A Thousand Words.

France

Eiffel Tower - no trip to Paris, however brief, is complete without a visit to the Eiffel Tower. This towering edifice was built for the World Fair of 1889, held to commemorate the centenary of the French Revolution. Bridge & Palace - bridge of Alexander III with grand palais in the background.	France Year(s) of Visit: 2000, 2002 France, officially the French Republic (French, République Française), major industrialized nation in western Europe. France is the third largest country in Europe, after Russia and Ukraine, and the fourth most populous. Roughly hexagonal in shape, France shares boundaries with Belgium and Luxembourg to the northeast; Germany, Switzerland, and Italy to the east; and Spain and Andorra to the southwest. In the northwest, France is bounded by the English Channel. At the Strait of Dover, the narrowest part of the channel, France and England are separated by just 34 km. Full Country Name: French Republic Area: 543,965 sq km Capital City: Paris
The Louvre - this is one of the world’s largest museums and receives more than four million visitors annually. A vast glass pyramid, (ordered by President Mitterand in 1981 and designed by the architect I.M. Pei) marks the entrance to the museum.	Notre-Dame - this is the cathedral church of Paris. It is considered to be the noblest achievement of early Gothic architecture in all of France.
Arc Du Triumph - a monument devoted to Napoleons' and his generals' greatest victories.	Sien River - the even flow of this river is well suited to navigation and the river is an important water route to and from Paris.