et voilà, comme mes cousins sont venus passer un week-end à Paris, j'ai eu l'occasion de faire à nouveau le touriste. Au menu: le sacré-Coeur, puis le Trocadéro, le Champs de Mars, les Invalides, les illuminations des Champs Elysées, et enfin, l'Arc de Triomphe. Si vous voulez des informations historiques sur les différents bâtiments, il faut lire les commentaires en Anglais! Mais vous savez déjà tout, non? :)
As my cousins came to Paris for a week-end, it's been the occasion for me to tour some more in the most beautiful city in the world! The white church is called Sacré-coeur (holy-heart in English), its architecture is pretty uncommon in France. It has been built after the defeat of 1871 against the prussians to honor the victims of the war.
Then we went to the Eiffel tower (Trocadéro side) and then walked to the other side (Champs-de-Mars).
Then, we walked to Les Invalides, which was built in the XVII-th century to host disabled vets of the French army. Several military commanders are burried there too, the most famous one being Napoleon. As we walked through the building, there was a military ceremony (boring!).
Then we walked to the most famous avenue in paris, Les Champs Elysées, which is very beautiful with all the (low-energy, for the first time!) lights all along the avenue.
At the end of the avenue, there is the Arc-de-Triomphe, which is the grave of the unknow soldier, which was randomly chosen to represent all the victims of world-war I which could not be identified. In between the pilars, the eternal flame is lighted every evening, as a symbol of remembrance.
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| 2007_12_01 - Sacré coeur - Trocadéro - Invalides - Champs Elysées |
