les monuments de paris. the subway built in 1900 with one line, now has 380 stations below paris!
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Les Monuments de Paris
•The subway built in 1900 with one line, now has 380 stations below Paris!
Le métro
Paris’ beautiful town hall built in the renaissance style
L’Hôtel de Ville
The first stone bridge in Paris is now paris’ oldest bridge!
Le Pont Neuf
This amazing museum is the home of the Mona Lisa and features the triangle entry way
Le Louvre
Part of the University of Paris
La Sorbonne
This ultra modern building is used as a modern art museum and a public library
Centre Pompidou
The prison for those sentenced to the guillotine….Marie Antoinette is their most famous prisoner!
La Conciergerie
Where people were guillotined during the french revolution- now named for peace and harmony
La Place de la Concorde
Situated next to the Louvre, this park has statues, plants and fountains in the Medici style
Le Jardin de Tuileries
The Conciergerie, the Pont Neuf and Notre Dame are all found on this island in Paris
L’île de la cité
This river flows through the middle of Paris!
La Seine
Architect Charles Garnier created a luxurious theater for the French elite that now shows ballet
L’Opéra
This art museum is a converted train station and features the impressionist era
Musée d’Orsay
This famous , wide street features luxury shops and ends at the Arch de Triomphe
Les Champs-Elysées
This is the famous “place” where the famous Bastille prison once stood
La Place de la Bastille
This famous cathedral took almost 200 years to build and features gothic architecture like the Rose windows and gargoyles
Notre Dame
Giant monument to Napoleon’s victories, now also commemorates the WWII vets with the eternal flame
L’Arc de Triomphe
First used as quarries, this houses the human bones from the cleared out cemetaries pf Paris in the 1700’s
Les Catacombes
Situated in the Latin quarter, this park is also the site of the French Senate
Le Jardin de Luxembourg
The city of Paris is divided into this arrangement
20 arrondissements
This huge, white basilica/church was built as a memorial to the soldiers in the Franco-Prussian War and was built on Montmartre hill
Le Sacré Coeur
This famous castle is located outside of paris and is the home of the Hall of Mirrors, extensive gardens and fountains and is known for the treaty that was signed here to end WWI
Versailles