...popular, the Eiffel Tower design has been recreated around the world, including the half scale replica at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel in Nevada, USA and the full scale Tokyo Tower in Japan. Not everyone liked the Eiffel Tower when it was first built, with many criticizing its bold design. The French name for the Eiffel Tower is La Tour Eiffel, it also has the nickname La dame de fer which means the iron lady. The Louvre, which is along the banks of the Seine River in Paris, is the world's largest museum and one of the most well-known museums in the world. This magnificent structure, which has housed priceless art in France since 1793, is among Paris' most popular tourist attractions. The Louvre was not originally built to house a museum; in fact, the structure was built some 600 years prior to its conversion into the museum it is today. In 1190, Parisians were concerned about the potential of invasion of their city from the north, as they feared the Vikings would cross the sea from Scandinavia and raid Paris. The Louvre was built as a fortress to protect against these possible raids at the order of King Phillipe-Auguste. The Louvre was...
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...Le Louvre: * Est le plus grand muse de Paris * Situé au cœur de la ville, entre la rive droite de la Seine et la rue de Rivoli, dans le 1er arrondissement * A été construit en 1190 comme un château fort de protection * Après la Révolution Française, le Louvre était le muse central de l’art en France et par conséquent accessible pour les gens. * Cette pyramide transparente qui offre un beau contraste avec le vieux palais du Louvre, est un emblème de Paris Notre dame de Paris : * Notre Dame, parce que cette cathédrale es dédier à Maria, la mère de Jésus * Sur l'ile de la Cité dans la 4. Arrondissements parisienne * La cathédrale est 130m de longue, 48m large et 35m de haute La tour Eiffel : * A été construit par Gustave Eiffel * 2 ans 2 mois et 5 jours * L’origine la Tour avait 300m de hauteur ; mais aujourd’hui elle a 325m. * Largeur est 124m. * La charpente de la Tour est métallique et son poids total est é 10.000 tonnes * Symbole de la France dans le monde L’arc de triomphe de l’Étoile : Aussi un emblème de Paris et se trouve sur la place Charles de Gaulle * Les douze avenues sont arrangées comme une étoile * 50m de hauteur et une largeur de 45 m * De 1806 à 1836 on l’a construit en l’honneur de l’armée française * Champs Elysées : 1830 ; a une largeur de 72m et une longueur de 1910m ; un boulevard luxueux avec beaucoup de restaurants, cafés, théâtres et boutiques; situé aussi sur l’axe...
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...vais parler de ça plus tard. Paris a plus de 11 million d’habitants. Paris est aussi appelée la Ville de Lumière parce que tout nuit, tout les parcs et tous les attractions comme la tour Eiffel et le Sacré cœur... sont allumées, donc tout Paris est allumé. Paris est aussi appelée Ville d’Amour parce que Paris est très romantique avec beaucoup de restaurants et bars. Paris est situé à la seine au centre-nord de France. ÉMERGENCE Maintenant je veux dire quelque chose du émergence de Paris. C’est commencé avec une tribu gauloise car les Parisii. A cette époque Paris nommait île de la cité. En 52 (VCHR) les Romains a pris la cité et c’est renommez d’ile de la cité à lutétia. En 360 (NCHR) les Teutons a repris la cité et a renommé la cité aux premiers habitants : les parissii. La cité continuait à croître par exemple : on a construit un université et un mur. Dirigé par Napoléon on a construit des choses utiles comme un hôpital. Paris est épargné de la première et deuxième guerre mondiale par conséquent la ville est si belle. ARRONDISSEMENTS Paris est divisé dans 20 arrondissements. La division de Paris en arrondissements date de 1795, un découpage en douze arrondissements. Mais en 16 juin 1859 on a redivisé les arrondissement. Le nombre d’arrondissements est changé de douze à vingt. La tour Eiffel C’est le monument...
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...the history. Paris is home to many famous historical monuments such as Notre Dame, The Louvre Museum, the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triompe, and Versailles. Notre Dame is a famous cathedral. You will love seeing all of the intricate designs and craftsmanship built into it. It is amazing to think that the builder was able to make this building before there were machines. We can go to the Louvre Museum and see the Mona Lisa. To be able to look at the same smile that millions of other people have seen would be awesome. We have seen photos of the painting but nothing can compare to seeing it in person. Everybody knows about the amazing view from the Eiffel Tower. Wouldn’t you like to say that you have seen it? We can also go to Arc de Triomphe. The arc honors those who fought in the French Revolution. It also has the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from World War I. We can compare it to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier that we saw in Washington D.C. Outside of Paris, we can visit Nice. I know you have expressed an interest in visiting there someday. We can travel from Paris to Nice by high speed train and be there in less than 6 hours. The train goes over 200 mph. Can you imagine what that must be like? It will feel like we are flying through the Alps. Nice is one of the oldest settlements in the world. You will be able to see all the Greek influence in the town and maybe tour the archaeological site that is just outside of town. They have lots of artifacts from...
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...Visiter la Tour Eiffel La Tour Eiffel, symbole et monument incontournable de la capitale, est le site touristique payant le plus visité au monde et le troisième en France derrièreDisneyland et le Musée du Louvre. la Tour Eiffel rencontre un succès que personne n’aurait imaginé au moment de sa construction en 1889. Elle accueille chaque année près de 7 millions de visiteurs et est devenue au fil des décennies un monument incontournable. Icône de Paris et icône de la France, la dame de fer, domine de ses 324 mètres la ville lumière. Si l’attente avant d’y grimper peut en refroidir plus d’un, la vue et le spectacle depuis l’intérieur de ce monstre sacré vous fera oublier ce désagrément. On peut y accéder par escalier, pour les plus courageux en escaladant 704 marches jusqu’au 2ème étage, ou par ascenseur. * Le 1er étage, à 57 mètres, est idéal pour flâner et se distraire avec son vaste espace de visite, vous trouverez boutiques, restaurants, le Cineiffel (un lieu d’images insolites de la tour Eiffel à ne pas manquer !), des tables panoramiques, une vaste galerie vous fait découvrir les sites et monuments de Paris, l’observatoire des mouvements du sommet, et diverses animations. * Au 2ème étage, à 115 mètres, la vue panoramique est idéale pour prendre des photos, vous trouverez des boutiques de souvenirs, un buffet spacieux, le réputé restaurant « Le Jules Verne . * Enfin au 3ème étage, après une ascension vertigineuse dans des ascenseurs panoramiques, vous serez...
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...good friends) (4x best friends and family) Which fairy tales came from France? * Beauty and the Beast * Puss and Boots * Cinderella * Sleeping Beauty What was invented in France? * Hot air balloons * Parachute * High heels * Sewing machine Games made by France: * Tennis * Playing cards Holidays from France: * April Fools Inventions of the French: * Braille * Scuba gear * Stethoscope * First photography * Sound movies 21/8 * Bastille: Political prison * 1st day were the French revolution started * French revolution July 14 1789 27/8 * French schooling * Wednesday: ½ day * Lunch: 2 Hour break * Thursday: test days 4/9 * Louvre * Used to be a… * Fortress * Palace * Museum * New entrance to the louver * A competition: the winner was a American * A glass pyramid entrance with a underground court yard access * The three ladies * Venus de Milo (no arms) * Winged victory * La Joconde (Mona Lisa) 11/9 * Arc de Triomphe * Build to show Napoleons victories of war * Located on the Place de l’Etoillie (Star Place) * Called Star Place because 12 streets come off of it forming a star * No lines in the lanes * Located at the end of the Champs Eysees * Eternal Flame * Tomb of the unknown solider 18/9 * Place...
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...A Légende B C Pontoise D E Orry-la-Ville–Coye F G H Paris 1 RER: au delà de cette limite, en direction de la banlieue, la tarification dépend de la distance. Les tickets t+ ne sont pas valables. Correspondances Fin de lignes en correspondance Pôle d’échange multimodal, métro, RER, tramway CDG Aéroport Charles de Gaulle Théâtre Gérard Philipe Marché de St-Denis Basilique de St-Denis Saint-Denis–Université Cimetière de St-Denis Hôpital Delafontaine La Courneuve 6 Routes Saint-Denis Asnières–Gennevilliers Parc des Expositions Hôtel de Ville de La Courneuve 1 Les Grésillons Gare de Saint-Denis Cosmonautes Les Courtilles Le Bourget Mitry–Claye 32 46 • wap.ratp.fr www.ratp.fr Les Agnettes Gabriel Péri Saint-Ouen Carrefour Pleyel Mairie de Saint-Ouen Garibaldi Porte de Saint-Ouen Guy Môquet La Fourche Pereire Place de Clichy Liège Trinité d’Estienne d’Orves Blanche Rome Villiers Monceau Europe Porte Maillot Courcelles Gare Saint-Lazare Porte de Clignancourt Saint-Denis Porte de Paris Basilique de St-Denis La Courneuve Aubervilliers La Courneuve 8 Mai 1945 Stade Géo André Danton La Courneuve–8 Mai 1945 Maurice Lachâtre Drancy–Avenir Hôpital Avicenne Gaston Roulaud Escadrille Normandie–Niémen Stade de France Saint-Denis La Plaine Stade de France Porte de la Chapelle Fort d’Aubervilliers Aubervilliers–Pantin Quatre Chemins 2 Cergy Poissy St-Germain en-Laye Pont de Levallois Bécon Mairie de...
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...B C Légende E D CDG Aéroport Charles de Gaulle Théâtre Gérard Philipe Correspondances 1 Saint-Denis Fin de lignes en correspondance Carrefour Pleyel Gabriel Péri Saint-Ouen Pont de Levallois Bécon Porte de Saint-Ouen Porte de Clichy Guy Môquet Brochant Jules Joffrin Esplanade de La Défense Europe Neuilly–Porte Maillot Belvédère Ternes Avenue Foch Miromesnil Saint-Philippe du-Roule 4 Suresnes Longchamp George V Kléber Franklin D. Roosevelt Victor Hugo Boissière Avenue Henri Martin Rue de la Pompe Alma Marceau Pont de l’Alma Grands Boulevards Réaumur Sébastopol Louvre Rivoli 5 La Muette Les Coteaux Passy Champ de Mars Tour Eiffel École Bir-Hakeim Militaire Avenue du Pdt Kennedy Dupleix Jasmin Les Milons Michel Ange Auteuil 6 Porte d’Auteuil Boulogne Jean Jaurès Parc de St-Cloud Avenue Émile Zola Église d’Auteuil Michel Ange Molitor Boulogne Pont de St-Cloud Bd Victor Porte de St-Cloud Musée de Sèvres Gare Montparnasse Port-Royal Edgar Quinet Raspail Pernety Convention Corvisart Cité Universitaire Porte de Versailles Suzanne Lenglen Parc des Expositions Porte d’Issy Porte de Vanves Brancion Georges Brassens Didot Malakoff Plateau de Vanves Corentin Celton Jean Moulin Montsouris Porte d’Orléans Stade Charléty Malakoff ...
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...HISTORY OF FRANCE • 13th century Spreading the weight of vaults over a series of ribs, columns, and pilasters, Gothic architecture allows the dissolution of the wall. Windows in cathedrals and churches are filled with stained glass; the shimmering colored light transfigures the vast interiors. Depicting biblical stories, scenes from the lives of the saints, or single figures, stained-glass windows complement the sculptures on the exterior and the rites and ceremonies observed within. • 1209 The Albigensian Crusade is launched by Pope Innocent III with the help of Cistercian monks. While the original spark for this war springs from papal desire to extinguish the growing problem of heresy in the region surrounding Toulouse, the political struggle between the independent southern territories and lords from northern France, joined after 1226 by Louis VIII, plays itself out in a war. In 1229, Count Raymond VII of Toulouse, who had been Louis VIII's main adversary, is compelled to cede territory to the king's control. • ca. 1210–1250 Artists at Chartres install an elaborate and extensive program of stained-glass windows in the cathedral under construction there. In addition to religious and historical subjects, the intensely colored windows depict numerous scenes of tradespeople at work, including bakers, furriers, wheelwrights, and weavers. These tradespeople were likely contributors—through hefty taxes—to the construction of the church. • 1226 Louis IX (d. 1270), grandson...
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...Impressionism Homework 1 October 2, 2012 La Grande Baigneuse Analysis La Grande Baigneuse, or also known as The Valpinçon Bather, is a permanent oil on the canvas painting located on second floor of the Louvre museum. Painted by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres in 1808, La Grande Baigneuse captures the artist’s veneration for the female body with tight, smooth brushwork to capture the realism of the model’s skin. The work is specifically situated in Salle 60- Ingres in between relatively smaller Ingres’ Charles Cordier and Edme Bouchet portraits, which were both completed in 1811. The same model depicted in La Grande Baigneuse can also be found right across the room in Ingres’s Le Bain Turc, also known as The Turkish Bath. The brightness of the room was all controlled by artificial light rather than some natural sunlight from outside, such as the case with the neoclassical room. Furthermore, although the model in the piece is unidentifiable because her back is turned towards the viewer, she clearly just finished taking a bath. In order for the viewer to appreciate the sensuality of Ingres’ female bather, the viewer must understand the palette, view and lighting, 3-D effects, composition, subject and style of this genre painting. The palette utilized for the work exemplifies female sexuality through the cool colors in the room. The cool pristine local color of white on her gives the impression of a soft, supple skin. In addition, adding white to the pure hue on the...
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...The next morning we decided to go on tours and learn more about the city itself and the history that comes from it. When we got into our cab that was taking us to our destination, I looked out the window and wasamazed at all the people who rode their bikes along the canals, under the beautiful trees and flowers over layering the sidewalks. I told my dad I wanted to rent a bike the rest of the way, so we got out of our cabs and found the closest bike rental. After realizing that the bike was way tootall for me and falling off a few times, I finally got the hang of it and we rode our bikes alongsidethe river until we reached the museum, The Louvre. Walking inside, it was astonishing to see the interest people take into consideration over the art. The way I’ve learned so much about this museum, it didn’t feel real to actually had step foot inside. Especially seeing the Mona Lisa, and how small it actually is. With glass, long red rope, and 2 body guards standing in front of this famous painting. Everything around me was so clean and pure. It’s so amusing to look at how put together...
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...this years LA Auto Show without having to make a working prototype. This has the potential to change the way we live our everyday lives in that it takes out the need to physically go somewhere. One would be able to just slip on the device and slide into a new reality. With the idea of new technology and the concept of going somewhere without actually leaving the comfort of your own home, could drastically affect how we travel the world. This technology would be capable of making you feel as if you are in a new and unknown place while still in the safety of your own house. There would be no point in traveling all those hours and all those miles away when within only an hour the user could experience sunrise at the grand canyon, or a tour of the Louvre or even see the great wall of China. There would be no need to spend money on commercial travel when this technology will be...
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...3. Paris 1ère partie – 9min. monoloque Qu´est-ce que c´est Paris et Île-de France ? Qu´est-ce que vous savez de l´histoire de Paris ? Comment pouvez-vous diviser Paris ? Quels sont les quartiers importantes ? Quels sont les monuments les plus connus ? Paris est la capitale de la France, située sur la rivière Seine. Elle est presqu’au centre de la France au centre du Bassin parisien dans la région l´Île-de-France. C’est le centre industriel, commercial, culturel, politique, scientifique et administratif du pays. La région parisienne reste la première région industrielle de France.Aujourd’hui, la grande agglomération de Paris compte 10 millions d’habitants, Paris-ville appelée „intra muros“ (d’entre les murs) a une population de 2 500 000 habitants. Administrativement elle est divisée en 20 arrondissements. Chaque arrondissement a son administration, sa mairie et est divisé en 4 quartiers. La popullation est traditionellement repartie suivant la formule „l’ouest aux riches, l’est aux pauvres“ - les habitants infortunés habitent plûtot à l’ouest - 6e, 7e, 8e, 16e, 17e arrondissements; les familles défavorisées sont repoussées progressivement vers la banlieue; les étrangers (8%) se regroupent dans certains quartiers.Paris regroupe tous les principaux centres de décision. À Paris se trouve le siège des directions de toutes les grandes entreprises, banques et firmes commerciales. Ils y siègent toutes les institutions d’État (C´est le siège du président, du gouvernement et...
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...Transportation: • Make sure you get transport passes and get them validated! They don’t check for the passes that often, but if they catch you without your pass or it’s expired or not validated, they will charge a pretty big fine on the spot. • I recommend getting a three day pass and then a 24 hour pass. (It should cost about 420 Kč, which is about the same as $21.) You can buy the three day passes in most metro stations and the one day passes in pretty much any convenience store (potraviny). • To validate the passes, just insert them in the yellow boxes outside of the metro or inside trams or buses. • The public transit in Prague kind of rocks and is really easy to work out. There are three metro lines (A, B, and C or green, yellow, and red, respectively). • The three stops that transfer from one line to another are Můstek (green/yellow), Muzeum (red/green), and Florenc (red/yellow). • The metro comes approximately every 8-10 minutes, but it runs slower on the weekends and faster during rush hour (every 2 minutes). Either way though, you’re never caught waiting for long. • The metro stops running at midnight and starts at 5AM, I believe. • As far as the trams go, they’re a little more complicated simply because there are a TON. But they’re easy enough to figure out once you know how to read the schedules. • There are timetables posted at every tram stop, the columns are: Pracovní Den (work day), Sobota (Saturday), and Neděle (Sunday). • Tram 22 will get you...
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...river) The Winter Palace (view from the Neva river) The State Hermitage, the largest museum in Russia, is located in the center of St. Petersburg, on the Neva River. To be specific, it’s right on the Palace Square, which is named like this because of the museum. It’s the heart of historic St. Petersburg. Most of the main city events, like fireworks and New Year celebrations, take place on this square. More than three million items are stored in Hermitage collections - paintings, sculptures, works of applied art, coins, medals, weapons, archaeological sites and other wealth created by many nations of the world from ancient times to present days. Its collection is just as big and valuable as collections of British museum in London and Louvre museum in Paris. The Hermitage is an amazing world which is full of wonders. It has been always attracting thousands of people of different ages and backgrounds, from different countries and continents. And everyone has found there something to remember and to delight. In my final report I suggest a list of exhibits which may blow your mind and at first you won’t even believe that they are true. But they are true, they are worldwide famous and they are in the halls of The State Hermitage. The Peacock clock There is a quite interesting exhibit in the Pavilion Hall of Hermitage – the Peacock clock. The clock is made by English master James Cox in the XVIII century, when outlandish and unusual clock mechanisms were especially popular...
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