Transcript Les Monuments de Paris - Palisades High School

Les Monuments de Paris
•The subway built
in 1900 with one
line, now has 380
stations below
Paris!
Le métro
Paris’ beautiful
town hall built in
the renaissance
style
L’Hôtel de Ville
The first stone
bridge in Paris is
now paris’ oldest
bridge!
Le Pont Neuf
This amazing
museum is the
home of the Mona
Lisa and features
the triangle entry
way
Le Louvre
Part of the
University of
Paris
La Sorbonne
This ultra modern
building is used as a
modern art museum
and a public library
Centre Pompidou
The prison for those
sentenced to the
guillotine….Marie
Antoinette is their
most famous
prisoner!
La Conciergerie
Where people were
guillotined during the
french revolution- now
named for peace and
harmony
La Place de la Concorde
Situated next to the
Louvre, this park has
statues, plants and
fountains in the Medici
style
Le Jardin de Tuileries
The Conciergerie, the
Pont Neuf and Notre
Dame are all found on
this island in Paris
L’île de la cité
This river flows
through the middle
of Paris!
La Seine
Architect Charles
Garnier created a
luxurious theater for
the French elite that
now shows ballet
L’Opéra
This art museum is a
converted train station
and features the
impressionist era
Musée d’Orsay
This famous , wide
street features luxury
shops and ends at the
Arch de Triomphe
Les Champs-Elysées
This is the famous
“place” where the
famous Bastille prison
once stood
La Place de la Bastille
This famous cathedral
took almost 200 years
to build and features
gothic architecture like
the Rose windows and
gargoyles
Notre Dame
Giant monument to
Napoleon’s victories,
now also
commemorates the
WWII vets with the
eternal flame
L’Arc de Triomphe
First used as quarries,
this houses the
human bones from
the cleared out
cemetaries pf Paris in
the 1700’s
Les Catacombes
Situated in the Latin
quarter, this park is also
the site of the French
Senate
Le Jardin de Luxembourg
The city of Paris is
divided into this
arrangement
20 arrondissements
This huge, white
basilica/church was built
as a memorial to the
soldiers in the FrancoPrussian War and was
built on Montmartre hill
Le Sacré Coeur
This famous castle is
located outside of paris
and is the home of the Hall
of Mirrors, extensive
gardens and fountains and
is known for the treaty that
was signed here to end
WWI
Versailles