Paris - the French capital and the largest city of the country. The population of 2,144,700 people (2005), an area of 86.928 square meters. km
Located on the banks of the River Seine.
Sights of Paris:
Here are the main attractions of Paris: The symbol of Paris, of course, the Eiffel tower, visible from almost every corner of the south-western part of the city.
Another symbol of Paris was the Arc de Triomphe, the Place de la Concorde connected to the famous Champs-Elysees street. To the Place de la Concorde to the east along the axis of the Champs-Elysees is adjacent Tuileries gardens, laid out in French ("regular") style, and further in the same direction, the famous Louvre - a centuries-old residence of the French royal family, and now one of the richest museums in the world of painting and sculpture.
In the historic center of the city, on the island of shite, are two of the most famous churches in France: Notre Dame (Notre Dame) and Cvyataya Chapel (Sainte-Chapelle).
Architectural direction of the twentieth century left no monuments of the city such as the Cultural Centre Georges Pompidou, which now houses the Museum of Modern Art, and the district of La Defense, which is an architectural complex of skyscrapers and buildings with avant-garde forms.
In general, any place in Paris is an attraction.