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Paris is a beautiful place and is known as fashion capital of the World. It is the home of croissants and the city of lights. Paris is the most important city and capital of France. It is so beautiful city that there is no end to the breath-taking sites you can see in Paris.
Paris was founded in 360 AD as a fortress on the Sienne river on an Island. In the 10th Century, when Paris became the capital of France, the city began to flourish. The French Revolution began in the year 1789. Paris king was killed and city was turned into a bloodbath. Napolean Bonaparte led Paris after the revolution, in a surge of cultural expansion. Many great writers and artists have come from Paris. Since then Paris is one of the world centers of art and literature.
The basic unit of currency is the French franc, which is divided into 100 centimes.
Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower is the most famous monument in whole world. It was built by Gustave Eiffel in 1889 World Fair and centenary of the French Revolution. Tower is of 300-metre (985 feet) a radical feat of engineering. You can go to top of the Tower for a breath taking view by stairs or to ride the elevator. It is known as best landmarks and famous symbol of Paris.
Slurp an ice-cream at Notre-Dame
A masterpiece of Paris’s Gothic is the Cathedrale Notre-Dame. Its construction was completed from 1163 to 1334. But it was damaged when the French Revolution began. The cathedral were restored to magnificent effects. It has twin tower with perfect balance, the beautiful rose window & the west façade’s three doorways with rows of saints and sculpted tympanums. The way of north tower to south tower to appreciate the masonry, there is a close up view of the chimera’s gallery & also the fantastic birds and beasts over the balustrade. Opposite of Berthillon you can found the most celebrated ice-cream of in town. It is most famous since 1954 for its natural ingredients, lashings of cream & delicious flavors.
Moulin Rouge Show
The Moulin Rouge is a number one show in Paris. Don’t miss the chance to see the show of singing dancing on the Moulin Rouge’s historic stage. Le Moulin Rouge is world famous its French Cancan and immortalized by the painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Many International stars perform here on the stage. Most beautiful girls in this world participate in this show. By pre booking tickets you can secure seats.
Louvre
In louvre you can see 35000 art works on display, Renaissance paintings, Greek and Roman antiquities and the museum covers a vast spectrum of civilization. It’s worth braving gallery fatigue is an unmissable attraction. You can see the art is housed in three wings : Denon, Richelieu and Sully. You will find Marly horses, Rubens’s paintings for vermeer’s lacemaker, for the medici cycle and also Das Vinci’s Mona Lisa.
Legendary Jazz Scene
Paris is the centre of Jazz with the host of venues at which you can see live gigs. Across the left bank there are traditional clubs such as Caveau de la Huchette- that is a medieval celler, a mainstay on the jazz scene for 60 years. You can see the legendary Au Duc desLombards in les halles across the river. On the yellow wall there are some posters of great players like Kenny Burrell, Johnny Griffin, Wayne Shorter etc. Visit the New Morning for cutting-edge jazz, that embraces chanson, blues and world music.
Impressionists Masterclass
You can find the factors at the Musee d’Orin say, that impressionism: these are the barbizon school, the birth of railway and the glorious open air. The collection from 1848 to 1914, the coincide designed with 1900 Exposition Universelle, housed in a former train station, are arranged in chronological order. On the ground floor, there are Artist’s studio by Courbet and landscapes of Corot, Daubigny and Millet, forerunners of the impressionists.
Cultural Centre
You will be encouraged to see Paris’s brilliant cultural centre. Centre Pompidou is the trendsetter, which is designed by Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano. It has glass envelop with colored service pipes, that holds a modern art museum, library, performance space and repertory cinema. Musee du Quai Branly has been built by Jean Nouvel, that is a 300,000- strong collection of Arts Premiers from Africa, Oceania, Asia and Americas There are adventurous displays near the Eiffel Tower, that are lush gardens and an open-air amphitheatre, it transports you into a new world.
Hammam at the Paris Mosque
You can visit Hammam de la Grande Mosquee for an authentic hammam experience. It is a beautiful building since 1920, with a stunning green and white tiled square inspired by the Alhambra. There is steam session along with different temperatures. Swimwear is compulsory there. After Hammam you can go for massage. In local areas, the Hammam is very popular so the very busy at weekends.
At the Flea Markets
Paris Flea markets are full of curiosity, that is with stained glass windows to philippe Starck pieces and Eames chairs and also with three-meter clock faces. You can buy at bargain prices on bric-a-brac stalls is the Marche de’Aligre, remaining of Flea Markets. At the Marche Beauvau, you can find the stock of fresh fruits and veg, groceries ad eats.
Star of the Art Scene
CentQuatre 104 is described as a ’space for artistic creation’ that occupies a 19th century building on the rue d’Aubervilliers. It is known as ‘Factory of Grief’, its walls are witness of the final journey of masses of Parisians. Now they conceal for the practice of artists who are renewing the creative spirit of Montmartre, that was a popular haunt of modern artists such as Ezra, Picasso etc.