2. Bienvenue à Paris!

3. La Tour Eiffel

4. World’s Fair, 1889 1652 steps – world's tallest building until 1930 2 years (1887-1889) to construct People hated it Almost destroyed (1909); saved for antenna Used for radio transmissions thereafter

5. L’Arc de Triomphe

6. Champs-Elysées Place Charles de Gaulle Commissioned by Napoléon, 1806; completed 1836 Relief sculptures at bases of the four pillars Names of major victories and 558 generals engraved on walls Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the eternal flame below

7. La Cathédrale de Notre Dame

8. La Cathédrale de Notre Dame: L’histoire Construction: 1163 (Louis VII) – 1345 (Philippe VI) Revolution ( 1789 ): Destruction and plundering; interior used for storage 2 December 1804: Coronation of Napoléon and Josephine

9. La Cathédrale de Notre Dame: L’architecture Gothic style – ornate, detailed Stained Glass –Depicts saints or Biblical scenes –La Rosasse – large, circular window; Virgin Mary at center Flying Buttresses –Redistribute weight, support exterior walls Gargoyles –Scare away bad spirits –Protect exterior walls from water damage

10. Le Musée du Louvre

11. 1200: Construction began by King Philippe August –Fortress on banks of Seine 1300’s: Became official royal residence under Charles V Construction continued under many kings until 1682 1682: Louis XIV moved royal residence to Versailles 1793: Public Museum –Art now accessible to all The Pyramid opened April 1989 to serve as new entrance and reception area

12. The Coronation of Josephine by Louis David

13. Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix

14. Other Works at the Louvre Canova: Psyche and Cupid (detail) Venus de Milo da Vinci: Mona Lisa (La Jaconde) Victoire de Samothrace

15. Versailles

16. La Grande Arche de la Défense

17. Les Arcs de Paris Form a straight line through Paris Line connects: –The Louvre –Arc du Caroussel –Place de la Concorde –Champs Elysées –Arc de Triomphe –Arche de la Défense (modern part of Paris)

18. La Place de la Concorde

19. Held the guillotine that executed Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, and 2800 others between 1793 and 1795 The smell of blood was so strong that a herd of cattle refused to cross the place Obelisk of Luxor, a gift from Egypt –Heirogliphics

20. La Place de la Bastille

21. The Colonne de Juillet It marks the site of the prison known as the Bastille –stormed by the Mob in 1789 at the start of the French Revolution. This square is also home to the Opéra Bastille –completed in 1990 –commemorates bicentennial of Revolution

22. L’Opéra National de Paris

23. L’Opéra Garnier (Paris Opera House) Built in 1875 Scene of The Phantom of the Opera –Written by Gaston Leroux Garnier also designed the Café de la Paix

24. Montmartre et Sacré Cœur

25. Montmartre = Section of Paris Basilique du Sacré Cœur Place du Tertre

26. Le Panthéon, L’Hôtel des Invalides

27. Le Panthéon –Necropolis –Voltaire, Rousseau, Hugo, 58 more L’Hôtel des Invalides –Arms for Mob –Napoléon’s tomb

28. Œuvres Citées / Works Cited Photos of monuments and title page Paris map taken from www.paris.org. Paris map with monuments taken from http://www.apartaparis.com/plan_paris.html. All Louvre artwork taken from www.louvre.fr. The Storming of the Bastille painting taken from http://www.picturehistory.com/find/p/17352/ mcms.html. The “Phantom of the Opera” Mask and Rose taken from http://kms.kalahari.net/ann/ct/lg/ 2954345.jpg.