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ABOUT PARIS
Paris is the capital city of France. It is situated on the River Seine,
in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region ("Region
Parisienne" Paris' strategic location at a crossroads between land and river
trade routes in lands of abundant agriculture had made it one of France's
principal cities by the 10th century, rich with Royal Palaces and Demurs,
wealthy Abbeys and a Cathedral; by the 12th century Paris had become one of
Europe's foremost centres of learning and the arts. Today, Paris is an
influential centre in politics, fashion, business, arts and science., making it
an attraction for over 30 million foreign visitors per year.
Paris' Museums and Monuments are by far its highest-esteemed attractions, and
tourist interest has been nothing but a benefit to these; tourism has even
motivated both city and State to create new ones. The city's most prized
museum, the Louvre, sees over 6 million visitors a year. Paris' Cathedrals are
another main attraction: its Notre-Dame Cathedral and Sacré-Coeur Basilica
receive 12 million and 8 million visitors respectively. The Eiffel Tower, by
far Paris' most famous monument, averages over 6 million visitors per year.
Disneyland Resort Paris is a major tourist attraction not only for visitors to
Paris, but to Europe as well, with 12.4 million visitors in 2004.
These are a few of Paris' major districts: Champs-Élysées, Avenue Montaigne,
Place de la Concorde, Faubourg Saint-Honoré.
Museums
The Louvre is one of the largest and most famous museums, housing many works of
art, including the Mona Lisa (La Joconde) and the Venus de Milo statue. Works
by Pablo Picasso and Rodin are found in Musée Picasso and Musée Rodin
respectively, while the artistic community of Montparnasse is chronicled at the
Musée du Montparnasse. Starkly apparent with its service-pipe exterior, the
Centre Georges Pompidou, also known as Beaubourg, houses the Musée National
d'Art Moderne. Lastly, art and artifacts from the Middle Ages and Impressionist
eras are kept in Musée Cluny and Musée d'Orsay respectively, the former with
the prized tapestry cycle The Lady and the Unicorn.
Entertainment
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Opera
Paris' largest Opera houses are the 19th-century Opera Garnier and modern Opera
Bastille; the former tends towards the more classic ballets and operas, and the
latter provides a mixed repertoire of classic and modern.
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Theatre/Concert halls
Theatre traditionally has had a large place in Parisian culture. This still
holds true today, although, perhaps strangely, many of its most popular actors
today are also stars of French television. A few of Paris' major theatres are
Bobino, Théâtre Mogador and the Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse. Some Parisian
theatres also doubled as concert halls. Many of France's greatest musical
legends such as Édith Piaf, Maurice Chevalier, Georges Brassens and Charles
Aznavour found their fame in Paris concert halls: legendary yet still-showing
examples of these are Bobino, l'Olympia, la Cigale and le Splendid.
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Dancehalls/Discotheques
Guinguettes and Bals-concerts were the backbone of Parisian entertainment
before the mid-20th century. Early to mid-19th century examples were the Moulin
de la Galette guinguette and the Élysées-Montmartre and Chateau-Rouge
dancehalls-gardens. Popular orchestral fare gave way to the Parisian
accordionists of lore whose music moved the Apollo and le Java faubourg du
Temple and Belleville dance-hall crowds. Out of the clubs remaining from this
era grew the modern discothèque: Le Palace, although closed today, is Paris'
most legendary example. Today, much of the clubbing in Paris happens in clubs
like Le Queen, L'Etoile, Le Cab which are highly selective. Electronic music
oriented clubs such as Le Rex, the Batofar (a boat converted into a club) or
The Pulp are quite popular and the world's best DJs play there.
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