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Picture SlideshowThis short video gives you different photographs of Tourist Attractions (Attraction Touristique) in Paris. You can discover information about them within this page.
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Disneyland Paris
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Disneyland Paris- is a holiday resort in Mame-la-Vallee, which is a new town in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. DisneyLand has two theme parks, a retail shopping centre, seven hotels, food and entertainment. Home to Mickey & Minnie mouse, Disneyland Paris is very popular with children and families. The theme parks official opening date was 12th of April 1992. (Its older than all of you!)
Le Louvre Museum
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Le Louvre Museum- is one of the world's largest, most visited museums. Originally a royal palace, the Louvre became a public museum at the end of the 18th century. There are about 35,000 objects on display within the museum. A large part of the museum has lots of European paintings and sculptures on display. Other rooms contain Roman, Egyptian, Greek and Oriental art and there is also a section with 'Objects d'Art', where objects such as clocks, furniture, china cups are displayed. The most famous piece of work is of course Leonardo da Vinci's painting of Mona Lisa (which you can see in the picture on the left, if you click the picture it will get bigger!)
Eiffle Tower
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The Eiffle Tower- is a iron lattice (strips of metal) tower located in Paris. It was built in 1889 and is the tallest building in Paris. The Eiffle Tower stands 320 meters tall, which is 34 double decker buses high! The tower has three levels for visitors and to get to the top of the tower visitors need to stand in a completely glass lift! (Scary stuff!)
Notre-Dame Cathedral
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Notre Dame Cathedral – is a Gothic, Roman Catholic cathedral in Paris. The cathedral started to be built in 1163 and was completed in 1345, taking 182 years to finish! Notre-Dame Cathedral is considered to be one of the most beautiful and famous of all cathedrals in the world. You may have seen the Disney film Hunchback of Notre-Dame, where the cathedral was featured. As well as its beautiful architecture (design of the building) Notre Dame Cathedral is also known for its fantastic stain glass windows.