Les Monoments

La Tour Eiffel

When Gustave Eiffel’s company built Paris’ most recognizable monument for the 1889 World’s Fair, many regarded the massive iron structure with skepticism. Today, the Eiffel Tower, which continues to serve an important role in television and radio broadcasts, is considered an architectural wonder and attracts more visitors than any other paid tourist attraction in the world.

• beaucoup de touristes -- a lot of tourists
• un musicien de rue --a street musician
• autres maisons --other houses
• lampadaires --street lamps
• le parc --a park

Le Louvre

Located in Paris, the Louvre is one of the largest palaces in the world and, as a former residence of the kings of France, one of the most illustrious. It exemplifies traditional French architecture since the Renaissance, and it houses a magnificent collection of ancient and Western art.

• une Fontaine --a fountain
• Fenêtres --windows
• un banc --a bench
• un drapeau --a flagg
• une statue --a statue

La Notre Dame

Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral on the eastern half of the Île de la Cité in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, France. The cathedral is widely considered to be one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture, and it is among the largest and most well-known church buildings in the world. The naturalism of its sculptures and stained glass are in contrast with earlier Romanesque architecture.

• une bougie --a candle
• la saine --the saine
• une grosse cloche --a big bell
• escaliers --stairs
• une gargouille --a gargoyle

Le Sacre Coeur

The interior architecture, also in the Romano-Byzantine style, gives this “house of God” an atmosphere of harmony and peace. The light and architectural details focus attention on the apse, the place of liturgical celebration and adoration of the Holy Sacrament.The mosaic was done between 1900 and 1922.

• une clôture --a fence
• un dôme --a dome 
• les velos --bikes
• briques blanches --white bricks
• vert cheval statue --green horse statue

Sainte-Chapelle

The Sainte-Chapelle is a royal chapel in the Gothic style, within the medieval Palais de la Cité, the residence of the Kings of France until the 14th century, on the Île de la Cité in the heart of Paris, France.

• de hauts plafonds --high ceiling
• modifier --altar
• à travers --a cross
• angel statue --statue d'ange

Arc de Triomphe

 Architect Jean-François Chalgrin was inspired by the Roman Arch of Titus in a single arch, but went beyond it by exceptional dimensions (about 50 m high, 45 m long and 22 m wide) and abandoning columns. Wanted by Napoleon in 1806, the Arc de Triomphe was inaugurated in 1836 by French king, Louis-Philippe, who dedicated it to the armies of the Revolution and the Empire. The Unknown Soldier was buried at the base of the arch in 1921. The flame of remembrance is rekindled every day at 18:30.

• l'arcthe  -- the arc
• un pigeon  --a pigeon
• un camion  --a truck
• un bus --a bus
• un agent de police --a police officer

Panthéon

Its construction dates back to 1773 at a time when France was fascinated with all things Greek and Roman: column, geometry and engineering. It originated in 1744 when Louis XV was unexpectedly healed from a desperate illness. To thank God, the king commissioned the construction of a magnificent church dedicated to Sainte-Geneviève. Renowned French architect Jacques-Germain Soufflot designed the church in neo-classical style. Construction work started in 1764 and were completed in 1790, 10 years after the death of the architect.

une colonne --a column
peintures en mosaïque --mosaic paintings
d'énormes portes vertes --big green doors
un photographe --a photographer
prise électrique --an electricity outlet

Palais Garnier

The Opera Garnier or Palais Garnier is one of Paris’ most celebrated monuments. Situated in the 9th arrondissement at the end of the avenue de l’Opéra, the sumptuous opera house symbolises the opulence of the Second Empire. A contest in which 171 applicants (including Viollet-le-Duc and Rohault de Fleury) competed was launched. The winner was Charles Garnier (1825-1898), a young French architect still unknown at the time and who had not built such a grand edifice. The edification of a new opera house on a site imposed by Baron Haussmann.

lustre --chandelier 

voie d'entrée de fantaisie --fancy enterance way

un grand théâtre --a big theater

une image d'un ange de graisse --an imagine of a fat angel

un rideau --a curtain

Jardin du Luxembourg

The Jardin du Luxembourg, or the Luxembourg Garden, located in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, was created beginning in 1612 by Marie de' Medici, the widow of King Henry IV of France, for a new residence she constructed, the Luxembourg Palace

beaucoup de fleurs --many flowers
fontaines d'eau --a water fountain
des arbres --trees
une statue nue --a naket statue
une carte --a map