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PARIS MONUMENTS AND MUSEUMS
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Arc de Triomphe
This arch was built in memory of Napoléon's Great Army at the top of the Champs-Elysées just 5 from the Hotel Tilsitt.
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Eiffel Tower
The Paris' landmark : in 1889 Gustave Eiffel gave the French flag a 300 m (984 ft.) pole to commemorate the revolution centenary,
walking distance from the hotel.
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La Defense
The 21 st century skyscrapers business district erected outside the western city-limits of Paris was recently enriched by the spectacular Grande Arche.
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La Concorde
This vast and elegant symbol of reconciliation after the revolution displays the 3000 years old Luxor's obelisk.
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Le Louvre
Louvre Museum, antiquity to 18th century, 1st museum world wide.
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Beaubourg, Centre Georges Pompidou
Not far from Les Halles, the Centre Beaubourg or better known as the Pompidou Center,created alot of
mixed feelings with its radical architectural design.
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Place des Vosges/Le Marais
A famous early 17th century square with some of the most beautiful parisian apartments in the middle of a middle-age district.
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La Madeleine
Neo-Greek temple ordered by Napoleon in homage to its Great Army, today a rich catholic parish.
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Opera
Two operas : the original one built by Garnier in 1875 & Opera Bastille from 1989.
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Montmartre/Sacre Coeur
Basilica built to the glory of the "Holy Heart of Jesus" to redeem the Nation's sins after the 1870 bloodshed of
the Commune of Paris overlooks Paris from the Montmartre hill.
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Montparnasse
The famous district in the left bank, location of the only parisian skyscaper and the train station.
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Versailles
The Sun-king palace in Versailles is half an hour by train from Paris.
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