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Paris is the capital and

France. It is situated on tin northern France, at the de-France region. The cityits administrative limits (thments) largely unchanged a population of about 2,30ropolitan area is one of thetion centres in Europe, witmillion inhabitants.

An important settlement fomillennia, Paris had becomcentury, one of Europe’s f

of learning and the arts andin the Western world untilry. Paris is today one of thing business and cultural

inuences in politics, education, entertain-

ment, media, science, and the arts all con-tribute to its status as one of the world’smajor global cities.

Paris and the Paris Region, with €572.4 billion in 2010, produce more than a quar-ter of the gross domestic product of Franceand is one of the largest city GDP in theworld. Considered as green and highlyliveable, the city and its region are theworld’s leading tourism destination. Theyhouse four UNESCO World Heritage Sitesand many international organizations.

WELCOME

TOPARIS!

Contact us!

Main Visitor Welcome Center

25, rue des Pyramides

75001 Paris

01 49 52 42 63

http://en.parisinfo.com/

How to get there:

RER : Auber (ligne A)Métro : Pyramides (ligne 7-14)

Hours:

From 01 November to 30 AprilFrom Monday to Sunday: 10am-7pmClosed on 1 MayFrom 02 May to 31 October From Monday to Sunday: 9am-7pm

Photo Credits:

http://www.world-city-photos.org, en.wikipedia.org

The Eiffel Tower 

Paris from the ro

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HISTORY

Paris is more than 2,000 years old. Gaulsof the Parisii tribe settled there between250 and 200 BC and founded a shing

village on an island in the river that isthe present-day Ile de la Cité -- the center around which Paris developed.

Known as Lutetia in ancient times, Pariswas conquered by Julius Caesar in 52 BC.In 987, High Capet, Count of Paris, be-

came king of France, and under his suc-cessors, the Capetians, the city's positionas the nation's capital became established.Often characterized as spirited and rebel-lious, the people of Paris rst declared

themselves an independent commune inthe 14th century.

The storming of the Bastille in 1789 wasthe rst of a series of key actions by the

Parisian people during the French Revo-lution.In 1871, during the Franco-Prussian War ,

the city was besieged for four months untilFrance surrendered. After German troopswithdrew, French radicals briey estab-lished the Commune of Paris.

TRANSPORTATION

The Paris transportation network is verydiverse and exists literally over manylevels. The city's buses, trams, Métro,Autoroutes, trains and planes together allserve to maintain a high level of connec-tivity between Paris's many different dis-tricts and beyond.

The Metro and Tramway, most of the Busand a few sections of the RER are run bythe RATP (Régie Autonome des Trans- ports Parisiens), the government-subsi-dised company whose jurisdiction coversall transport touching the Parisian Cap-ital. The rest of the RER, as well as theTransilien, are run by the SNCF (Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français),the state-owned train company whose railnetwork covers all of France.

CUISINE

Paris’ culinary reputation has its base inthe diverse origins of its inhabitants. In its beginnings, it owed much to the 19th-cen-tury organisation of a railway system that

had Paris as a centre, making the capital afocal point for immigration from France’smany different regions and gastronomicalcultures. This reputation continues throughtoday in a cultural diversity that has sincespread to a worldwide level thanks to Par-is’ continued reputation for culinary nesse

and further immigration from increasinglydistant climes.

THEATERS

Theatre traditionally has occupied a large place in Parisian culture. This still holdstrue today, and many of its most popular actors today are also stars of French tele-vision.

Some of Paris’ major theatres include Bo- bino, Théâtre Mogador, and theThéâtre dela Gaîté-Montparnasse. Some Parisian the-atres have also doubled as concert halls.Many of France’s greatest musical leg-ends, such as Édith Piaf, Georges Bras-

sens, and Charles Aznavour, found their fame in Parisian concert halls. Legendaryyet still-showing examples of these are LeLido, Bobino, l’Olympia and le Splendid.

MONUMENTS

* The Eiffel Tower  (nickde fer, the iron lady) is an er located on the Champ dnamed after the engineer whose company designedtower. Erected in 1889 as tto the 1889 World's Fair,

 both a global cultural iconone of the most recognizathe world. The tower is thein Paris and the most-visiment in the world: 7.1 micended it in 2011.

* Notre Dame de Paris (Lady of Paris”), also knownCathedral or simply Notretoric Roman Catholic Marthe eastern half of the Île dfourth arrondissement of P

ly considered one of the nFrench Gothic architecturelargest and most well-knothe world ever built. Notrewas among the rst buildin

to use the arched exterior s

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The Metropolitain

Les Deux Magots, a famous cafe