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 Pictures of Paris: Louvre Museum, Notre Dame Cathedral, Tower Eiffel, Sene River, Les Champs-Elysées

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	Eiffel Tower - Paris Author: Susana y Simón Text: Of course, your trip to Paris isn't complete without making a trip to the top of the Eiffel Tower. Also, make sure to take a glimpse of the tower at night. During the first 10 minutes of every hour, the tower twinkles with thousands of flashing bright lights.
	Place Vendôme - Paris - France Author: Susana y Simón Text: Place Vendôme is a square in the 1st arrondissement of Paris located to the north of the Tuileries Gardens and east of the Église de la Madeleine. Its regular architecture and pedimented screens canted across the corners give the rectangular Place Vendôme the aspect of an octagon. Napoleon erected the present column to celebrate the victory of Austerlitz.
	Rose window of the Note Dame Cathedral Author: Susana y Simón Text: Seen from the exterior, the building appears to be High Gothic. Notable features include the profusion of colonnettes and tracery screens, the horizontal and vertical ordering of the facades, the imposing size of the rose windows.
	Notre Dame Cathedral - Paris - France Author: Susana y Simón Text: Maurice de Sully, bishop of Paris, decided to build a new cathedral for the expanding population, dedicated to the Virgin Mary.
	Basilica of the Sacred Heart Author: Susana y Simón Text: Started to being built in 1875 it was not completed until 1914 and it was not consecrated until 1919. This Basilica, in Romano-Byzantine style, was build to accomplish a vow made in consequence of the extreme need of France and of the Church in 1870. Despite the obstacles encountered by the builders, work was brought thanks to a law passed by the National Assembly.
	Avenue des Champs Élisées Author: Susana y Simón Text: The avenue runs 3 km through the 8th arrondissement in northwestern Paris, from the Place de la Concorde in the east, with its obelisk, to the Place Charles de Gaulle in the west, location of the Arc de Triomphe. The Champs-Elysées forms part of the line of the Axe historique. The name refers to the Elysian Fields, the place of the blessed in Greek mythology.
	Louvre Museum -Paris- France Author: Carlos Diaz Huertas Text: The "Grand Louvre" is a part of the "Grand Travaux" which also includes the Bibliothèque Nationale, the Opéra Bastille. Covering an area of some 40 hectares in the heart of Paris, the Louvre offers 60,000 m² of exhibition rooms with items representing 11 millennia of civilisation and culture.
	Charles De Gaulle Airport- Paris- Francia Author: A. De Cara Text: The most important airport of Paris.
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