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Paris

Paris. La Tour Eiffel. Gustave Eiffel 1665 steps Elevator to the top Can see as far as 42 miles!. La Tour Eiffel. La Tour Eiffel. View from the Eiffel Tower. L’arc de triom phe. 12 avenues that make a star Napoleon Can go to the top and see the city

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Paris

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  1. Paris

  2. La Tour Eiffel • Gustave Eiffel • 1665 steps • Elevator to the top • Can see as far as 42 miles!

  3. La Tour Eiffel

  4. La Tour Eiffel

  5. View from the Eiffel Tower

  6. L’arc de triomphe • 12 avenues that make a star • Napoleon • Can go to the top and see the city • Tomb of France’s unknown soldier

  7. L’Arc de Triomphe

  8. View from L’Arc de Triomphe

  9. Le Louvre • Built as a fortress 13th century • 1793 – museum • Added pyramid in 1989

  10. Le Louvre

  11. Le Louvre

  12. Notre Dame • On small island • 402 steps to the top • Spiral stairs to bell tower • Gargoyles • Open to all for church service

  13. Notre Dame

  14. Le Champs ÉlysÉes

  15. La plus belle avenue du monde "The most beautiful avenue in the world". After 5th Avenue in NYC, this is the most expensive strip of real estate… Lots of stores, theatres, cafes, etc. LOTS of traffic!

  16. Versailles

  17. Versailles

  18. Versailles

  19. Hunting Lodge by King Louis XIII in 1623 • His son wanted royal palace so he moved from the Louvre, to Versailles • The Chateau de Versailles castle has over 2,000 windows, 700 rooms, over 1,200 fireplaces, 67 staircases • Galeriedes Glaces, otherwise known as the Hall of Mirrors, where the Treaty of Versailles was signed in 1919, signifying the end of World War I. • Today, world’s largest history museum

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