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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 ...
Paris (French pronunciation: ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of France.With an official estimated population of 2,102,650 residents in January 2023 [2] in an area of more than 105 km 2 (41 sq mi), [5] Paris is the fourth-largest city in the European Union and the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2022. [6]
In the City of Lights, a 1999 live album by Sarah Vaughan "City of Light", a song by Theatre of Tragedy from Musique (2000) City of Light, a 2000 album by Kingdom Heirs "The City of Lights" (2005), a song by Future Pilot A.K.A., Grant McLennan and Robert Forster; The City of Light (Hilltop Hoods video), a 2007 hip-hop video album by Hilltop Hoods
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 ...
The Festival of Lights ( French: Fête des lumières) in Lyon, France, is a popular event that originally aimed at expressing gratitude toward Mary, mother of Jesus around December 8 of each year. [2] This unique Lyonnaise tradition dictates that every house place candles along the outsides of all the windows to produce a spectacular effect ...
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 ...
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 shined bright on Friday after Olympics officials pulled off an ambitious opening ceremony that spanned from the Seine River to the Eiffel Tower.. The ceremony, which marked the ...