Paris, France – City Guide

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Paris Info

IATA Airport Code: CDG

Population: 12.341 million (2012 metro)

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Location

Coordinates: 48°51′24″N 2°21′03″E

Site Seeing in Paris, France

  • The Eiffel Tower – is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower from 1887
  • Arc de Triomphe – is one of the most famous monuments in Paris, France, standing at the western end of the Champs-Élysées at the centre of Place Charles de Gaulle, formerly named Place de l’Étoile—the étoile or “star” of the juncture formed by its twelve radiating avenues
  • The Louvre – is the world’s second-largest art museum and a historic monument in Paris, France, and is best known for being the home of the Mona Lisa. A central landmark of the city, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the city’s 1st arrondissement
  • The Catacombs – underground ossuaries in Paris, France, which hold the remains of more than six million people in a small part of a tunnel network built to consolidate Paris’ ancient stone quarries
  • Notre Dame de Paris – is a medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité in the 4th arrondissement of Paris. The cathedral was consecrated to the Virgin Mary and is considered to be one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture

Accommodation in Paris, France

Derby Eiffel Hotel Paris

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