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Les Grands Sites de Paris

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L’Arc de Triomphe

4. L’Arc de Triomphe Represents Napoleon’s victories
Built on Place d’Etoile (Place of the Star) = Roundabout where 12 streets meet
End of the Champs-Élysées
Unknown Soldier buried underneath

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Les Champs-Élysées

6. Les Champs-Élysées Most famous street in Paris
Great shopping and restaurants
Parades
Famous song: “Aux Champs-Élysées”

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Place de la Concorde

8. Place de la Concorde Octagonal plaza
Guillotine located here during French Revolution (1789)
Obélisque
Oldest monument in Paris
Egyptian

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Le Musée du Louvre
(Le Louvre)

10. Le Musée du Louvre (Le Louvre)
Art museum (huge; over 10,000 pieces of art)
Pyramid entrance
Venus de Milo
Mona Lisa

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Le Jardin des Tuileries

12. Le Jardin du Tuileries Park area outside the Louvre

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La Concièrgerie

14. La Conciergerie Prison during the French Revolution
Marie Antoinette was kept here before going to the guillotine.
Located on L’Île de la Cité

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Île de la Cité
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16. L’Île de la Cité Island in the Seine river. (larger of 2)
Birthplace of Paris
Pont Neuf (oldest bridge in Paris)
Notre Dame, La Conciergerie

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Notre Dame

18. Notre Dame Located on L’Île de la Cité Rose windows (stained glass)
Gargoyles (water spouts)
Flying buttresses (Gothic architecture)

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Le Musée d’Orsay
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20. Le Musée d’Orsay Art museum Used to be a train station Monet Manet
Van Gogh
Renoir
Dégas
Cézanne
Used to be a train station

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L’Hôtel de Ville
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22. L’Hôtel de Ville
City Hall
Place of government since 1357

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Place de la Bastille
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24. Place de la Bastille
Used to have a prison which was destroyed on July 14, 1789 (Bastille Day = Beginning of French Revolution)
Bricks used to build a bridge on the Seine

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Le Centre Pompidou
(Beaubourg)
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26. Le Centre Pompidou (Beaubourg)
Modern art museum
Located at Place Beaubourg
Named after French President Georges Pompidou
Plumbing and electrical all on outside

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Montmartre

28. Montmartre Hill overlooking Paris Night clubs Artists Sacré Coeur
Moulin Rouge

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Le Sacré Coeur
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30. Le Sacré Coeur White cathedral
Overlooks Paris from the top of Montmartre
(30 miles on a clear day)

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Opéra

32. Opéra Largest theater in the world Shape of a crown

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Place Vendome

34. Place Vendome Plaza with column in middle
Column made of melted cannons from Napoleonic wars
Statue of Napoleon on top of column
Expensive shops, hotels, homes of famous people

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La Madeleine
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36. La Madeleine Church resembling Greek temple
Located on one of the most luxurious streets in Paris

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Le Bois de Boulogne

38. Bois de Boulogne Largest park area in Paris Two racetracks Stadium
Boating & biking

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Le Palais de Chaillot

40. Le Palais de Chaillot Great spot to view Eiffel Tower
Home of a theater and 3 museums

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La Tour Eiffel

42. La Tour Eiffel Designed by Gustave Eiffel
1889 World’s Fair
temporary exhibit
Painted dark green every 7 years
3 main levels
Construction:

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Les Invalides

44. Les Invalides Napoleon’s tomb Military museum
Used to be a military hospital for veterans

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Le Quartier Latin
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46. Le Quartier Latin Student district Bookstores Publishing houses

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La Sorbonne

48. La Sorbonne University of Paris

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Le Panthéon
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50. Le Panthéon Contains remains of famous French people
Victor Hugo (writer)
Rousseau (philosopher)
Voltaire (philosopher)
Louis Braille (Braille system)

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Le Jardin du Luxembourg

52. Le Jardin du Luxembourg
Large garden
Statues
Italian fountain
Puppet theater
Game park

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Palais du Luxembourg

54. Palais du Luxembourg
French Senate (upper house of French Parliament)

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La Seine

56. La Seine River running through Paris Divides Paris Bateaux Mouches
Left bank: south
Right bank: north
Bateaux Mouches
Statue of Liberty replica