Bienvenue a Paris
Monday, February 23, 2015
Conclusion
One day in the future i would love to find myself in Paris and i would love to visit all of these sites. I would love to see the Eiffel tower and the Louvre museum. There are many great paintings there like the Mona Lisa. The Eiffel Tower is a place you most definitely have to go visit. I'm ecstatic that i learned more about these places because it gives me more background whenever i plan to find myself in Paris
Saturday, February 21, 2015
Le Musee d'Orsay
The Musée d'Orsay is a museum in Paris, France, on the left bank of the Seine. It is housed in the former Gare d'Orsay, a Beaux-Arts railway station built between 1898 and 1900. Le Musee d'Orsay is housed in a grand railway staion which was built in 1900.The railway was designed by Eugene Henard. The museum was opened on November 1986. Le Musee d'Orsay was put in place for the Universal Exhibition of 19
Address: 1 Rue de la Légion d'Honneur, 75007 Paris, France
Founded: 1986, Paris, France
Architectural style: Beaux-Arts architecture
Founders: Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, François Mitterrand
Architects: Gae Aulenti, Victor Laloux, Émile Bénard
Le Palais de Versailles
Les Palais de Versailles was built from 1682 until 1790 and served as a hunting lodge and the official residence of the Kings. Le Palais de Versailles was built by Louis XIV.
Les Invalides
Address: 129 Rue de Grenelle, 75007 Paris, France
Architectural style: French Baroque architecture
Burials: Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleon II,
Architects: Jules Hardouin Mansart, Libéral Bruant
Les Invalides is known as a hotel founded by Louis XIV in 1671. The construction of Les Invalides took about three years from 1676 to 1679. The architect was Liberal Bruant and was built by Jules Hardouin Mansart
la basilique du sacre coeur
La Basilique du Sacre Coeur is a Roman Catholic Church dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The construction began in 1875 and was completed in 1914. Paul Abadie was the architect and he designed the building in a Romanesque- Byzantine style, it was a place for prayer ,La Basilique du Sacre Coeur is 83 meters high from the highest dome.
La Conciergerie
The Conciergerie is a former prison in Paris, France. It was part of the former royal palace, the Palais de la Cité, which consisted of the Conciergerie, Hundreds of prisoners during the French Revolution were taken from the Conciergerie to be executed on the guillotine at a number of locations around Paris.La Conciergerie was built in the early fourteenth centurey under the rule of Phillippe le Bel. It was originally built to be Philips the Fair palace but then was converted into a prison. La Conciergerie is 85 meters high and 27.5 meters long.
la grande arche
Opened: July 1989
Architectural style: Modern architecture
Height: 364' (111 m)
Architects: Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, Paul Andreu, Erik Reitzel
Built towards the end of the 20th century, the arch is a modern and prominent feature in Paris. The arch also marks the end of the Voie de Triumphe.The aim of the projects was to promote culture and revitalize the city. The work was commissioned under the then president François Mitterrand. The Grands Projets included not just the Grande Arche de la Défense but the pyramid found at the Louvre, the national library and the Bastille Opera.Sprecklesen’s winning idea for the landmark was a huge and modernistic arch that resembled a hollow cube of gigantic proportions. It took five years to complete the arch, with construction beginning in 1984 and being completed in 1989.
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