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Paris, France -- June 2006
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Royal Palace gardens in Paris
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Walkway through the Royal Gardens
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The Royal Palace in Paris (located across from the Louvre Museum)
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The Louvre Museum entrance through the famous glass pyramid designed by I.M.
Pei.
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La Pyramide Inverée (the inverted pyramid) inside the Louvre.
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Sculpture Garden inside the Richelieu wing in the Louvre.
The Louvre is divided into three wings: Richelieu, Sully and Denon.
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Aphrodite, known as Vénus de Milo, located on the 1st floor in the Sully
wing in the Louvre.
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The tomb of Philippe Pot on the ground floor in the Richelieu wing.
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Napoleon Bonaparte's throne on the 1st floor of the Richelieu wing
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The Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci is one of the Louvre's most famous
paintings and is located on the 1st floor in the Denon wing of the museum.
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View from inside the Louvre in the Sully wing looking out towards the
Arc du Carrousel and the Tuileries Gardens. Next to I.M. Pei's large pyramid, there are two smaller
ones and the surrounding fountains are all in triangular shapes.
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Arc du Carrousel (in the background is the Louvre and on the other side
is the Tuileries Gardens).
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The river Seine in Paris
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A band playing for passersby on a street in
Paris along the Seine
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Notre-Dame: construction of Notre-Dame de
Paris began in 1163 during the reign of Louis VII. Pope Alexander III laid
the foundation stone.
The idea to replace the Romanesque church occupying the site - the
Cathedral of St. Etienne (founded by Childebert in 528) - was that of
Bishop Maurice de Sully (who died in 1196). Some accounts claim that there
were two churches existing on the site, one to the Virgin Mary, the other
to St. Stephen.
Construction was completed roughly 200 years later in about 1345.
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Inside Notre-Dame
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Along the Seine river there are many vendors selling antiquated books,
posters, and magazines as well as postcards.
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There are many bridges crossing the Seine as well as walkways down to
it.
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One of Paris's most famous attractions, the
Eiffel Tower.
The Eiffel Tower was built for the International Exhibition of Paris of
1889 commemorating the centenary of the French Revolution. The Prince of
Wales, later King Edward VII of England, opened the tower.
It was almost torn down in 1909, but was saved because of its antenna -
used for telegraphy at that time.
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Views from the top of the Eiffel Tower
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Another view from the top of the Eiffel Tower
along the Seine river
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From the top of the Eiffel Tower with the top piece
of the tower casting a shadow
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The National Assembly is located in the Palais-Bourbon, across the Seine
from the Place de la Concorde. The palace was built as a private residence
in 1722, was later bought by King Louis XV, and changed hands several more
times until the government reacquired it and converted it to legislative
use in 1827.
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Another picturesque bridge crossing the Seine.
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