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1991 (15th Session) The Eiffel Tower(/ˈaɪfəl/ ⓘEYE-fəl; French: Tour Eiffel[tuʁɛfɛl]ⓘ) is a wrought-ironlattice toweron the Champ de Marsin Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower from 1887 to 1889. Locally nicknamed "La dame de fer" (French for "Iron Lady"), it was ...
For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its early and extensive system of street lighting, in the 19th century, it became known as the City of Light. [7] The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 inhabitants in January 2023, or about 19% ...
The city of Paris has notable examples of architecture of every period, from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. It was the birthplace of the Gothic style, and has important monuments of the French Renaissance, Classical revival, the Flamboyant style of the reign of Napoleon III, the Belle Époque, and the Art Nouveau style.
The City of Light (Hilltop Hoods video), a 2007 hip-hop video album by Hilltop Hoods. City of Lights, album by Kareem Salama (2011) City of Light, a 2011 light opera by Michael McFaden based on the music of Arthur Sullivan and set in 1907 Lily Dale, New York. "City of Lights", a song by Runrig from Searchlight (1989)
A light show takes place at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Place du Trocadero on July 26, 2024. Hector Vivas/Getty Images The City of Lights was lit up even brighter ...
Paris. Some cities can be summed up with a single image — and that’s the case of Paris when the Eiffel Tower is in the picture. The French capital’s wrought-iron wonder, named after engineer ...
t. e. Haussmann's renovation of Paris was a vast public works programme commissioned by French Emperor Napoleon III and directed by his prefect of the Seine, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, between 1853 and 1870. It included the demolition of medieval neighbourhoods that were deemed overcrowded and unhealthy by officials at the time, the building of ...
Places to visit. Although much of season two left the city of lights behind for the French Riviera, Parisian highlights including shopping in La Samaritaine and a visit to Pere Lachaise Cemetery ...