœur
• Name means “Sacred heart” built to honor Catholics who were martyred on the hillside
• White basilica= domed church
• In Montmartre, district to north known for artists
• Located on Place du Tertre
La Madeleine
• White Greek-style temple
• On Rive Droite / Right Bank
• No windows• Built by Louis XV• Sculptures of the 10
commandments
Le Pont Neuf
• Name means “New Bridge”• Oldest bridge in Paris - begun 1578 &
finished 1607• Connects Ile de la Cité to the Rive Droite &
the Rive Gauche
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L’Arc de Triomphe
• Built by Napoleon• Roman in style• On Place de l’Etoile
which was later renamed Place Charles de Gaulle, after the French President
• 12 avenues that radiate out form a Rond Point (traffic circle)
• Located at end of the Champs Elysées
L’Arc du Carrousel
• Built by Napoleon in 1800
• Roman in style
• Resembles Arc de Triomphe, but smaller and has 3 arches
• 3 arches= liberty, equality and brotherhood
• Outside Louvre, marks entrance to Tuileries Gardens
La Grande Arche
• Built in 1989 for France’s bi-centennial
• Modern interpretation of the Arc de Triomphe
• Modern office building, “cubes”
• Located in La Défense district
• Has a strange bat-like tarp that hangs in the middle
• So large that Notre Dame would fit inside the arch!
La Tour Eiffel
• Built in 1889 for the Universal Expo + France’s centennial
• 3 étages (levels)• Controversial- hate turned to
love• Has restaurants, movie
theaters and shops• Military post, satellite and
weather station• Located on the Champs de
Mars which is on the Rive Gauche / left bank
Le Louvre
• Former royal palace
• Largest art museum in the world, through 1890
• New entrance, glass pyramid
• Famous works include La Joconde = Mona Lisa; Winged Victory = Nike;
Venus de Milo
La Joconde
• By Leonardo Da Vinci• Italian painter brought
to France by François I during the Renaissance
• Unknown woman with a strange glance
La Victoire de Samothrace
• Known as Nike, the Greek goddess of victory
• Nike adopted the swoosh and Just-do-it logo, after the Winged Goddess of Victory
La Vénus de Milo
• Famous Greek statue of the goddess Aphrodite
• Carved of marble about 100 BC
• Found in 1820 on the island of Milos
Le Palais de Chaillot
• 4 museums: science + mankind, Naval, and Cinematography
• Home of Einstein’s brain
• Shaped like two embracing arms
• Center area has a platform, excellent for viewing the Eiffel Tower
Le Musée Rodin
• Former hotel, turned art museum
• Ground and hotel used to display statues by Rodin
• Le Penseur (The Thinker) is a famous statue which greets you at the garden’s entrance
Musée d’Orsay
• Former train station• Art museum which
houses art from 1850-1920
• Known for its Impressionist paintings
Claude Monet
Auguste Renoir
Vincent Van Gogh
Le Centre Pompidou
• Modern art museum• Also known as
Beaubourg, this district where it is located
• Renamed for the French President who was in charge of its development, Georges Pompidou
L’Hôtel des Invalides
• Former church
• First used by Louis XV to house wounded soldiers
• Napoleon also used it for his soldiers
• Contains military history museum and veteran’s center
• Napoleon is buried here
Champs Elysées
• Most famous street in Paris
• Begins at Place de la Concorde
• Ends at L’Arc de Triomphe
• Up-hill, tree-lined
• All parades and political events happen here
Place de la Concorde
• Square outside the Louvre
• Former site of the guillotine
• Today the Obelisk de Luxor, a gift from Eygpt, stands there
Le Jardin des Tuileries
• Garden outside the Louvre
• The Tuileries wing of the Louvre burned; all that remains are the gardens
• Kings of France used to stroll here
• Fountains used for toy boat races
La Cimetière Père LaChaise
• Famous cemetery• Eternal resting place
for many famous singers and actors
• Jim Morrison, Edie Piaf, Charles Balzac, Chopin, Toulouse-Lautrec, Marcel Proust
Le Jardin du Luxembourg
• Gardens and home of the French Senate
• On the Rive Gauche, left bank
• Cinquième arrondissement, 5th
• In the Latin Quarter• Near the Sorbonne
University
La Conciergerie
• Former Prison for the elite, aristocracy
• Marie Antoinette was held here
• Dungeons and torture chambers, Oubliettes, and Leper Colony
• Today - museum and concert hall
La Bastille
• Former prison that was stormed and destroyed at the outset of the French Revolution July 14, 1789
• Prison and armory
L’Hôtel de Ville
• Municipal building that houses city administrative offices
• Almost destroyed by fire in 1871, most of the building had to be rebuilt
L’Opèra
• Home of the French ballet
• Inspired the story Phantom of the Opera, famous staircase, chandelier, and river beneath the building
• On Place de la Bastille
La Sorbonne
• Oldest university in France
• On Rive Gauche, cinquième arrondissement
• In Latin Quarter, as all classes were taught in Latin
L’Odéon
• Theater built especially for Marie Antoinette
• Still used today for concerts and other productions
Le Moulin Rouge
• Name means “Red Mill”
• Trademark is the red windmill located on the roof
• Famous nightclub, shows
• Can-Can Dance
• Located in Montmartre, on Place Pigalle
Le Château Versailles
• Little hunting cabin in the woods, became the largest, most lavish home in the world
• “built” by Louis XIV to lure nobles out of Paris so that the King could rule without interference
• About 12 miles south of Paris
• It was rebuilt several times since the 17th century
Le Château Fontainebleau
• Famous castle near Paris
• Famous for its horse-shoe shaped staircase
• Many movies have been filmed here
Giverney
• Monet’s home and gardens
• Water lilies and Japanese gardens served as a source of artistic inspiration
• About 30 minutes north of Paris
Malmaison
• Famous castle near Paris
• Home to Napoleon, as Versailles was in ruins and France was not able to afford to restore it.