Monuments en France

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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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