Paris - This City More Than Lives up to its Painted Images and Movie Myths, by Travelobe
London, UK (PRWEB) August 22, 2006 Two thousand years of shaping and reshaping have resulted in monumental building, sweeping avenues, grand esplanades and celebrated bridges, and many of its older buildings have survived intact, having been spared the ravages of flood and fire and saved from Hitler's intended destruction.
Yet for all the tremendous pomp and magnificence of its monuments, the city operates on a very human scale, with a walk around the riverside quais on a summer evening, the sound of blues in atmospheric cellar bars, or the ancient alleyways and cobbled lanes in the historic Latin Quarter and villagey Montmartre, Paris is a city to visit.
Architecturally, the Cath?drale de Notre-Dame, Sainte-Chapelle and the Palais du Louvre , provide a constant reminder of Paris's religious and royal past and the history of development and design reflects the power of the French state. For more information visit http://www.travelrobe.com/destination/France.
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