What's the first thing in your mind when I talk France?? Exactly, Eiffel! But not only Eiffel, there are so many beautiful places in France that you could visit. Now, I will give you all the information I've heard about France.
France or French Republic is a sovereign country in Western Europe that includes several overseas regions and territories. France, foreign tourists dream, save a lot of appeal. In addition to the tourist spots as well as beautiful and romantic shapely population, one of Europe's most popular country also has a lot of interesting facts that make travelers curious. For example, the French turned out to have more than 400 kinds of cheese. France also has a city known as the perfume capital of the world.
France (source by google)
France (source by google)
France or French Republic is a sovereign country in Western Europe that includes several overseas regions and territories. France, foreign tourists dream, save a lot of appeal. In addition to the tourist spots as well as beautiful and romantic shapely population, one of Europe's most popular country also has a lot of interesting facts that make travelers curious. For example, the French turned out to have more than 400 kinds of cheese. France also has a city known as the perfume capital of the world.
France Tourist (source by google)
France cheese (source by google)
Paris is the capital of France. Located on the river Seine, in northern France, at the center of the region of Île-de-France (also known as "Paris Region"; French: Région parisienne).
Paris has several hills, the highest is Montmartre at 130 m (426 feet).Paris has a marine climate and influenced by the North Atlantic currents, so the city has a moderate climate and it is uncommon to has such a high or low temperatures. Rain falls throughout the year. Rain can occur anytime during the year, and Paris is known for its “sudden rain”. The city experienced an average annual rainfall 641.6 mm (25.2 inches). Snow is rarely here. Sometime appears in the coldest months of December, January or February (at the latest in April), and almost never enough to make a layer that persist for more than a day.
I've heard a little story about King Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette which ruled France until the French Revolution in 1789, and they were executed (in 1793), along with thousands of other French citizens. Then Napoleon Bonaparte took over the Republic government in 1799.
France is a secular country, and freedom of religion is a constitutional right. Catholicism has been the predominant religion in France for more than a millennium, though it is not as actively practised today as it was. The poll showed 51% identified as being Catholics, 31% identified as being agnostics or atheists, 10% identified as being from other religions or being without opinion, 4% identified as Muslim, 3% identified as Protestant, 1% identified as Buddhist, 1% identified as Jewish.
Estimates of the number of Muslims in France very widely. In 2003, the French Ministry of the Interior estimated the total number of people of Muslim background to be between 5 and 6 million (8–10%). According to the Pew forum, "In France, proponents of a 2004 law banning the wearing of religious symbols in schools say it protects Muslim girls from being forced to wear a headscarf, but the law also restricts those who want to wear headscarves or any other “conspicuous” religious symbol, including large Christian crosses and Sikh turbans as an expression of their faith.
Fashion has been an important industry and cultural export of France since the 17th century. The association of France with fashion and style (French: la mode) dates largely to the reign of Louis XIV when the luxury goods industries in France came increasingly under royal control and the French royal court became, arguably, the arbiter of taste and style in Europe. But France renewed its dominance of the high fashion (French: couture or haute couture) industry in 1860–1960 through the establishing of the great couturier houses such as Chanel, Dior, and Givenchy. The French perfume industry is the world leader in its sector and entered around the town of Grasse.
Three of the many famous Parisian landmarks are the 20th-century cathedral Notre Dame de Paris on the Île de la Cité, the Eiffel Tower to the 19th century, and the Arc de Triomphe Napoleon era.
Notre-Dame de Paris, also known as Notre-Dame Cathedral or simply Notre-Dame, is a historic Catholic cathedral on the eastern half of the Île de la Cité in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, France.
The Eiffel Tower is a "temporary" building drafted by Gustave Eiffel for the 1889 Universal Exposition, but the tower was never be dismantled and been a symbol of the beauty of Paris now. Seen from various corners of the city are also Tour Montparnasse skyscraper and the Basilique du Sacré-Cœur in Montmartre hill.
Eiffel Tower, a tower in Paris that is the main purpose for travelers to visiting Paris and it is truly amazing. The tower is made from sturdy iron towering into the sky and consists of 3 parts, and has 4 entrances.
The visitors have to climb the tower stairs to reach the hundreds floor. It brings a sensation to visitors. On the second floor, the visitors can relaxing and enjoy the menu at a famous expensive restaurant, but has a romantic atmosphere. On this floor, visitors can enjoy a panoramic view of the entire city of Paris.
Arc de Triomphe is another destination that is not less interesting. The building resembles a large gate which is a symbol of victory for the French. In addition to seeing and remembering the days of the French victory, on the side along the way there are also shops that sell designer goods and cafes peddling attractive menu for travelers while enjoying the surrounding atmosphere. Historic line is a line of monuments, buildings and streets that runs in a straight line from the center of town to the west of this monument pathway begins with the Louvre and continues through the Tuileries Gardens, the Champs-Élysées and the Arc de Triomphe is located at Place de l'Étoile circle.
Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile, Paris, France 1890-1900 (source by google)
Paris had been becoming a destination for the traders, students and pilgrims. But its tourism industry had been starting on large scale only with the appearance of rail travel. It used to be from the French rail network in 1848.
Museums and monuments of Paris is a high-class attraction; tourism has motivated both the city and national governments to create new ones. The city's most prized museum, Louvre, welcomes over 8 million people per year and be the most visited museum of art in the world. Cathedral City is the other main attraction: Notre Dame de Paris and the Basilique du Sacré-Coeur, received 12 million and 8 million visitors. Eiffel Tower, the most famous monument in Paris so far, interesting over 6 million visitors per year and more than 200 million since the construction. Disneyland Resort Paris is a major tourist attraction, not only for visitors to Paris, but also Europe, with 14.5 million visitors in 2007.
The Louvre is one of the largest and most famous museums, has many works of art, including the Mona Lisa (La Joconde) and the Venus de Milo statue. Pablo Picasso’s and Auguste Rodin’s arts are found in Musée Picasso and Musée Rodin, meanhile the artistic community of Montparnasse has Musée du Montparnasse. There are more than one entrance, the main entrance in the form of pyramid known as the Napoleon Hall, the other door is Palais-Royal-Musee du Louvre door is located in the basement, Porte de Lions entrance is a direct access to the arts of Africa, Asia, Oceania, and America, or through Richelieu Passage. Musee du Louvre consists of three areas, those are Richelieu's wing, Denon, and Sully. Richelieu presents the collections from 14th-17th century paintings by French's painter, Germany's painter, Flemish's painter, and Netherland's painter. Richelieu also presents the collections from 17th and 19th century of decorative arts, statue by French's artist, Mesopotamia's antique art, Iran, and Islamic arts. Denon's area has the Mona Lisa, one of the famous paintings in the world!!! There are some paintings from Italian, Spain, and French's painter too. Statues of Spain and the other antique things have been showing also in Denon's area. There is Sully Wing of the Louvre features famous French paintings from 17th century until the 19th and historical treasures from ancient Greece and Egypt.
Another interesting destination is the Chateau de Versailles. This is the next tourist destination in Paris that worth to be visited. This spacious villa has many large rooms, there are King Louis XVI's wealth that exhibited which make travelers amazed. King and his family life have got abundant treasures like a fairy tale, so that made people angry and triggered the outbreak of the French Revolution. Paintings that covered the wall are mostly a collection of paintings that existed since the rule of King Louis XVI.
Beside of the paintings, there are medieval sculptures and statues of the painters who worked for King Loucis XVI, minister’s statue, and the important people at that time.
The two of famous oldest garden in Paris are Tuileries Garden and Luxembourg Garden. Tuileries Garden was built at 16th century for a palace that located at the edge of the seine, nearby the Louvre. Luxembourg Garden, which is the other private garden belongs to a Chateau, was built by Marie de’ Medici in 1612.
Paris (source by google)
Paris has several hills, the highest is Montmartre at 130 m (426 feet).Paris has a marine climate and influenced by the North Atlantic currents, so the city has a moderate climate and it is uncommon to has such a high or low temperatures. Rain falls throughout the year. Rain can occur anytime during the year, and Paris is known for its “sudden rain”. The city experienced an average annual rainfall 641.6 mm (25.2 inches). Snow is rarely here. Sometime appears in the coldest months of December, January or February (at the latest in April), and almost never enough to make a layer that persist for more than a day.
Montmartre (source by google)
Paris in the rain (source by google)
I've heard a little story about King Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette which ruled France until the French Revolution in 1789, and they were executed (in 1793), along with thousands of other French citizens. Then Napoleon Bonaparte took over the Republic government in 1799.
King Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette (source by google)
Napoleon Bonaparte (source by google)
France is a secular country, and freedom of religion is a constitutional right. Catholicism has been the predominant religion in France for more than a millennium, though it is not as actively practised today as it was. The poll showed 51% identified as being Catholics, 31% identified as being agnostics or atheists, 10% identified as being from other religions or being without opinion, 4% identified as Muslim, 3% identified as Protestant, 1% identified as Buddhist, 1% identified as Jewish.
Estimates of the number of Muslims in France very widely. In 2003, the French Ministry of the Interior estimated the total number of people of Muslim background to be between 5 and 6 million (8–10%). According to the Pew forum, "In France, proponents of a 2004 law banning the wearing of religious symbols in schools say it protects Muslim girls from being forced to wear a headscarf, but the law also restricts those who want to wear headscarves or any other “conspicuous” religious symbol, including large Christian crosses and Sikh turbans as an expression of their faith.
Mothers protest anti-Muslim bigotry in France (source by google)
Fashion has been an important industry and cultural export of France since the 17th century. The association of France with fashion and style (French: la mode) dates largely to the reign of Louis XIV when the luxury goods industries in France came increasingly under royal control and the French royal court became, arguably, the arbiter of taste and style in Europe. But France renewed its dominance of the high fashion (French: couture or haute couture) industry in 1860–1960 through the establishing of the great couturier houses such as Chanel, Dior, and Givenchy. The French perfume industry is the world leader in its sector and entered around the town of Grasse.
Chanel Perfume (source by google)
Dior perfume (source by google)
Givenchy perfume (source by google)
Three of the many famous Parisian landmarks are the 20th-century cathedral Notre Dame de Paris on the Île de la Cité, the Eiffel Tower to the 19th century, and the Arc de Triomphe Napoleon era.
Notre-Dame de Paris, also known as Notre-Dame Cathedral or simply Notre-Dame, is a historic Catholic cathedral on the eastern half of the Île de la Cité in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, France.
Notre-Dame-de-Paris Outside (source by google)
Notre-Dame-de-Paris Inside (source by google)
The Eiffel Tower is a "temporary" building drafted by Gustave Eiffel for the 1889 Universal Exposition, but the tower was never be dismantled and been a symbol of the beauty of Paris now. Seen from various corners of the city are also Tour Montparnasse skyscraper and the Basilique du Sacré-Cœur in Montmartre hill.
Eiffel Tower, a tower in Paris that is the main purpose for travelers to visiting Paris and it is truly amazing. The tower is made from sturdy iron towering into the sky and consists of 3 parts, and has 4 entrances.
The visitors have to climb the tower stairs to reach the hundreds floor. It brings a sensation to visitors. On the second floor, the visitors can relaxing and enjoy the menu at a famous expensive restaurant, but has a romantic atmosphere. On this floor, visitors can enjoy a panoramic view of the entire city of Paris.
Eiffel Tower, France (source by google)
Eiffel Tower at night (source by google)
Arc de Triomphe is another destination that is not less interesting. The building resembles a large gate which is a symbol of victory for the French. In addition to seeing and remembering the days of the French victory, on the side along the way there are also shops that sell designer goods and cafes peddling attractive menu for travelers while enjoying the surrounding atmosphere. Historic line is a line of monuments, buildings and streets that runs in a straight line from the center of town to the west of this monument pathway begins with the Louvre and continues through the Tuileries Gardens, the Champs-Élysées and the Arc de Triomphe is located at Place de l'Étoile circle.
France, Arc de Triomphe (source by google)
Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile, Paris, France 1890-1900 (source by google)Paris had been becoming a destination for the traders, students and pilgrims. But its tourism industry had been starting on large scale only with the appearance of rail travel. It used to be from the French rail network in 1848.
Museums and monuments of Paris is a high-class attraction; tourism has motivated both the city and national governments to create new ones. The city's most prized museum, Louvre, welcomes over 8 million people per year and be the most visited museum of art in the world. Cathedral City is the other main attraction: Notre Dame de Paris and the Basilique du Sacré-Coeur, received 12 million and 8 million visitors. Eiffel Tower, the most famous monument in Paris so far, interesting over 6 million visitors per year and more than 200 million since the construction. Disneyland Resort Paris is a major tourist attraction, not only for visitors to Paris, but also Europe, with 14.5 million visitors in 2007.
The Louvre is one of the largest and most famous museums, has many works of art, including the Mona Lisa (La Joconde) and the Venus de Milo statue. Pablo Picasso’s and Auguste Rodin’s arts are found in Musée Picasso and Musée Rodin, meanhile the artistic community of Montparnasse has Musée du Montparnasse. There are more than one entrance, the main entrance in the form of pyramid known as the Napoleon Hall, the other door is Palais-Royal-Musee du Louvre door is located in the basement, Porte de Lions entrance is a direct access to the arts of Africa, Asia, Oceania, and America, or through Richelieu Passage. Musee du Louvre consists of three areas, those are Richelieu's wing, Denon, and Sully. Richelieu presents the collections from 14th-17th century paintings by French's painter, Germany's painter, Flemish's painter, and Netherland's painter. Richelieu also presents the collections from 17th and 19th century of decorative arts, statue by French's artist, Mesopotamia's antique art, Iran, and Islamic arts. Denon's area has the Mona Lisa, one of the famous paintings in the world!!! There are some paintings from Italian, Spain, and French's painter too. Statues of Spain and the other antique things have been showing also in Denon's area. There is Sully Wing of the Louvre features famous French paintings from 17th century until the 19th and historical treasures from ancient Greece and Egypt.
France Louvre Museum (source by google)
Mona Lisa (La Joconde) (source by google)
The Louvre Museum Interior (source by google)
Another interesting destination is the Chateau de Versailles. This is the next tourist destination in Paris that worth to be visited. This spacious villa has many large rooms, there are King Louis XVI's wealth that exhibited which make travelers amazed. King and his family life have got abundant treasures like a fairy tale, so that made people angry and triggered the outbreak of the French Revolution. Paintings that covered the wall are mostly a collection of paintings that existed since the rule of King Louis XVI.
Chateau de Versailles Area (source by google)
France Palace-of-Versailles (source by google)
Chateau de Versailles interior (source by google)
Beside of the paintings, there are medieval sculptures and statues of the painters who worked for King Loucis XVI, minister’s statue, and the important people at that time.
The two of famous oldest garden in Paris are Tuileries Garden and Luxembourg Garden. Tuileries Garden was built at 16th century for a palace that located at the edge of the seine, nearby the Louvre. Luxembourg Garden, which is the other private garden belongs to a Chateau, was built by Marie de’ Medici in 1612.
Tuileries Garden (source by google)
Tuileries Garden (source by google)
Luxembourg Garden (source by google)
Luxembourg Garden (source by google)
Paris is also known as a “Love Town”, because there are many couple of lovers hook their eternal love’s symbol on the Pont des Arts bridge. Just like the other “love padlocks” tradition in other country, the lovers in Pont des Arts are also believe that their love could be eternal if they wrote their name together on the padlock and hooked it on the bridge fence, and threw the keys to the river.
Pont des Arts or Passerelle des Arts which is the footbridge, connecting the Institute de France and Louvre Museum. Pont des Arts is a bridge that crossing the Seine River in Paris.
Pont des Arts or Passerelle des Arts which is the footbridge, connecting the Institute de France and Louvre Museum. Pont des Arts is a bridge that crossing the Seine River in Paris.
Love Padlocks in Paris (source by google)
Pont des Arts or Passerelle des Arts (source by google)
But unfortunately, on June 8th 2014, a section of Pont des Arts bridge had collapsed because of the weight of the padlocks. Recently, 40 padlocks were removed from Eiffel Tower. Because of that, love padlocks tradition have been criticized and refused by some partition. They said that love padlocks tradition is a destructive tradition. And there is an action that named as “Love Padlocks Refused”.
Pont des Arts bridge had collapsed (source by google)
That is Paris with all of its beauty and uniqueness. I never imagine about Paris before, but after I dreamt to live with him in Paris, now Paris is always in my mind. I am sure that he doesn’t know if I dreamt of him. And yes, after that, my feeling to him was changed, and in my dream, I have a happy life with him. But it just a dream and let it be a dream, even though my deepest heart told me that “..'cause I won’t let my dreams just be dreams!..”
Make it Reality...!! (source by google)
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