History
Two thousand years ago, before there was a country called "France" on earth, and before there were what we call "French people" today, there was ancient Paris. However, at that time, Paris was just a small fishing village in the middle of the Seine River on the ?le de la Cidé, and the owners of the island were the "Parisiens", an ancient Gaulish tribe. In the first century B.C., the Romans began to settle here and gradually developed it into a city called "Lourdes" (French for "marsh"). In the 4th century, the city was named "Paris" in honor of its earliest owners.
Paris was the capital of the Frankish kingdom in 508 A.D. At the end of the 10th century, King Hugh Capet built a royal palace here. At the end of the 10th century, King Hugh Capet built his palace here. Over the next two or three centuries, the city changed hands to Philip Augustus (1165-1265), who was the first king of the Franks. Augustus (1165-1223). By this time, Paris had grown to encompass both sides of the Seine River, with churches and buildings abounding, making it the political and cultural center of the West at the time.
In the late 16th and early 17th centuries A.D., the then King Henry IV greatly expanded Paris. By the 18th and 19th centuries, Paris was still expanding gradually, and a great deal of arable land was taken up by the city. The late French First Empire, Paris has more than 700,000 residents, more than a thousand streets; the Second Empire was established, Paris and annexed some of the surrounding villages; to Napoleon III, began to open up some wide roads in Paris, the construction of a number of gardens and parks, so that Paris began to form the appearance of today.
After the war, the French government spared no effort in the construction of Paris. Although in 1970, once in order to evacuate the overly concentrated in the capital of France's various political and economic institutions, the development of Paris was suspended, but since the establishment of the Pompidou Center and the new shopping underground street in 1977, the construction of Paris has taken on a new direction. In order to make the development of the east and west downtown of Paris more balanced, started in 1981, with Mitterrand as President of the French government began, including the Bastille Opera House, the National Library, including the construction of the ten major projects, has been completed by the end of 1996.
Paris is the largest industrial and commercial city in France. The northern suburbs are mainly manufacturing areas. The most developed manufacturing projects are automobiles, electrical appliances, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, food and so on. Luxury goods production second, and mainly concentrated in the city center districts; products are precious metal appliances, leather products, porcelain, clothing and so on. Peripheral urban areas specializing in the production of furniture, shoes, precision tools, optical instruments. Printing and publishing industry is concentrated in the Latin Quarter and Rue de Remy. Greater Paris (metropolitan) district film production accounted for three-quarters of the total production of French films. The headquarters of most of the banks and insurance companies in Paris (including the Bank of France and the stock exchange) are located in the west side of the "market" (1183-1969 for the local center of the market).
Paris is the center of French culture and education, as well as a world city of culture. France's famous Institut de France, the University of Paris, the Ecole Polytechnique, the école Normale Supérieure, the école Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique are all located in Paris. The University of Paris is one of the oldest universities in the world, founded in 1253. There are also many academic and research institutions, libraries, museums and theaters in Paris.
Paris has 50 theaters, 200 cinemas, and 15 concert halls. The Paris Opera House is the largest opera house in the world, located in the center of the city on the Rue Haussmann, covering an area of 110,000 square meters, the whole building has both Gothic and Romanesque styles. The French National Conservatory of Music and Dance School are also located here.
Paris "street art" is very active, the city's northwestern Terre des Arts Square is a world-famous open-air gallery, where many painters paint on the spot for sale every day. In the center of the city of Chatelet Square and St. Germain des Prés Square and other places. Germain d'Arbour Square and other places, young students and citizens often bring their own musical instruments to hold concerts and perform a variety of programs.
Paris is a world historical city, attractions abound, the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe, the Elysee Palace, the Palace of Versailles, the Louvre, the Place de la Concorde, Notre Dame, the Georges Pompidou National Center for Culture and the Arts, and so on. Pompidou National Center for Culture and the Arts, etc., is the domestic and foreign tourists to linger. The beautiful banks of the Seine River, parks, green spaces dotted, 32 bridges across the river, making the river scenery more charming and colorful. The city island in the center of the river is the cradle and birthplace of Paris. The boulevard Saint-Michel on the Seine has a used book market that stretches for several kilometers, and every day there are many domestic and foreign scholars and tourists who come here to buy their beloved antique books, forming a major feature of the Latin Quarter, the old cultural district on the Seine.
Paris is also a "world conference city". It is bright scenery, rich monuments, colorful cultural activities and modern service facilities, ushered in a large number of international conferences, according to statistics, in 1987 in Paris *** held 365 international conferences, more than New York, London, Brussels, Geneva, ranking first in the world. UNESCO, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and other international organizations are headquartered in Paris.
There is a well-known French proverb: "Paris was not built in a day." Broken down, the city of Paris **** has 20 arrondissements and more than 5,000 large and small streets, roads and boulevards. The city's east, west, south and north buildings are clearly defined, making it easy for passers-by to correctly determine where they are in the city.
Paris is the center of France with its domed churches, Arc de Triomphe, great palaces, majestic squares, royal parks, and millions of twinkling lights every night. 300-meter-high Eiffel Tower, which was denounced as "unfortunate and useless" more than a hundred years ago, has been kindly accepted and has become the symbol of Paris. became a symbol of Paris.
Paris has ten great attractions that every visitor can't miss: the Eiffel Tower, La Coupole (the bar), the Sacré-Coeur, the Picasso Museum, the Montmartre hill, the Louvre and the Arc de Triomphe, the Rue du Lapulet, the chic of the Place de la Victoire, and the Palace of Versailles.
When in Paris, be sure to enjoy overlooking the beautiful city of Paris. From Notre Dame, the Arc de Triomphe, the picturesque terraces of the LaSamaritsine stores and the heights of Montmartre, the views of Paris are truly breathtaking. Of course there is nothing more pleasant than seeing Paris from the Eiffel Tower, which towers like a steel giant over the Seine in the center of Paris.
The city of Paris has 70 museums to invade your mind with art, each one wonderful and unique. The Louvre, the world's largest, is located on the right bank of the Seine River, and is famous for its rich collection of classical paintings and sculptures, making it one of the most valuable buildings of the French Renaissance. The Musée d'Orsay, which houses art from the late 18th and early 19th centuries, is also a fascinating place to visit, even though it was originally converted from a train station, while the Musee de l'Orangerie houses the works of the Impressionists at the end of the 19th century, and of course there is also the Musée Picasso, the Musée de la Cluny, the Musée Rodin... ...etc. Coming to Paris really makes you feel like you are entering the land of art!
Notre Dame de Paris, located on the island of ?le de la Cité in the center of the Seine River, is a French Gothic building, which is not only famous for Victor Hugo's famous novel Notre Dame de Paris, but also because it is the oldest, largest and the most outstanding Catholic church in the history of architecture in Paris. In addition, the Arc de Triomphe and the Palace of Versailles, among others, are all visited by people.
Like the riverbanks and the couturiers, the little cafes and the cafeterias, the vagabonds and the janitors, Paris is the city of all, the greatness and sanctity of the empire, the wealth and the power, the tradition and the warmth, the wit and the casual way of being in the world and the cosmopolitanism, it is proud and capricious, full of contradictions and contrasts.
Deday, who was born in Southern France, began his book Letters from the Windmill House with the words, "I have no desire for the hustle and bustle of gloomy Paris." Yet Deday eventually came to Paris and stayed there for the rest of his life.
Throughout the ages, young people from all over the world have come to Paris with all kinds of dreams and ambitions, where they have realized their dreams and had their disappointments, and yet, as Lilac once said, "Paris is an incomparable city."
Introduction
The Seine is one of the shortest but most prestigious of the French rivers.
The river, which flows through the north of France, covers a distance of only 776 kilometers, and she originates from the Langres plateau in the east at an altitude of 471 meters. From west to north flows through the city of Paris, the process in the city of about 13 kilometers. Her current twists and turns, stretching to the west, through the Paris basin, through Rouen and finally near the port of Le Havre into the English Channel. The Seine river basin covers an area of 78,000 square kilometers. The river has 540 kilometers of navigable, the volume of cargo in the country's first. Along the coast of the region for the economic center of France, there are canals and the Rhine, the Loire and other connected.
Paris, along the Seine River, beautiful scenery, elegant and chic parks are scattered throughout, constituting a beautiful natural picture. The ancient Seine River has given birth to countless attractions, the famous international city of Paris was just a small island, but now this "ugly duckling" has become a beautiful and generous, into a beautiful swan loved by everyone.
Over the course of its 2000-year history, Paris has continued to develop on both sides of the Seine, eventually becoming one of the world's most famous cities. Because of the Seine River in the development process of Paris played a major role in promoting, so Paris is also known as the "daughter of the Seine", the Seine River is called the lifeline of Paris.
The Seine River flows from east to west in Paris, forming an arc. Its beautiful scenery on both sides of the river, buildings lined up, some buildings have experienced hundreds of years of wind and rain, some are masterpieces of modern technology, they fully embodied the history of Paris from ancient times to the present period of different architectural art and style. The river is also dotted with places of interest. A boat trip on the Seine is therefore an indispensable part of the program for foreign visitors. All year round, from morning to night, the river is always crowded with tourists. Even the well-dressed yachts are shuttled to and fro. Large can accommodate hundreds of people, small can be dozens or dozens of people only. As long as it is a sunny day, the deck of the yacht, always people happy to patronize the place.
Daytime tours of the Seine River, surrounded by picturesque scenery, colorful buildings on the bank, the Louvre, Orsay Museum, Notre Dame, the Eiffel Tower and other attractions can be seen, each with its own distinctive bridges are also one by one to meet the face, so that the people are dazzled. Night cruise on the Seine River is a different kind of fun. On the bank of the lights flickering, glittering like a picture, in the river wind and clear water, elegant and quiet. Both sides of the attractions are illuminated, many of which are concentrated on both sides of the Seine, especially yachts are equipped with strong spotlights, a beam of white light radiates out, the scenery on both sides of the bright, not only the shape of the building is clearly visible, and even above the decorations and sculptures in the eyes of the tourists will not miss.
Paris is famous for its bridges, the city's 35 large and small bridges, a total length of up to 5 kilometers, these bridges have their own history of development, the size of the bridge and architectural style is also very different, many of the bridges named with the history of major events related to the name of some of the bridges in the name of a famous person. As the Seine River divides Paris into two halves, the only way to communicate between north and south is by bridges, and the importance of bridges in the lives of Parisians is obvious.
Paris was originally a small island in the Seine River, but over the centuries it has grown into a world-famous city. The island city on the eastern part of the Seine, shaped like a boat, is the birthplace of Paris. Ten bridges surround the island, linking it to the city on the shore.
Paris Seine River along the numerous monuments, for tourists to travel and tourism.
Notre Dame de Paris on the island, built in 1163, was the first Gothic building in Paris. The church has been the center of religious activities in Paris, can accommodate 9,000 people at the same time. The bell tower of Notre Dame, built in 1330, housed the only bell in Paris at the time. It is famous not only for Victor Hugo's novel Notre Dame, but also because it is the largest and oldest Catholic church in Paris, and at the same time the most outstanding. The building covers an area of 5,500 square meters and consists of a choir stalls and back chapel, a short auricular hall and a nave. The nave is flanked by a double side chapel and a square chapel. The main entrance faces west and *** is divided into three levels. The lowest level has 3 peach-shaped doorways side by side. There are also two bell towers in the north and south, each 69 meters high, completed in 1330. South bell tower giant bell weighing 13 tons, known as the "clockwork". The North Bell Tower has a 387-step staircase leading up to the 60-meter-high spire, which is 21 meters higher than the bell tower, making it even more impressive.
The right bank of the Seine River, mainly in the International Plaza, Bastille Square, the Louvre, Place de la Concorde, the Elysée Palace, Charles de Gaulle Square and other attractions; the left bank of the Eiffel Tower; the river on the island of Cidère Notre Dame; southwest of Versailles; northwest of the heights of Montmartre, there are open-air galleries. These are the world's prestigious buildings, for the world's people to aspire to.
Built in 1889 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution, the Eiffel Tower is a world-famous symbol of Paris. For engineering and aesthetic reasons, the tower has four semicircular arches at its base, thus requiring the elevator to ascend along a curve. The glass-encased elevators were designed by the Otis Elevator Company in the U.S. as one of the building's features, making it one of the world's premier tourist attractions. The tower was the tallest building in the world until the completion of the Kress Tower in New York in 1930.
The Elysee Palace was built in 1718. Once a royal palace, it is now the residence of the President of France and is a two-story building made of marble blocks. Although the appearance of the main building is plain and simple, but the internal halls, corridors are tall and wide, furnishings, everywhere brilliant.
The Louvre was built in 1190. Hidden more than 400,000 pieces of art treasures, especially rich collection of classical paintings and sculpture and known as the "Palace of Treasures". It is one of the most famous and largest art treasures in the world. The most famous "three treasures in the palace", one is the Venus of Milos Island; the second is the headless broken arms, wings fly Samothrace (S) of the Goddess of Liberty (Victory) statue, the statue is 2.75 meters high, the Department of Parian marble texture, she is undoubtedly one of the most important works of the Ancient Greek period; the third is the famous Italian painter Da? Finch's painting "Mona Lisa".
The Arc de Triomphe is located in the wide Charles de Gaulle Square. This is the end of the Champs-Elysées and the highest point of the Chaillot Hills. Stretching in all directions from the Place de Gaulle, there are 12 avenues. The grand, magnificent Arc de Triomphe towers above the traffic circle in the center of the square. The construction of this arch was begun in 1806 during the Napoleonic period under the charge of Chalgrand. By order of Napoleon, it was used to honor the French Grande Armée. The Arc de Triomphe was completed in 1836. It has only one arched hole, surmounted by a barrel vault, and exceeds the size of the Arc de Triomphe of Constantine in Rome. 50 meters high and 45 meters wide, the triumphal arch has huge bas-reliefs on each side. One of the most famous and most exquisite is the one located on the lower right side of the side facing the Champs Elysées, which depicts the departure of the Volunteers in 1792, a masterpiece named "Marseillaise". The celebrations of Napoleon's victories are depicted elsewhere above this relief, with the names of the battles inscribed on a shield at the top, and in 1920 a "Tomb of the Unknown Soldier" was built under the archway, where an unquenchable flame is lit every evening. The building also contains a small, expensive memorial that chronicles the history of the monumental structure, where visitors can see the names of 558 generals, some of them underlined because they were killed in action.
On the north bank of the Seine between the Place de la Bastille, to the east, and the Place de la Concorde, to the west, is the seat of the Paris city government. The Latin Quarter, south of the Seine, is the largest university district in France and is home to the famous University of Paris. A boat ride west along the Seine will take you to the Louvre on the north bank of the river.
Through the Place de la Concorde, you will come to the famous Pont Alexandre III. The origin of the Alexander III Bridge is related to Alexander III, the father of Tsar Nicholas II. Alexander III had signed a Franco-Russian alliance with France, and in 1870, after Prussia's victory over France, the French built the bridge and named it Alexander III Bridge. In 1896, Nicholas II laid the foundation stone of Alexander III Bridge. The completed bridge is 107 meters long, with four towers erected on the piers at the north and south ends. On top of the towers is a bronze Pegasus rising into the air. Alexander III Bridge and the south bank of the disabled veterans' home and the north bank of the size of the Palace, are concentrated on the 19th century ornate architectural style. Pont Alexandre III has 35 bridges across the banks of the Seine River, to the infinite scenery of the Seine River, and added a touch of rainbow.