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Louvre Museum<\/strong> www.louvre.fr<\/a><\/p>\n

The Louvre Museum is one of the largest museums in the world. It is also the largest museum in Paris.
\nLocated in the heart of the city of Paris, near the right bank of the Seine. The building is an old royal
\npalace. It is located in an axis that includes the Concorde, the Star and goes to La Defense. It is also the
\nlargest museum in the world with 210,000 m2 of which 60,600 m2 of galleries.
\nAmong the most famous pieces of the museum are the Code of Hammurabi, the Venus of Milo, the
\nMona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, and Liberty guiding the people of Eugene Delacroix … The Louvre is
\nthe most visited museum in the world with 8.3 million visitors in 2006.
\nThe Louvre pyramid is commissioned during the renovation of the Louvre by the French President
\nFran\u00e7ois Mitterrand, it was designed by the architect Leoh Ming. The pyramid was inaugurated on March
\n30, 1989. 26 meters high and 35 meters wide, it consists of a metal structure filled with numerous glass
\ntriangles. Its extremely modern appearance contrasts with the Louvre Palace.<\/p>\n

Eiffel Tour<\/strong> \/https:\/\/www.toureiffel.paris\/<\/a><\/p>\n

A true emblem of Paris, the Eiffel Tower is a 324-meter-tall iron tower including the antennas, built by
\nGustave Eiffel and his collaborators for the 1889 World’s Fair in Paris. It welcomed 250 million visitors in
\n2010 At a height of 312 meters originally, the Eiffel Tower remained the highest monument in the world
\nfor 40 years.<\/p>\n

Cathedral of Notre Dame<\/strong> www.notredamedeparis.fr\/<\/a><\/p>\n

The Cathedral of Notre Dame of Paris is located on the Ile de la Cit\u00e9 called “the House of God and the
\nHouse of Men” a place of history and spirituality. It was erected on the Island of the East City and was
\ninhabited by the Gauls Parisis from the second century BC and occupied by the Romans of Julius
\nCaesar in 52 BC. In 2013, Notre-Dame de Paris celebrated its 850th anniversary.<\/p>\n

The Sainte-Chapelle, also known as Sainte-Chapelle du Palais, is a chapel built on the Ile de la Cit\u00e9 in
\nParis, at the request of Saint Louis to house the Holy Crown of Thorns. This chapel is of Gothic style, it is
\nits huge original stained glass windows which make today the wealth of the Sainte-Chapelle.<\/p>\n

Opera Garnier<\/strong> https:\/\/www.operadeparis.fr\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Opera Garnier was built on the design of the architect Charles Garnier following the competition
\norganized as part of the project of transformations of Paris, led by the Prefect Haussmann during the
\nreign of Napoleon III. The construction was interrupted by the war of 1870 then was resumed at the
\nbeginning of the Third Republic. Opera Garnier was inaugurated on January 5, 1875 by Mac Mahon.
\nToday, it is one of the prestigious operas of the world.<\/p>\n

Place Vend\u00f4me<\/strong><\/p>\n

Place Vend\u00f4me is considered one of the most luxurious squares in the world. The architecture was
\ndesigned by Jules Hardouin-Mansart in 1699. In its center, is the column Vendome built in 1810, shot by
\nthe communards, then rebuilt.
\nIt was called Place Vend\u00f4me as early as the 17th century, but the oldest was called Place Louis le
\nGrand and originally Place des Conqu\u00eates.<\/p>\n

Basicilica of Sacr\u00e9 C\u0153ur of Montmartre<\/strong> www.sacre-coeur-montmartre.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Montmartre, called the National Vow, located at the top of the
\nMontmartre hill is an important religious building, “sanctuary of Eucharistic adoration and divine mercy”.
\nThe construction of this church, a monument both political and cultural, follows the post-war period of
\n1870. It is part of a new “moral order” 2 following the events of the Paris Commune, including
\nMontmartre was one of the highlights. With nearly eleven million pilgrims and visitors a year, it is the
\nsecond most visited Parisian religious monument after Notre-Dame Cathedral.<\/p>\n

Moulin Rouge cabaret<\/strong> www.moulinrouge.fr\/<\/a><\/p>\n

The Moulin Rouge is one of the most famous Parisian cabarets in the world. It was founded in 1889 by
\nJoseph Oller and Charles Zidler. October 6, 1889, opening of the Moulin Rouge, in the Jardin de Paris at
\nthe foot of the Montmartre hill. A new dance inspired by the Quadrille or “heckling” and more and more
\npopular: the French Cancan, performed on a furious rhythm by dancers in alluring costumes. The
\nMoulin-Rouge is a place loved by artists, the most emblematic of which was Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
\nHis posters and his paintings assured the Moulin-Rouge a rapid and international notoriety.<\/p>\n

Champs Elys\u00e9es<\/strong><\/p>\n

Avenue des Champs-Elysees is a big and famous way of Paris. It is considered by many to be the most
\nbeautiful avenue in the capital and, according to an expression commonly used in France, as the most
\nbeautiful avenue in the world. It is also one of the main tourist places of the capital. It stretches from
\nPlace de la Concorde to Place Charles-de-Gaulle in the 8th arrondissement and is a major part of the
\nhistoric axis of Paris.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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