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Alexandre III Bridge - Paris
Alexandre III Bridge. This bridge is classed as a 'Monument historique', representative of late XIXth century architecture and decoration. It was built between 1897 and 1900, and inaugurated as the Universal Exposition of 1900 opened. It was completely renovated in 1991.
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Alexandre III Bridge - Paris
Alexandre III Bridge. This bridge is classed as a 'Monument historique', representative of late XIXth century architecture and decoration. It was built between 1897 and 1900, and inaugurated as the Universal Exposition of 1900 opened. It was completely renovated in 1991.
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Alexandre III Bridge - Paris
Alexandre III Bridge. This bridge is classed as a 'Monument historique', representative of late XIXth century architecture and decoration. It was built between 1897 and 1900, and inaugurated as the Universal Exposition of 1900 opened. It was completely renovated in 1991.
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Arc de Triomphe - Paris
Arc de Triomphe. At the western terminus of the Avenue des Champs-Elysees, the Arc de Triomphe moves every heart. In 1940, Parisians were brought to tears as the Nazis stepped through the Arc; after four years of Nazi occupation, the city was liberated by British, American, and French troops, who marched through on August 26,1944, to the roaring cheers of thousands. The world's largest triumphal arch was commissioned in 1806 by Napoleon in honor of his Grande Armee. The terrace at the top has a fabulous view of Avenue Foch and the city.
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Arc de Triomphe - Paris
Arc de Triomphe. At the western terminus of the Avenue des Champs-Elysees, the Arc de Triomphe moves every heart. In 1940, Parisians were brought to tears as the Nazis stepped through the Arc; after four years of Nazi occupation, the city was liberated by British, American, and French troops, who marched through on August 26,1944, to the roaring cheers of thousands. The world's largest triumphal arch was commissioned in 1806 by Napoleon in honor of his Grande Armee. The terrace at the top has a fabulous view of Avenue Foch and the city.
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Bastille - Paris
Bastille. Charles V built the Bastille prison to guard the eastern entrance to his Capital; it became a state prison under Louis XIII, usually housing religious heretics and political prisoners. On July 14, 1789, Revolutionaries stormed the Bastille for its supply of gunpowder. By 1792, nothing was left of the prison but its outline on the place. New Opera. On July 14, 1989, Francois Mitterrand inaugurated the glittering Opera Bastille, 120 Rue de Lyon to celebrate the destruction of Charles' fortress with the construction of an opera hall.
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Centre Pompidou - Paris
Centre Pompidou. With its 25,000 visitors a day, the Centre national d'art et de culture Georges Pompidou is one of the most popular cultural sites in the world. Its glass and steel architecture, with its multicolored pipes, its walkways, and its famous escalator suspended along the outer wall, provides a striking contrast to its historic surroundings in the heart of Paris.
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Champ Elysees - Paris
Champs-Elysees. West from Place de la Concorde, the Avenue des Champs-Elysees is lined with luxury shops, boutiques , and embassies.
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Chatelet - Paris - France
Place Vendome. The place Vendome, three blocks north along rue de Castiglione, hides 20th-century offices and luxury shops behind 17th-century facades. In the center of the place is a column cast from 1250 Austrian and Russian bronze cannon captured in battle by Napoleon.
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City Hall - Paris
City Hall Paris. Headquarters of the Parisian municipality. The first municipality was founded in 1246 (Saint-Louis). Nowadays, the Paris Town Hall is located at the place of the former town hall which burnt out in 1871 during the ""Commune"" of Paris. Architects : Ballu, Deperthes.
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