A | B |
Panthéon | Tomb of Victor Hugo |
Panthéon | Mausoleum |
Panthéon | France’s dead great men |
Garnier | Original opera house |
Garnier | No operas |
Garnier | Phantom of the Opera |
Bastille | Modern opera house |
Bastille | Built to bring high culture to people |
Bastille | Operas here |
Place de la Bastille | Prison where French Revolution occured |
Place de la Bastille | July column |
July column | represents dead in Revolution |
Villette | Science and technology museum |
Villette | Explora |
Villette | Géode |
Villette | Zénith |
Villette | 12 Themed gardens |
Explora | hands on exhibit |
Géode | omnimax theater |
Zénith | concert hall |
Orsay | Former train station |
Orsay | 19th & 20th century French art |
Orsay | Impressionists |
Tuileries | Oldest gardens |
Tuileries | Between Louvre and Place de la Concorde |
Monet | landscapes |
Van Gogh | distinct lines |
Degas | ballerinas |
Renoir | portraits |
Tuileries | Palace gardens |
Tuileries | Formal and structured |
Tuileries | Designed by Versailles gardener |
Versailles | Louis XIV – sun king |
Versailles | Hall of mirrors |
Versailles | Largest gardens in France |
Versailles | Marie Antoinette pretended to be |
Versailles | shepardess at hamlet on property |
Louvre | Glass pyramid entrance |
Louvre | Former royal palace |
Louvre | 3 ladies (la Joconde, Venus, Nike) |
Arc de Triomphe | Commemorate Napoleon’s victories of war |
Arc de Triomphe | Tomb of unknown soldier |
Arc de Triomphe | eternal flame |
Place de l’Etoile | 12 streets |
Place de l’Etoile | Arc de Triomphe |
Place de la Concorde | Obelisk |
Place de la Concorde | Guillotine once here |
Obelisk | oldest monumnet |
Défense | Central business district |
Grand Arche | Office building |
Grand Arche | 200th anniversary of French Revolution |
Voie Triomphale | Runs from Louvre to Grande Arche |
Champs-Elysées | End of the Tour de France |
Catacombes | Former rock quarries |
Catacombes | bones |
Centre Pompidou | inside out building |
Centre Pompidou | modern art museum |
Stravinsky | Funky fountain |
Notre Dame | Royal cathedral |
Notre Dame | Gothic style |
Notre Dame | Point zero |
Point zero | Point where distance from Paris measured |
Hôtel des Invalides | Wounded soldiers of war |
Hôtel des Invalides | Dome Church |
Dome Church | Napoleon’s tomb |
Sainte-Chapelle | crown of thorns |
Sainte-Chapelle | picture bible |
Montmartre | neighborhood on hill |
Sacré Coeur | people's church |
Sacré Coeur | white church |
Moulin Rouge | dance hall |
Place du tertre | artist's haven |
Sorbonne | university |
Luxembourg gardens | relaxed gardens |
Conciergerie | Prison during French Revolution |