Paris

France 2011
Pic 001 Each evening a special magic takes over Paris when the splendid skylines are illuminated - river cruise tour on the Seine - Paris, La Ville-Lumiere (The City of...
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Pic 002 Sculpted socle columns of Pont Alexandre III (arch bridge) and the Grand Palais (Great Palace) with glass dome
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Pic 003 Place de la Concorde - L'aiguille de Cleopatre or Cleopatra's Needle
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Pic 004 Palais Bourbon - construction of the main building started in 1722. Napoleon, wanted the building to mirror the Madeleine temple, added the colonnaded front...
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Pic 005 Interesting architecture - possibly a residential building?
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Pic 006 Musee d'Orsay (Orsay Museum), housed in the former Gare d'Orsay, an impressive Beaux-Arts railway station built between 1898 and 1900.
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Pic 007 One of the Station's giant clocks of Gare d'Orsay - train station turned into a museum in 1978 for 19th and 20th century art.
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Pic 008 Louvre Palace and Pont Royal - Royal Bridge, built between 1685-1689, the arches are well higher towards the middle of the bridge, giving it a curved look.
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Pic 009 Dome of Institut de France and Hotel des Monnaies - a pre-Revolutionary French Neoclassical architectural building along River Seine.
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Pic 010 Masterpiece of Gothic architecture, the cathedral Notre-Dame de Paris, built between the 12th and 14th centuries (1163-1345).
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Pic 011 Numerous stained-glass windows and rose windows, of which two each measuring 13 metres in diameter are among the largest in Europe.
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Pic 012 Its gargoyles, steeple, towers and bells inspired one of the most famous novels by Victor Hugo, Notre-Dame de Paris (The Hunchback of Notre-Dame).
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Pic 013 Situated in the historic center of Paris at the end of the Ile de la Cite, it is the symbolic heart of Paris.
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Pic 014 The French road distances are established from the 0 km point located on the square in front of the cathedral entrance.
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Pic 015 Hotel de Ville (City Hall), building is decorated with 108 statues representing famous Parisians; 30 other statues represent French cities.
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Pic 016 Pretty building with traditional yellow lighting...
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Pic 017 Place de la Concorde, created in 1772, characterized by the Obelisk of Luxor and two monumental fountains - Fountain of the Rivers.
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Pic 018 Giant Egyptian obelisk decorated with hieroglyphics exalting the reign of pharaoh Ramses II. Fountains with theme of rivers and seas - Place de la Concorde.
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Pic 019 Roue de Paris, Ferris wheel at Place de la Concorde
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Pic 020 Arc de Triomphe - stands in the middle of the Place Charles de Gaulle (Place de l'Etoile), a large circular square from which no less than 12 streets emanate.
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