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Paris

Paris is the capital of France. It is a major European city and is a global center for art, fashion and culture. Paris is the most popular city of France. The population of Paris in 2020 is 12,278,210. The 1938 and 1999 Fifa World Cup was held in Paris.


Places to visit in Paris

1. Eiffel Tower

Eiffel Tower is the beauty of Paris. The Eiffel Tower is 324 meters tall and has 81-storey's. It has restaurants, cafes, bars, and Stores. You can enjoy the meal as well as see Paris from the top of the Eiffel Tower. Many of the visitors came every day to see the great and famous Eiffel Tower of Paris. A replica of Eiffel Tower is built-in Bahria Town, Lahore, Pakistan. 

Eiffel Tower fun facts

  1. Gustave Eiffel used latticed wrought iron to construct the tower to demonstrate that the metal could be as strong as stone while being lighter.
  2. Eiffel also created the internal frame for the Statue of Liberty.
  3. Construction of the Eiffel Tower cost 7,799,401.31 French gold francs in 1889, or about $1.5 million.
  4. The Eiffel Tower is 1,063 feet (324 meters) tall, including the antenna at the top. Without the antenna, it is 984 feet (300 m).
  5. It was the world's tallest structure until the Chrysler Building was built in New York in 1930.
  6. The tower was built to sway slightly in the wind, but the sun affects the tower more. As the sun-facing side of the tower heats up, the top moves as much as 7 inches (18 centimeters) away from the sun.
  7. The sun also causes the tower to grow about 6 inches.
  8. The Eiffel Tower weighs 10,000 tons.
  9. There are 5 billion lights on the Eiffel Tower.
  10. The French have a nickname for the tower: La Dame de Fer, "the Iron Lady."
  11. The first platform is 190 feet above the ground; the second platform is 376 feet, and the third platform is almost 900 feet up.
  12. The Eiffel Tower has 108 stories, with 1,710 steps. However, visitors can only climb stairs to the first platform. There are two elevators.
  13. One elevator travels a total distance of 64,001 miles (103,000 kilometers) a year.

2. Louver Museum

The Louvre Museum is the world's largest art museum and a historic monument in Paris, France. It has 38000 objects from the prehistory of the 21st century. In 2019, the Louver museum received 9.6 million visitors.

History of the Louvre

The Louvre was originally built as a fortress in 1190, but was reconstructed in the 16th century to serve as a royal palace. "Like many buildings, it was built and rebuilt over the years," said Tea Gudek Snajdar, an Amsterdam-based art historian, museum docent and a blogger at Culture Tourist. 

During its time as a royal residence, the Louvre saw tremendous growth. Nearly every monarch expanded it. Today, it covers a total area of 652,300 square feet (60,600 square meters). In 1682, Louis XIV moved the royal residence to Versailles, and the Louvre became home to various art academies, offering regular exhibitions of its members' works. 

During the French Revolution, Louis XVI and his wife, Marie Antoinette, were forcibly removed from Versailles and imprisoned in Tuilleries Palace, which was then adjacent to the Louvre. They were beheaded there in 1793. 

The National Assembly opened the Louvre as a museum in August 1793 with a collection of 537 paintings. The museum closed in 1796 because of structural problems with the building. Napoleon reopened the museum and expanded the collection in 1801, and the museum was renamed Musée Napoléon.


"It was Napoleon Bonaparte who created the foundation for the world famous museum the Louvre is today," said Gudek Snajdar. "He wanted to be in charge of creating a collection of art in Louvre. That's why he renamed it in 1802 to the 'Napoleon Museum.' He wanted to create a museum of France with a wonderful collection of art from all around the world. He enlarged its collection by bringing art from his military campaigns, private donations and commissions he made."

Napoleon's contributions included spoils from Belgium, Italy, Prussia and Austria. In 1815, when Napoleon abdicated with the Treaty of Fontainebleau, almost 5,000 artworks were returned to their countries of origin. France was allowed to keep only a few hundred works, and the Louvre reverted to its original name. Many artifacts from Napoleon's conquests in Egypt remained.

After Napoleon, the Louvre continued to expand. The multi-building Louvre Complex was completed under the reign of Napoleon III in the mid-19th century.

  
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