History Of Paris

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Held within France, the largest country of western Europe contains it’s most famous region, Ile-De-France. Ile-De-France also contains the great city and capital, formerly known as Paris. Other nicknames of Paris that are used often nationwide are the “City of Light” and the “City of Romance”. Not only is Paris the capital of France, but of the capital of shopping and fashion. It is home of world renowned and greatly respected fashion designers Chanel, Dior, Vuitton, and even Yves Saint Laurent. With it’s growing popularity, the amounts of visitors traveling to France each year is rapidly growing. Some visitors even fall in love with the great city and are still adding to it’s current population of twelve million people. The population of just Paris itself estimates around two million people.
Most visitors traveling to Paris come to see it’s famous main attractions. If one is interested in art, Paris contains one of the most famous art museums, the Louvre. Forty percent of visitors were calculated as under the age of twenty-six. Eighty percent of visitors of the Louvre come to see world famous paintings “Mona Lisa”, “Venus de Milo”, and the solitary statue, “Winged Victory”. The Louvre is ginormous! It contains so much art that it is divided into color-coded sections. To see every piece of art and exhibit in the museum would take at least a month. With constant growing popularity of the Louvre, it has gained ten million visitors to the museum by 2014.
If one isn’t interested in art, they could always go visit the Notre Dame. History reveals that before the construction of the Notre Dame on the Island of Seine, the site in years previous had always been a religious site. The Celts once had once used it as the...

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...whatever fruit is being harvested that season in Paris. More familiar and portable desserts that can and will be found outside of Paris include, macarons; thin vibrantly colored cookies made of egg whites and almond flour, that are sandwiched with a layer of icing. One can also get ice cream, madeleines; half cake, half cookie, chocolate itself, and hot chocolate if the weather is chilly or for fun.
After learning about most of the fun opportunities of traveling to and touring Ile-De France, one could now easily travel to the Eiffel Tower, The Moulin Rouge, and the Louvre and already know what to expect. As restated before, Ile-De France is one of the most famous and important regions of France. It’s historical sites and culture make it very unique compared to other places. It is one of the largest tourist attractions and truly an unforgettable experience.

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