Allons à Paris!
Le Panthéon
A church built for the patron Saint of Paris: St. Geneviève. Now has many famous French tombs inside.
Le Quartier Latin
A neighborhood on the left bank known for intellectuals/students and where the Sorbonne University is located.
Sainte Chapelle
a chapel on the Ile de la cite with famous gothic stained glass windows
le musée du Louvre
a former palace that houses ancient treasures and paintings (ex: la Joconde = Mona Lisa)
les Galeries Lafayette
a major department store
Versailles
a palace built by Louis XIV
le Musée d'Orsay
a restored train station that is now an Impressionist museum
un bateau mouche
an excursion boat that offers tours of Paris via la Seine
Saint Denis
first bishop of Paris who, according to legend, picked up his head after being beheaded and kept walking with it
la Défense
international business neighborhood with skyscrapers and a HUGE arch, actually an office building
la Tour Eiffel
large metal structure built in 1889 by Gustave Eiffel for the World's Fair/Paris Exposition
le Sacré Coeur
large white basilica in Montmartre that overlooks the whole city
la Rive Gauche
left bank, south of the river
Notre-Dame de Paris
majestic gothic cathedral made famous by Victor Hugo
les Invalides
military museum and hospital that houses Napoleon's red marble tomb
le Centre Pompidou
modern art museum built "inside out" in the 1970s
Montmartre
northern section of Paris known for its artists and bohemians
un arrondissement
one of the twenty administrative sections of Paris
la Place du Tertre
public square on top of Montmartre, with artists and cafés in its center
la Ville Lumière
the City of Light
la Marseillaise
the French national anthem
le tombeau du Soldat Inconnu
the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier located under the Arc de Triomphe
l'Arc de Triomphe
the arch built by Napoleon to commemorate his victories
l'Opéra
the ceiling of this theater was painted by Marc Chagall in 1964
l'avenue des Champs-Elysées
the famous avenue that stretches from la Place de la Concorde to la Place de Charles de Gaulle
la place de la Concorde
the largest, most beautiful square in Paris that has in its center the Egyptian obelisk
l'île de la Cité
the oldest part referred to as "the cradle (or center) of Paris"
la Rive Droite
the right bank, north of the river
la Seine
the river that flows through Paris and divides Paris into two sections
le métro
the subway
le Moulin Rouge
touristy night club marked by a red windmill; famous for the can-can dance
les Catacombes
tunnels under Paris; one section has 6-7 million human remains moved from cemeteries in the 1800s
La Conciergerie
used a prison during the French Revolution. Notable prisoners such as Marie Antoinette and Danton. Now a museum.
