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Paris City Breaks - Coggle Diagram
Paris City Breaks
• Champs Élysées
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Each day over 300,000 people walk the streets of the Champs Élysées. It is one of the most expensive real estates in the world.
The Champs Élysées is one of the roads leading from the arch de Triomphe and provides an excellent photographic backdrop.
The Champs Élysées means Elysian Fields from Greek mythology in reference to the afterlife or heaven.
• Cathédrale Notre-Dame
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The Cathedral is home to Holy Relics which are displayed on the first Friday of every month during dedicated worship ceremonies as well as Lent and Good Fridays.
The original spire was removed in 1786 and rebuilt in Oak covered with lead in the late 19th century.
• Musée du Louvre
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It is impossible to view everything in the Louvre in one day. If you were to spend just 30 seconds looking at each piece of art, it would take 100 days without sleep, breaks or mealtimes to see them all.
The Louvre Museum is not only the largest museum in the world but also the most visited with 10 million visitors very year.
Some people believe the Louvre Museum is haunted. It is allegedly haunted by a mummy named Belphegor who haunts the hallways.
• Tour Eiffel
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The Eiffel Tower was built as one of the main attractions for the 1889 World's Fair in Paris. The focus in 1889 was on huge constructions made from iron and/or steel.
It took 2 years, 2 months and 5 days to build the Eiffel Tower. It was started in late January 1887 and completed on 31st March 1889.
• Arc de Triomphe
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The Arc de Triomphe is a huge archway where 12 main road meet in the centre of Paris. One of the roads is the Champs Elysees.
Originally the French architect Charles Ribart had created plans for the construction of a three-tiered elephant.
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Napoleon commisioned the construction of the Arc on 15th August 1806. The day it was commisioned also happened to be Napoleon's birthday.
• Sacré-Coeur
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The Basilica of the Sacré-Coeur is located at the summit of the hill of Montmartre, on the right bank of the River Seine.
Montmartre, the hill on which the Sacré-Coeur stands, is translated as the "Mount of Martyrs".
The Sacré-Coeur Basilica is 85 metres long, 35 metres wide and 83 metres high.
