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MONUMEN
TSenFRANCE
G Jagannath
Karthik
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Overview
Capital: Paris Government: Republican
Population: 59 million Language: French
Religion: majority are catholic
Climate: cool winter and mildsummers
Food: bread, cheese and wine
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La Tour Eiffel
Nicknamed as the Iron Lady
Built for the French World's Fair.
Was built by Gustave Eiffel
Inaugurated on 31st March, 1889
Weighs 7300 tonnes
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Arc de Triomphe
Was completed in 1836
Built 15 years afterNapoleon's death
164 feet above the ground
Located at the center of the
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Louvre
One of the world's largestmuseums
Nearly 35,000 objects fromprehistory to the 19th
century are exhibited
Covers an area of 60,600
square metres.
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Normandy AmericanCemetery and Memorial The French army
established the cemetery inNormandy in 1944 forcomrades who lost theirlives in the aftermath.
The first American
cemetery in Europe inWorld War II is now theburial site of 9,387members of the U.S.
military.
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Notre Dame Cathedral Its called "Bonne Mere" of the
southern city of Marseille
It is located at the top one of its
highest hills, overlooking the city and
Mediterranean sea.
There is a lady that tops the church thatgazes toward
Marseille's port,
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Chateau de Versailles
This monument is situated inVersailles outside Paris.
It was under the power for Louis XIV,
who moved the government here
from the city.
It is made up of the main palace
building, the Grand Trianon and
Marie-Antoinette's estate and
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Mont St. Michel This monument is divided
between a mainland and themonument which is exposed atlow tide.
A Benedictine Abbey and churchoccupy
this rocky island off the northerncoast
of France in the English Channel.
The main facade of the church
was built in
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ChartresCathedral The Chartres Cathedral was built in
the 13th century.
This church, about an hour's drive
from Paris, and is amazingly well
preserved
The structure was built in the year1260.
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Romains deFourviere Theatres
This centuries-oldtheaters still host
special events.
The Romains de
Fourviere were built in15 B.C.
They are still used in
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Obelisk at Place de laConcorde It is situated at the
end of the Champs-Elysees in Paris
It stands to 75 feet,
which looks like aneedle-likemonument
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Place dela Bastille
Originally, the Bastille was a
fortress built in the Middle Agesand later became a prison.
The peasants of the city rose up
on July 14, 1789, to storm theBastille, setting in motion theevents that would lead to thebloody French Revolution.
July 14 is celebrated each year inFrance as Fete Nationale knownin English as Bastille Day, aholiday marking the end of the
monarchy's rule.
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Pantheon
The Panthon onthe left bank ofthe Seine is the
resting place ofsome majorfigures from
French history.
It was originally
intended to be a
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CarnacAlignments
This is the site of thelargest group ofMegaliths in theworld. There are
large stones, thatwere erected around4,500 BC.
Located in Brittanyin the northwest part
of France, it is a
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Sacr-Coeur Basilica Located in Paris, the
Sacr-Coeur Basilica, or
the Basilica of the SacredHeart, sits at the highestpoint of the city inMontmartre.
The location of this RomanCatholic is said to be theplace that Saint Denis-thepatron saint of Paris-carried his head after hewas martyred.
Construction on thechurch began in 1875,
when the cornerstone was
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