The Pont Alexandre III is Paris’s most elegant, grandiose, and sumptuous bridge: one of the most beautiful river crossings in the world. It was built for the Exposition Universelle of 1900, an international world’s fair that introduced talking films, escalators, Russian nesting dolls, wireless telegraphy (radio), and the most powerful telescope ever built. Rudolf Diesel exhibited his new combustion engine which ran only on peanut oil, and the city staged the first Olympic Games outside of Greece. The fair introduced the Art Nouveau style into popular culture and for the first time electric lights illuminated the City of Light.
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A bridge = un pont
Some boats = Certains bateaux
The Eiffel Tower = La Tour Eiffel
A plaque = Une plaque
A river = Une rivière
The Tuileries Gardens get their name from the tile factories which previously stood on the site where Queen Catherine de Medici built the Palais des Tuileries in 1564. The famous gardener of King Louis XIV, André Le Nôtre, re-landscaped the gardens in 1664 to give them their current French formal garden style. The gardens, which separate the Louvre from the Place de la Concorde, are a cultural walking place for Parisians and tourists where Maillol statues stand alongside those of Rodin or Giacometti. The gardens’ two ponds are perfect for relaxation. The Musée de l’Orangerie, where visitors can admire the works of Monet, is located south-west of Tuileries. From March to December, free tours in French are organized. For lovers of candyfloss, rides and thrills, go to the Fête des Tuileries from June to August.
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Tulips = des tulipes
A Ferris wheel = Une grande roue
A bird bath = Un bain d'oiseau
A cafe = Un café
Garden chairs = Chaises de jardin
Palace of Versailles,former French royal residence and centre of government, now a national landmark. It is located in the city of Versailles, Yvelines département, Île-de-France région, northern France, 10 miles (16 km) west-southwest of Paris. As the centre of the French court, Versailles was one of the grandest theatres of European absolutism.The original residence was primarily a hunting lodge and private retreat forLouis XIII(reigned 1610–43) and his family. In 1624 the king entrustedJacques Lemercierwith the construction of achâteauon the site. Its walls are preserved today as the exterior facade overlooking the Marble Court.
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A black and white floor = Un plancher en noir et blanc
Situated on the border between Saint-Germain-des-Prés and the Latin Quarter, the Luxembourg Gardens, inspired by the Boboli Gardens in Florence, were created upon the initiative of Queen Marie de Medici in 1612. The gardens, which cover 25 hectares of land, are split into French gardens and English gardens. Between the two, lies a geometric forest and a large pond. There is also an orchard with a variety of old and forgotten apples, an apiary for you to learn about bee-keeping and greenhouses with a collection of breathtaking orchids and a rose garden. The garden has 106 statues spread throughout the park, the monumental Medici fountain, the Orangerie and the Pavillon Davioud. There are many activities and facilities for children such as puppets, rides and slides. Adults, whether they are Parisians or tourists, can play chess, tennis, and bridge or remote control boats. The cultural programme is characterized by free photography exhibitions on the garden railings and by concerts in the bandstand.
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Palm trees = palmiers
Pink carnations = oeillets roses
Peonies = pivoines
Roses = des roses
Lilys = fleurs de lys
The Musée d'Orsayis a museum in Paris, France, on the left bank of the Seine. It is housed in the former Gare d'Orsay, a Beaux-Arts railway station built between 1898 and 1900. The museum holds mainly French art dating from 1848 to 1914, including paintings, sculptures, furniture, and photography. It houses the largest collection of impressionist and post-Impressionist masterpieces in the world, by painters including Monet,Manet, Degas, Renoir, Cézanne, Seurat, Sisley, Gauguin and Van Gogh. Many of these works were held at the Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume prior to the museum's opening in 1986. It is one of the largest art museums in Europe.
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A golden clock = une horloge d'or
Van Gogh’s Self-Portrait = Autoportrait de Van Gogh
Bal du moulin de la Galette = Bal du moulin de la Galette
Van Gogh's starry night = nuit étoilée sur le Rhône par Van Gogh
The Seine = la Seine
The Palais Garnier is a 1,979-seat opera house, which was built from 1861 to 1875 for the Paris Opera. It was originally called the Salle des Capucines, because of its location on the Boulevard des Capucines in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, but soon became known as the Palais Garnier, in recognition of its opulence and its architect, Charles Garnier. The theatre is also often referred to as the Opéra Garnier and historically was known as the Opéra de Paris or simply the Opéra,[7] as it was the primary home of the Paris Opera and its associated Paris Opera Ballet until 1989, when the Opéra Bastille opened at the Place de la Bastille.The Paris Opera now mainly uses the Palais Garnier for ballet. The Palais Garnier is "probably the most famous opera house in the world, a symbol of Paris likeNotre Dame Cathedral, theLouvre, or theSacré Coeur Basilica.This is at least partly due to its use as the setting forGaston Leroux's 1910 novelThe Phantom of the Operaand, especially, the novel's subsequent adaptations in films andAndrew Lloyd Webber's popular1986 musical.Another contributing factor is that among the buildings constructed in Paris during theSecond Empire, besides being the most expensive,it has been described as the only one that is "unquestionably a masterpiece of the first rank.This opinion is far from unanimous however: the 20th-century French architectLe Corbusieronce described it as "a lying art" and contended that the "Garnier movement is a décor of the grave"
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A stage = une étape
A red curtain = un rideau rouge
Rows of seats = des rangées de sièges
A turquoise roof = un toit turquoise
Flags = des drapeau
Heard:
Opera music = musique d'opéra
Qu'est-ce que tu as fait?
Au garnier palais, j'ai regardé un spectacle d'opéra.
Les Invalidescommonly known as Hôtel national des Invalides (The National Residence of the Invalids), or also asHôtel des Invalides, is a complex of buildings in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France, containing museums and monuments, all relating to the military history of France, as well as a hospital and a retirement home for war veterans, the building's original purpose. The buildings house the Musée de l'Armée, the military museum of the Army of France, the Musée des Plans-Reliefs, and theMusée d'Histoire Contemporaine, as well as the Dôme des Invalides, a large church with the burial site for some of France's war heroes, most notably Napoleon Bonaparte.
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Lamp posts = lampadaires
A gold roof = Un toit d'or
Bushes = des buissons
A pond = un étang
Cannons = canons
