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1 day ago · Paris, city and capital of France, situated in the north-central part of the country. People were living on the site of the present-day city, located along the Seine River some 233 miles (375 km) upstream from the river’s mouth on the English Channel (La Manche), by about 7600 bce. The modern city has spread from the island (the Île de la ...
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Paris - Culture, Art, Romance: In 1850 Paris had...
- Paris Summary
Paris, City (pop., 2005 est.: 2,153,600; metro. area,...
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Paris - Climate, Rainfall, Humidity: In its location on the...
- Education
Paris - Education, Culture, Institutions: As in the rest of...
- The Hôtel De Ville
Paris - City of Lights, Culture, History: Back in the city...
- The Invalides
Paris - History, Culture, Landmarks: One street to the...
- The Halles
Paris - Shopping, Markets, History: Several streets...
- Medieval, Discord, 12th-16th Century
Paris - Medieval, Discord, 12th-16th Century: During the...
- Promenade Plantee
Promenade Plantée, partially elevated parkway and promenade...
- Paris Basin
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2 days ago · Notre-Dame de Paris ( French: [nɔtʁ (ə) dam də paʁi] ⓘ; meaning " Our Lady of Paris "), referred to simply as Notre-Dame, [a] is a medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité (an island in the Seine River), in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. The cathedral, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, is considered one of the finest ...
- France
- 24 March 1163 to 25 April 1163 (laying of the cornerstone)
- 1991
1 day ago · Paris Visite is a paper ticket aimed at visitors offering unlimited trips for a duration of one, two, three or five days, for zones 1–3 covering the centre of Paris, or zones 1–5 covering the whole of the network including the RER to the airports, Versailles and Disneyland Paris.
- Métropolitain de Paris
- Paris metropolitan area
- 16 (numbered 1–14, 3bis and 7bis), 4 more under construction
- Rapid transit
19 hours ago · The Palace of Versailles ( / vɛərˈsaɪ, vɜːrˈsaɪ / vair-SY, vur-SY; [1] French: château de Versailles [ʃɑto d (ə) vɛʁsɑj] ⓘ) is a former royal residence commissioned by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, about 19 kilometers (12 mi) west of Paris, France . The palace is owned by the government of France and since 1995 has been ...
- 1661
- Versailles, France
- Government of France
5 days ago · Classical music—Ravel, Satie and Stravinsky. Igor Stravinsky. Many prominent composers worked in Paris during between the wars, including Maurice Ravel, Erik Satie, and Igor Stravinsky. Ravel was born in 1875; one of his last works, Boléro, written in 1928, became his most famous and most-often performed work.
3 days ago · The Louvre Palace, a monument historique in Paris. The term monument historique is a designation given to some national heritage sites in France.It may also refer to the state procedure in France by which National Heritage protection is extended to a building, a specific part of a building, a collection of buildings, garden, bridge, or other structure, because of their importance to France's ...
3 days ago · A castle outside Paris once owned by a member of the Rothschild family and, later, the King of Morocco is being shopped around quietly for a staggering €425 million (US$452 million), Mansion ...
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