PARIS
Paris is the capital and most populous city in France, as well as the administrative capital of the region Île-de-France.
In the seventeenth century it was the capital of the largest European political power, in the eighteenth century was the cultural center of Europe, whose effervescence during the Enlightenment allows you to still carry the title of City Light, and in the nineteenth century was the capital of arts and leisure, the Mecca of the Belle Epoque. Its architecture, its parks, its boulevards and its museums make it, by the year 2004, the city's most visited French-speaking world, with about 25 million tourists, about 500,000 more than in 2003, according to the Department of Tourism and Congress of Paris. [2] The banks of the Seine were entered Paris in 1991, the World Heritage list of UNESCO.
Home to numerous monuments, for his considerable political and economic role, Paris is also an important city in world history. Symbol of French culture, the city attracts nearly thirty million visitors a year, also occupying a predominant place in the world of fashion and luxury.
Museums
Paris and the Ile-de-France have the highest bid museographic France. There are no fewer than 100 museums in Paris-house to which they should have gathered more than 110 museums in the region. But beyond the big numbers, especially in diversity is the wealth of the collections stands.
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Arc de Triomphe - Built by the Napoleon Bonaparte, the French victories and honor those who died on the battlefield.
Notre Dame - One of the most famous Gothic cathedrals in the world.
Champs Elysees - One of the most famous avenues in the world. It is also one of the widest.
Palace of Versailles - located in the city of Versailles (Paris suburb), the largest tourist attraction in the world.
Louvre Museum - Famous for hosting one of the most famous works of art in the world: the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci.
The famous River Seine.
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