Paris X France

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Paris
France
Paris nourishes the senses and feeds both intellect and soul. Tourists flock to its magnificent museums and exhibits, but the life of this culture-rich city revolves around its neighborhood cafés and bistros, where visitors can occasionally pull off the seemingly impossible feat of passing for Parisians. Est-ce que c’est possible? In the City of Light, the birthplace of romance and style, everything is magic, and anything can happen.

THE TOP TEN SIGHTS
ARC DE TRIOMPHE—The largest triumphal arch in the world (about 163 feet high and 147 wide) was erected by Napoleon in 1806 to commemorate his army’s victories. Over the years it became the focal point for state funerals, and during WW II, both the invading Germans and the liberation of Paris parade passed beneath it.
It’s the site of France’s Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and it has an observation deck and exhibition hall at the top, with photos and lithographs depicting the arch’s history.

WHERE: Place Charles de Gaulle-Étoile, 8th arrondissement. Enter via the underground passage. www.monuments.fr.
BASILIQUE DU SACRÉ-COEUR—Planned as a votive offering to take France’s mind off its loss in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, Sacré-Coeur was built between 1876 and 1914 in an ornate Romano-Byzantine style, after a design by Paul Abadie.

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