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Today many people think of Paris France as a city of famous art trendy fashion Unforgettable food and historic landmarks and it definitely has all of those things but it’s also a city with a long and Rich history in fact people have lived in Paris for over 10,000
Years for all of its long history the people who call Paris home have loved this city deeply today many of the people who visit Paris fall in love with it too not surprisingly Paris is one of the most popular cities to visit in the world people from all over the globe
Come to stroll its wide streets eat at its famous cafes and take pictures in front of The Shining Eiffel Tower some call it the city of love others think of it as the city of light if you’d like to learn more about the Eiffel Tower we have a bedtime history for that but
Paris hasn’t always been the beautiful and magical place that many people consider it today the city and its people have survived devastating plagues invasions and revolutions that threaten to destroy it entirely but it’s actually this eventful history that makes Paris such a cool and fascinating City so what
Do you say we take a trip through the streets of Paris together we’ll tour some of its famous buildings and landmarks learn a little bit about why they have become so well known and discover some of the city’s many secrets to really understand Paris we
Have to start our Tour on the river sen this river flows for almost 500 Miles throughout France but is perhaps most known for snaking its way through Paris in the Heart of the City sits a famous island that divides the river it’s called IL de City in English this means
Island of the city it was on this tiny Island that the City of Paris began the first king of France lived here thousands of years ago living in the middle of this River was not only fun it was pretty practical it let the city trade easily with nearby cities it made
It hard for anyone to invade without warning and it had the best soil for growing crops pretty nice place to start a city right today the island boasts a large Cathedral called notredam built there between 1163 and 1345 ad if you do a little subtraction you’ll realize this
Means it took almost 200 years to build this one church but if you’re ever able to see it in person you’ll likely agree that it was time well spent in fact notredam is considered one of the most beautiful Catholic cathedrals in the world it was also once known as 0
Because it was used to measure distances within Paris and to other places in France next on our tour is a museum an art museum to be exact actually it’s the most popular Museum in the world it’s known as the Lou about 7.5 million come to appreciate the art within it its
Walls every year and there’s plenty to see the Lou is home to hundreds of thousands of pieces of art the most famous piece however is the Mona Lisa which was painted by Leonardo da Vinci in the 1500s there’s also a bedtime history about Mona Lisa and Leonard Da
Vinci if you want to look those up people stand in line for hours sometimes to see this woman and her mysterious smile visitors can also wander through the four floors of the museum to see pieces from artist all over the world and throughout history some of the art in the Lou is
9,000 years old the Lou wasn’t always a museum though in the 1100s a guy named King Philip II built A Mighty Fortress where the Lou sits today to defend against some unwelcome Invaders then about 400 years later King Francis I tore it down and built a palace every King that came after
Francis decided that Palace was just a tad too small and had a new addition built but hey that just means there’s plenty of room for all the really cool art today eventually King Louis the 14th decided he didn’t want to live in the middle of such a crowded City so he left
And had his own Palace built outside of Paris but it was another 200 years before somebody said wait this old castle would make a great museum or something like that anyway the French government found a bunch of Art and added a beautiful garden for Museum going to stroll through even more
Recently they had a modern artist create a glass pyramid as the entrance to the museum just a short walk from the Lou is a wide Boulevard called the Shan’s El this Mile Long Street is filled with shops museums restaurants and even movie theaters every year a famous bike ride
Known as the tour def France finishes on the Shan’s El 2o the Shan’s El was built in the 1600s but for 200 100 years it was just a street like any other in Paris it took a revolution to make it famous it all started with a bunch of
Angry people throwing Furniture in the streets of Paris in 1789 the French were super angry with their King to show him just how mad they were they barricaded the streets remember they didn’t have a lot of money to build anything fancy so they basically gathered furniture trash
And pretty much anything else they could find and piled it up to block the narrow streets eventually the people managed to overthrow the king a number of years later a guy named Napoleon III came to power in France at the time the population of Paris was growing so fast
That it was hard to get around plus the narrow streets made it far too easy for a plague or disease to spread Napoleon decided Paris needed wider streets to bring in more sunlight there was also the nasty barricading business During the Revolution to make sure that the people
Of Paris could not block all the streets and overthrow him and will’ll make a few needed upgrades too asked a guy named xuen Usman to redesign the entire city later nicknamed the Demolisher he tore down a lot of stuff then he widened the streets designed new apartment buildings
And figured out a way to bring clean drinking water into the city Usman may not have known it at the time but the world would come to see one magnificent Boulevard the Shan’s El as representative of all Paris has to offer many luxury fashion designers like Louis
Vuitton and Dior have stores there the street is also lined with spectacular restaurants where top chefs serve delicious French dishes it’s on this famous street where we find another landmark the ark de Triumph This Means the arch of victory in English it’s a giant Arch that symbolizes France’s
History of military strength it was built by a well-known emperor named Napoleon bonapart who wanted to honor all the soldiers who died fighting for France the Arc de Triumph took a long time to build in fact Napoleon died before it was finished today it serves as a rallying place for the French
Military who are often seen marching around and through it it also creates a traffic nightmare but that is another story a tour of Paris is not complete without a final stop at the most famous structure of all the Eiffel Tower this tall tower is shaped like the letter a
And is known as The Iron Lady it’s more than 1,000 ft High when it was first built it was the tallest building in the world over 7 million people come to Paris to see this Tower each year from its balconies you can see the most amazing views of the entire
City the tower was designed by the French architect Gustav Eiffel for the Paris world’s fair in 1889 a world fair is supposed to show off new architecture art and inventions for people from all around the world to see what better way to show off all the beauty and extravagance of Paris than a
Giant Tower the Eiffel Tower is often considered one of the most romantic places in the world but people come there for more than just a romantic stroll Daredevils have walked up its hundreds of stairs on stilts trapes artists have swung off it it was even used by spies during World War I to
Intercept enemy messages today the Eiffel Tower is lit up by over 20,000 lights every night that make it shine and Sparkle for all of Paris to see Paris is without doubt one of the most beautiful cities in the world if you’re lucky enough to visit someday make sure you stroll down the
Shan Elis check out the Mona Lisa at the Lou and climb the more than 600 steps of the Eiffel Tower to snap a selfie with all of Paris behind you you might want to grab a baguette first though all those steps are sure to make you hungry