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The Eiffel Tower is located in the heart of Paris and is the tallest structure in the city. Locally nicknamed "La dame de fer" (French for "Iron Lady"), it was constructed from 1887 to 1889 as the entrance to the 1889 World's Fair. The wrought-iron lattice tower is named after engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower. At 324 m (1,063 ft) tall, it is about the same height as an 81-story building, and measures 125 m (410 ft) on each side.
View of the Palais de Chaillot as seen from the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. The two curved buildings making up the Palais house a number of museums, including the National Museum of the Navy, the Museum of Man (ethnology), and the City of Architecture and Heritage.
The Place de la Concorde in Paris, France, is the largest square in the French capital. In the center of the Place stands a giant obelisk, transported from Egypt and erected in 1836.
The Arc de Triomphe is one of the most famous monuments in Paris, standing at the western end of the Champs-Elysées at the center of Place Charles de Gaulle. The Arc de Triomphe honors those who fought and died for France in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, with the names of French victories and generals inscribed on its inner and outer surfaces. Beneath its vault lies the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from World War I.
The Louvre in Paris, France, is the largest museum in the world. This view features the Paris Pyramid at the main entrance, designed by I.M. Pei and completed in 1988. Constructed of glass and metal, the structure stands 21.6 m (71 ft) tall and replicates the Great Pyramids of Giza.
Lisa del Giocondo, a young silk merchant’s wife, is traditionally known as the subject of the famous Mona Lisa painting. In the early 1500s, Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci revolutionized portrait painting with the Mona Lisa by zooming in on his subject on a large canvas. French King Francis I acquired the painting after da Vinci’s death, and it now hangs in the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, where roughly eight million visitors view it each year.
The Venus de Milo is one of the three most famous female figures at the Louvre in Paris, France (along with the Mona Lisa and the Winged Victory of Samothrace). The statue was named for the Greek island of Milos where she was discovered in 1820 and acquired by the French ambassador to Greece, who presented her to King Louis XVIII. The king donated the statue to the Louvre in 1821.
The Winged Victory of Samothrace -- a portrayal of Nike, the winged goddess who heralds victory -- was brought to the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, in 1883 and adorns the top of the Daru staircase.
The Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel is one of many triumphal arches in France. Located near the Louvre Museum, the Arc was built between 1806 and 1808 by Emperor Napoleon I to commemorate his diplomatic and military victories.
A UNESCO World Heritage site since 1991, the current Notre-Dame, an icon of Gothic architecture, was built in the late 12th century on the ruins of two earlier basilicas. The cathedral was the coronation site for Napoleon I in 1804, the setting for Victor Hugo’s 1831 book The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, and the funeral site of many French presidents.
The South Rose Window in Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France, was a gift from French King Louis IX in 1260. The stained glass window measures 12.9 m (42 ft) in diameter and contains 84 panes of glass. The themes are the New Testament and the Triumph of Christ reigning over heaven and surrounded by all his witnesses on earth.
This marble statue of Joan of Arc stands in Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France. The statue dates from 1920-21 and was sculpted by Charles Jean Desvergnes. Canonized in 1920, Joan is one of the patron saints of France.
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