Transcript La Culture
La Culture Belle Paris Le français I Préliminaire Paris - Les arrondissements Quic kTime™ and a TIFF ( Unc ompres s ed) dec ompres s or are needed to s ee this pic tur e. La Tour Eiffel http://www.tour-eiffel.fr/teiffel/uk/ QuickTime™ and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture. • Le 31 mars, 1889 • Built for the Universal Exhibition • Named after the contractor, Gustave Eiffel • Construction took 2 years & 2 months • Over 236 million visitors • Originally only meant to remain there for 20 years Controversy over the tower “A petition of 300 names protesting its construction, was presented to the Paris city government. The petition read, "We, the writers, painters, sculptors, architects and lovers of the beauty of Paris, do protest with all our vigor and all our indignation, in the name of French taste and endangered French art and history, against the useless and monstrous Eiffel Tower.” The press likened it to a "truly tragic street lamp", a "belfry skeleton", a "high and skinny pyramid of iron ladders", an "odious column of bolted metal", a "half built factory pipe", a "Tower of Babel". “ http://www.french-at-a- touch.com/Newsletters_and_Articles/facts_about_the_eiffel_tower_ii.htm#Controversy L’Arc de Triomphe QuickTime™ and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture. • Parisians call it “L’Étoile” (the Star) • 12 streets radiate from this roundabout • Symbol of French National Spirit • Commissioned by Napoleon in 1806 to honor the French military • Completed in 1836 http://www.panoramas.dk/fullscreen6/f45-arc-de-triompheparis.html Cliquez! 360 QuickTime™ and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture. • 284 steps to the top • Under the arc is the tomb of the unknown soldier • July 14th, Bastille Day, parades begin here and the French flag is hung from the center of the arch • The Tour de France also ends here each year. • The main street is called Le Champs-Elysées Le Louvre QuickTime™ and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture. QuickTime™ and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture. • Originally a fortress, then a palace • Kings lived there & began an art collection • After the revolution, it was changed to an art museum • Includes over 300,000 works • Most famous, La Jaconde (Mona Lisa) by Leonardo da Vinci) Le Moulin Rouge • • • • QuickTime™ and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture. Moulin - windmill Rouge - red Located in Montmartre Famous for the can-can dance • Elton John & Frank Sinatra performed here, among many others • Painter Toulouse-Latrec became famous from his paintings of the dancers here Le Sacré Coeur QuickTime™ and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture. • Means Sacred Heart • Roman Catholic church in Montmartre • Statues out front of Jean d’Arc and Saint King Louis IX • Construction began in 1875 and was completed in 1914 • http://panoramas.dk/fullscree n/fullscreen24.html