Tourist attractions of Paris.

Tourist attractions of Paris.

The Eiffel Tower (Tour Eiffel in French) is an iron frame built for take place in the city of Paris in 1889 Universal Exposition. Located on the edge of the Campus Martius-park located in the district-VII is the emblem of the country and the city and took part in its construction the French engineer Gustave Eiffel.

The Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris (French Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris), is one of the oldest French cathedral Gothic style, which although not the largest cathedral in France, is one of his works most remarkable Gothic art and one of the major tourist sites of Paris, located in the Fourth District of the city of Paris, in the Ile de la Cité small, surrounded by the waters of the Seine.

Its construction began in 1163 and was completed in 1245. This fabulous religious temple arose from the notion of Gothic splendor following the needs and aspirations of the society of the time for the purpose of having a physical place to allow the approach of the faithful to the Church and the spiritual ascent of Christians.

The Place des Vosges (French Place des Vosges) is the oldest square in Paris, located in the Marais district of fashion businesses and companies from the legal and banking lies the largest Jewish population deEuropa and a neighborhood more cosmopolitan Europe.

The Place des Vosges was originally known as the "royal palace", built by order of Henry IV and the works were made between 1605 and 1612 on the site of the Hôtel des Tournelles and Gardens Gothic royal residence where Henry II was wounded and died and Catherine de Medicis, Queen of France, ordered the demolition. Its dimensions are 140 by 140 meters and is located in the first example of urban planning program in Europe.

The Chatelet Theatre is a room located in the first district of the city of Paris at the site formerly occupied by a fortification (Chatelet).

The construction was carried out at the behest of Gabriel Davioud of Baron Haussmann and was conducted between 1860 and 1862, was inaugurated on 19 August last year and was attended by the Empress Eugenie.

THE SEINE RIVER

The Seine is one of the main rivers and commercial waterway deIsla regions of France and Haute-Normandie in France. Born to 470 m in the department decote-d'Or and flows shaped estuary in Le Havre, in the bay of the Seine, after passing through towns like Troyes, Paris and Rouen. In Paris, the typical route bateaux-mouche on the Seine River, with views of the left and right edges of the city, is a tourist attraction.

There are about three dozen bridges over the River Seine in Paris and many others across the river outside the city. Examples are the Parisian Pont Louis-Philippe

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