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WelcometoFrance2021/5/91Buildings2021/5/92LouvreMuseumTheLouvreisthebiggestmuseumintheworldwhichislocatedonthebankoftheSeineRiver.

2021/5/93NowordcanbeusedtodescribetheLouvre.Itisanamazingandimpressivemuseum,fromitsbeginningsasaroyalcastletothepublicinstitutionweseetoday.Todaythemuseumfeaturesmorethan6000Europeanpaintingsdatingfromthe13thcenturytothe19thcentury.

2021/5/94Itslargestcollectionisofprintsanddrawingswithaninventory[‘invəntəri,-tɔ:ri].of130000.OthercollectionsincludeIslamic[iz’læmik]art,OrientalAntiquities,EgyptianAntiquities,andGreekAntiquitieswithpiecesthatdatebackasfarastheseventhmillennium[mi'leniəm]B.C.Reflectscenturiesofchangeinthepoliticalandsocialenvironmentandisasymbolofart,consideredasaMecca['mekə]forartistsandartloversalike2021/5/95NotreDamedeParis

NotreDamedeParis(OurLadyofParis,inEnglish)isoneofthemostimportantCathedrals[kə'θi:drəl]inFranceandoneofthemostpopularCathedralsintheworld.ItreflectsthebornofGothic['ɡɔθik]ArchitecturestylebybeingoneofthefirstCathedralsbuiltunderthisstyle.

2021/5/96Notre-Dame(巴黎圣母院)CathedralislocatedinthesoutheastofLaCite(西岱岛)in

theSeineRiver（塞纳河）,the

centerofParis.It'sasymbolofancientParis.Itisfamousforitsgothicarchitecturalstyle,sculptureandpaintingsonthedoors,windowsandambulatories(回廊),anditwascompletedin1345,ittookmorethan180years.2021/5/97Itsconceptioncomesfromasocialneed,aneedofanewsymbolforanewsocialandpoliticalpowerandby1160thechurchofSaintStephen(whereNotreDameCathedralisnowlocated)waslookeduponasobsoletesinceitcouldnotreallydisplaytheprestigeofafastgrowingurbansociety.2021/5/98TheEiffelTowerThistowerisoneofthemostvisitedattractionsinFranceanditisrecognizedasoneofthemostimportantsymbolsofthiscountry.2021/5/99TheEiffelTower,builtin1889designedbyafamousarchitectEiffel.WhentheEiffelTowerwasfirstbuilt,itwasthetallestbuildingintheworld.At986feet,itwasalmosttwiceastallastheprevioustallestBuilding.Itisbuilttocommemoratethe100thanniversaryoftheFrenchrevolutionandtomeettheWorld'sFairheldinParis.

2021/5/910EiffelTowerisnotonlythebuilding,itisalsoakindofcultureandthe

symbolofmodernParis.Itwentbythenameof“IronLady”（铁娘子）.By1988,the“IronLady”haswelcomed123000000touristsfromthefivecontinents.Thatistosay,theaverageEiffelTowervisitorsare1230000people

eachyear,thedailyaverageof3400people.2021/5/911DespitethefactthathalfofPariswasreadytoclobberEiffelfordesigningitandgettingthecitytoapprovehavingitplonkeddownnexttotheSeinefortheWorld'sFair1898theEiffeltowerwontheheartsofmillionsaroundtheworld.Itisnowthesymboloftheplanet'smostvisitedcityanditisawesometostandnexttoit.2021/5/912TheArcdeTriompheTheArcdeTriompheisoneofthemostspectacularmonumentsofEurope,thatstandsinthecentreofPlaceCharlesdeGaulle2021/5/913Itsconstructionwasbeganin1806,porordendeNapoleónI拿破仑一世enhonorthosewhofoughtforFrance,particularlyduringtheNapoleonicWars,andtodayalsoincludesthetomb[tu:m]n.坟墓oftheunknownsoldier.2021/5/914VersaillesPalace2021/5/915AnUNICCO’sWorldHeritageSiterecognizedandrespectedallovertheworldthroughHistorybecauseofitsimportance,thePalaceofVersailleswillalwaysbeamustasadestinationforalltouriststhatvisitFrance.2021/5/916VersaillesPalacewasoriginallyasmallvillage,LouisXIIIin1624inthemiddleofthewoodsVersaillesPalacehunting.1661,LouisXIVtransformedintoaluxuriouspalace.Isthefa