Paris Vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Population | 11,000,000 |
| arrondissements | 20 districts in france |
| la seine | the river that runs through Paris |
| la rive droite | the right bank of the seine |
| la rive gauche | the left bank of the seine |
| Montmartre | Neighborhood in the north of paris. Has Sacred Heart church. |
| Quartier Latin | Latin neighborhood |
| La Sorbonne | a large university in le Quartier Latin part of Paris |
| Ponts | points of the seine |
| Pont Neuf | Paris |
| Le Musée du Louvre | A former palace, now the most important museum of France. Houses Mona Lisa. Entrance is a pyramid of glass. |
| La Victoire de Samothrace | well-known ancient Greek sculpture in the Louvre |
| La Joconde | Mona Lisa |
| L'hôtel des invalides | contains Napoleon's tomb and a military museum |
| La Pantheon | the Burial place for many important French people |
| Le Centre Pompidou/beaubourg | est un musée moderne qui a été construit en 1977 |
| Le Musée d'Orsay | museum of nineteenth century art |
| La Cathédrale de Notre-Dame | Gothic architecture. Built on the site where a roman temple stood. It is known for its flying buttresses. It was built from 1160 to 1330. |
| La Madeleine | ... |
| Sacré Coeur | ... |
| Le bois de Boulogne | ... |
| Le Jarding des Tuileries | ... |
| Le Jarding du Luxembourg | ... |
| La Place de la Concorde | ... |
| La place charles de gaule | ... |
| La place de l'étoile | ... |
| La Place de l'Opéra | ... |
| La place de la Bastille | ... |
| La Défense | ... |
| La tour Eiffel | ... |
| Les Halles | ... |
| Les Champs-Elysées | ... |
| La tour Montparnasse | ... |
| Le métro | ... |
| R.E,R | ... |
| Charles de Gaulle | ... |
| Orly | ... |
| TGV | ... |
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