Paris

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Paris
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Paris a work of art!
Le Louvre
Eiffel Tower
La Joconde
Le Musée dOrsay
Les Champs-Elysées
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Tour Eiffel

• Built in 1889 for the Worlds 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

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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

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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.
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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.

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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.
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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.
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Works Cited

• http//www.paris.org/Monuments/Opera/
• http//www.paris.org/Monuments/NDame/
• http//www.paris.org/Monuments/Conciergerie/gifs/c
  onciergerie1.html
• http//www.aolsvc.worldbook.aol.com/na/pc/cp/pc006
  600.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