A Guided Tour of Paris 8 th grade project on “The City of Lights”
Where is Paris? Paris is located on the Seine River in north- central France. Paris was first settled in the 3 rd cent. BC by the Parisii. Today, Paris is one of the most famous cities in the world.
A bird’s-eye view Paris is divided into 20 districts called “arrondissements” The Louvre is located in the 1 st, the Eiffel Tower in the 7 th and the Arc de Triomphe in the 8 th.
La Tour Eiffel The Eiffel Tower was designed by ___________for _________of Located in the 7 th arrondissement, it is _____ meters tall and weighs 7000 tons.
Des grands monuments de Paris!
Works Cited PHOTOS AND MAPS: ARC DE TRIOMPHE: quartier-champs-elysees.html EIFFEL TOWER: eiffel.nuit-fontaines.jpg SACRE COEUR: montmartre.sacre-coeur.jpg LOUVRE MUSEUM: france/france.html NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL: g_notredameparis_02.htm FRANCE MAP: france.paris.jpg PARIS METRO MAP: PARIS MAP: Microsoft ClipArt INFORMATION: g_notredameparis_02.htm