Chapter 33 French 3
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Les Alpes | Serve as the frontier of France and Italy and contain Mont Blanc |
| Les Pyrenees | separate france and spain |
| Le jura | Separates France and Switzerland |
| Les Vosges | Found in Alsace, next to Germany |
| Le Massif Central | Many extinct volcanoes |
| La seine | Is very navigable, and goes through Paris |
| La Loire | Is the longest, many castles, starts in les Massif Central, ends in Atlantic. |
| La Garonne | Starts in spain and ends in Atlantic |
| Le Rhone | Very rapid and turbulent, meets up with the saône at Lyon. It forms a delta called camargue. Hydroelectric Dams |
| Le Rhin | Separates France and Germany |
| Canal du midi | Mieux connus |
| La corse | Napoleon 1 was born here |
| La Bretagne | Lots of pêchers and marins(sailors), speak Celtic, has a holiday called pardons |
| La nourmandie | Known for dairy products (butter, cheese), guillame the conqueror conquered England, D-day |
| L'île-de-France | Where the king lived and where the central govt is today. Paris is in this province |
| L'Alsace and La Lourraine | Disputed between France and Germany. Alsace is agricultural. Lourraine is industrial with "mines de fer" |
| La provence | Lots of roman monuments. They speak Provençal. |
| La touraine | Nicknamed "garden of France". Many fruits, veggies. Many castles near the Loire |
| La Bourgogne and le Champagne | Are known for their wines |
| L'Auvergne | Has volcanoes |
| La savoie | Where the alps and Mont Blanc are |
| La flandre | Forms the border with Belgium |
| Paris | is divided by the seine into rive gauche and rive droite. It is also divided into 20 arrondissements. |
| La Louvre | la jaconde is here (mona lisa) |
| L`Hotel des invalides | the tomb of Napolean 1 |
| Le pantheon | a church honoring st. genevieve Also the graves of famous parisians: Voltaire, Marie Curie, Victor Hugo |
| Le musee de Cluny | contains art from the moyen age and the renaissance |
| La Madeleine | resembles a greek temple |
| La basilique | is on a small hill. |
| La Sainte-Chappelle | made for saint louis. Amazing stained glass (vitraux) |
| Le Jardin des Tuileries | is the king of france`s favorite garden |
| La Place de la Concorde | many people were guillotined here. |
| La place Charles de Gaule | 12 avenues meet at the arc of triumph here. Under the arc is the tomb of unknown soldiers and the eternal flame. |
| La place Vendôme | many elegant stores |
| La place de la bastille | a prison. la colonne de juillet is in the center, a monument to the people killed in the July revolution |
| La Tour Eiffel | built 1889, emits radio and TV rays |
| La Sourbonne | the oldest university in Paris |
| La cite universitaire | where french students live |
| La Concierge | an ancient prison |
| Le forum des halles | the oldest market central in paris |
| Les Galeries Lafayette, Le Bon Marché and Printemps | are all grand magasins (big stores) |
| Versailles | The palace constructed for Louis XIV |
| Fountainbleau | The castle perferred by Napolean I |
| L`Avenue des Champs-Élysées | goes through la place de concorde and la place charles de gaulle |
| Les Quais | runs alongside the Seine |
| Two Airports in Paris | Charles-de-gaulle, Orly |
| T.G.V. | Train a grand vitesse. connects paris with 50 other cities, 5 in switzlerland. |
| le metro | is underground |
| L`eurotunnel | connects London, England with Paris, France. It goes under la mance (mediterranean) |
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