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L’Arc de Triomphe. Une étoile. Place Charles de Gaulle Place de l’Etoile. Charles de Gaulle (CDG) French general and hero during Second World War After the war became a president. La flamme éternelle La tombe du soldat inconnu La première guerre mondiale 1914-1918. La Place de la Concorde.
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Charles de Gaulle (CDG)French general and hero during Second World WarAfter the war became a president
La flamme éternelle • La tombe du soldat inconnu • La première guerre mondiale 1914-1918
During Revolution the guillotine was located on this square The Egyptian Obelisk is the oldest monument of Parisabout 33 centuries old,transported from Egypt
Le centre Pompidou • Un musée d’art moderne
Autrefois c’était une résidence royale • Aujourd’hui c’est un musée
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Louis XIV moved the royal palace from Louvre to Versailles outside Paris
Autrefois c’était un hôpital militaire • Aujourd’hui c’est un musée militaire • La tombe de Napoléon se trouve là
Napoleon is buried in six coffins made of different metals and wood
Le pontneufest le plus vieuxpont de Paris • Contrary to its name it’s the oldest bridge in Paris
Made famous by Guillaume Appolinaire who wrote un poème “Le pont Mirabeau”
La Seine divides Paris into two parts: • La rive gauche (left bank) • La rive droite (right bank) • On the map la Seine flows through Paris from right to left • Left bank is below the river, right bank is above the river