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  2. Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel - Wikipedia

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    The monument is 63 feet (19 m) high, 75 feet (23 m) wide, and 24 feet (7.3 m) deep. [2] The 21 feet (6.4 m) high central arch is flanked by two smaller ones, 14 feet (4.3 m) high, and 9 feet (2.7 m) wide. Around its exterior are eight Corinthian columns of marble. These columns were recovered from the Château de Meudon, destroyed in 1804. Each ...

  3. List of tourist attractions in Paris - Wikipedia

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    The Grand Palais - a large glass exhibition hall built for the 1900 Paris Exhibition; Les Invalides - complex containing museums and monuments relating to the military history of France; The Palais Garnier - Paris's central opera house, built in the later Second Empire period; The Panthéon - church and tomb of a number of France's most famed ...

  4. Arc de Triomphe - Wikipedia

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    The Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, [a] often called simply the Arc de Triomphe, is one of the most famous monuments in Paris, France, standing at the western end of the Champs-Élysées at the centre of Place Charles de Gaulle, formerly named Place de l'Étoile—the étoile or "star" of the juncture formed by its twelve radiating avenues.

  5. List of most visited palaces and monuments - Wikipedia

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    Parthenon, Athens, Greece Eiffel Tower, Paris, France Taj Mahal, Agra, India Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey. This is a list of the most visited national monuments, including palaces, historical monuments and historic sites.

  6. Landmarks in Paris - Wikipedia

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    The Louvre. The 1st arrondissement forms much of the historic centre of Paris. Place Vendôme is famous for its deluxe hotels such as Hôtel Ritz, The Westin Paris – Vendôme, Hôtel de Toulouse (headquarters of Banque de France), Hôtel du Petit-Bourbon, Hôtel Meurice, and Hôtel Regina [1] Les Halles were formerly Paris's central meat and produce market, and, since the late 1970s, are a ...

  7. List of monuments historiques in Paris - Wikipedia

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    The Louvre Palace, a monument historique in Paris. The term monument historique is a designation given to some national heritage sites in France.It may also refer to the state procedure in France by which National Heritage protection is extended to a building, a specific part of a building, a collection of buildings, garden, bridge, or other structure, because of their importance to France's ...

  8. List of museums in Paris - Wikipedia

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    There are around 130 museums in Paris, France, within city limits. This list also includes suburban museums within the " Grand Paris " area, such as the Air and Space Museum. The sixteen museums of the City of Paris are annotated with "VP", as well as six other ones also accommodated in municipal premises and the Musées de France (fr) listed ...

  9. Musée d'Orsay - Wikipedia

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    The station was put on the supplementary list of Historic Monuments and finally listed in 1978. The suggestion to turn the station into a museum came from the Directorate of the Museum of France. The idea was to build a museum that would bridge the gap between the Louvre and the National Museum of Modern Art at the Georges Pompidou Centre.

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