France, Paris.

Hello, I'm new in the forum, My name is Valentin, I have 15yo and I live in Paris in France. I hope to be able to make you benefit from the charms of France.

To start yesterday I'm to go on the "Champs Elysées" and I took some photographs:

On the "Champs Elisées" in the car in direction of the "Arc of Triumph".

The Avenue des Champs-Élysées is the most famous avenue in the world, 2 km long and 70 meters wide. It's a marvellous place for walking (day and night). You can admire the perspective of from Arch of Triumph to Concorde Square.


Sight with far, of the Concorde Square. One see the French flags which border the avenue in the honor of our national festival of July 14. Here even next Thursday the parade will be held of the police force, the firemen, the army finally all what represents defense in France.

The Concorde Square
The Concorde Square is the most beautiful place of Paris . With a surface of 84.000 square meters , the place offers a superb sight of the avenue of the Champs-ElysÈes in all its length and the Arch of Triumph, on a side, the Louvre and Gardens of Tuileries , on the other side.

Twin buildings with the fine colonnades were built on the side of the place, the Hotel of the Navy , sits of the State Major of the French Navy, and the Hotel of Crillon , one of the most luxurious and sought hotels.

It is in this place that was signed on February 6, 1778 the Treaty of Friendships and Exchanges between King , Louis XVI and the 13 States Independents of America . Benjamin Franklin counted among the signatories representing the United States...Full history of the Concorde Square

Today at the place even where the King Louis XVI was guillotined , is an obelisk offered by the Egyptians.Where many people came to see falling down the heads formerly, come much there today to admire the view of the Champs-Elysées...



The "Arc of Triumph".
Raised over command of Napoleon Ier, the Arch of Triumph dominates the Avenue of the Champs-ElysÈes. Its construction began in 1806 and ended in 1836, 15 years after the Napoleon's death.

It is possible to reach the roof of the monument. The perspective of The Louvre - Concorde Square - Grand Arch of Defense is superb. It's one of the most beautifull panorama of Paris.

The site on which the monument stands is called the Place de líŠtoile, because of the multicolored star built into the pavement of the roundabout.

The arch is 50 meters high, 45 meters wide, and 22 meters thick and is decorated with low relieves which evoke the battles of the French first Republic and Empire periods (1789-1815). Under the arch, the Unknown Soldier Tomb can be found (a soldier of the First World War).












Sight of the Champs Elysees avenue. Said "the most beautiful avenue of the world".


The Maclaren Mercedes of Kimi Raikonen in Hugo Boss store.


And to finish: The Eiffel tower.
The Eiffel Tower became a figure so much a symbol of Paris which it is quite difficult to see one without thinking of the other. It is certainly the most known monument in the world, in any case more photographed.

Its construction begins on January 23, 1887 with the engineer Gustave Eiffel. The assembly of the 15 000 metal parts finished in Mars 1889 and symbolized the World's Fair which took place in the Champs de Mars.

Dedicated to the demolition and often criticized, the Eiffel Tower was little by little incorporated in the Parisian landscape at the point to become inseparable about it. With its 310 meters top and 7 000 tons, it was the world's tallest building until 1930.

Since 1986, a new lighting emphasizes the night, its fantastic metal frame and consolidates the Capital of France in its fame of City of Light.



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