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Eiffel tower

French words: Tour Eiffel , La Tour Eiffel
alternative words: Effel tower
keywords: building , paris , tourist resort
related web sites: http://www.tour-eiffel.fr , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower
explanation: Located on the southern shore of Seine river at "Champ de Mars" in Paris, Eiffel tower was designed by the architect, Gustave Eiffel for the universal exposition of 1889, 100 years anniversary of the French revolution. Initially built for only 20 years, an appearance of the radio diffusion saved Eiffel tower from the destruction. Eiffel tower owns 3 observatories, at 57m, 115m and 300m, and the total height is 324m, including a television antenna.

European parliament

French words: Parlement Européen , Parlement de Strasbourg
alternative words: Strasbourg parliament
keywords: building
related topics: Strasbourg
related web sites: http://www.europarl.eu.int
explanation: A legislative body of European Union along with Council of Ministers, European parliament has 2 locations: one at Strasbourg for a monthly plenary session and one at Brussels for preparatory works. Since 1972, its members have been directly elected for 5 years by European citizens. Currently, the total number of seats is at 730, attributed near proportionally to the population of countries. A new building of European parliament of Strasbourg was inaugurated in December 1999 by the president, Jacques Chirac.

French national library

French words: Bibliothèque nationale , BNF , Bibliothèque François Mitterrand
alternative words: François Mitterrand library, National library
keywords: building , paris
related web sites: http://www.bnf.fr/default.htm , http://www.lexpress.fr/info/societe/dossier/bnf/dossier.asp?ida=428827
explanation: The old national library at Richelieu street built in 1868 becoming too small, French president Francois Metterand announced in 1988 the creation of a new library in southeastern Paris on the left bank of Seine river. The plan of Dominique Perrault has been selected but severely criticized because he wanted to range all the books in 4 towers of 79m and 22 floors. Anyway, after a huge budget surplus, the national library was completed in 1996. It contains 10 million books, among them 200 thousand rare books.

Gare d'Austerlitz

French words: Gare d'Austerlitz
alternative words: Austerlitz station, Paris Austerlitz station, Austerlitz railroad station
keywords: building , paris , transport
related topics: TGV , RER , Paris subway , Gare Montparnasse , SNCF , Orleans
related web sites: http://www.paris.org/Gares/Austerlitz/ , http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gare_d%27Austerlitz
explanation: Located on the left bank of Seine river in southeastern Paris near Botanic Garden, Gare d'Austerlitz was built in 1840 in order to serve Paris-Corbeil then Paris-Orleans line. The subsequent extension was designed by the architect Pierre-Louis Renaud between 1865-1868 but Parisians have never loved its metallic structure. The first subway line arrives in the second floor because it has then to cross over the Seine. After an opening of Atlantic TGV line, many passengers has passed to Montparnasse station.

Gare de l'Est

French words: Gare de l'Est
alternative words: Eastern station, East station, East railroad station, Paris east station
keywords: building , paris , transport
related topics: TGV , RER , Strasbourg , Paris subway , Gare du Nord , SNCF
related web sites: http://www.paris.org/Gares/de.l.Est/ , http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gare_de_l%27Est
explanation: Locate at northern end of Strasbourg avenue just near Gare du Nord, Gare de l'Est was built between 1847-1850 by the architect François-Alexandre Duquesney in order to serve Paris-Strasbourg line functioning since 1844. Its western wing, original of this epoch, is decorated with a statue of Strasbourg while the eastern wing, a statue of Verdun. In 1883, the first Orient Express departed from there. After an opening of the line E of RER, it has lost many passengers, waiting for the arrival of Eastern TGV.

Gare de Lyon

French words: Gare de Lyon
alternative words: Lyon station, Lyon railroad station, Gare de Lyon station, Paris Lyon station
keywords: building , paris , transport
related topics: Lyon , TGV , Paris subway , RER , SNCF
related web sites: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gare_de_Lyon_%28Paris%29 , http://www.paris.org/Gares/Lyon/
explanation: Located in eastern Paris on the right bank of the Seine, the railroad station "Gare de Lyon" was built in 1855 as a terminus for Lyon and Mediterranean region. In order to host the world exposition of 1900, the station was enlarged between 1895-1902 by Marius Toudoire as architect. A clock tower, the restaurant "train bleu" and the 1st Paris subway station were also added at the same time. In 1977, The line A of RER for the eastern Paris suburb was opened. Since 1981, Paris-Lyon TGV has been served there.

Gare du Nord

French words: Gare du Nord
alternative words: North station, North railroad station, Northern station, Gare du nord station, Paris North station
keywords: building , paris , transport
related topics: TGV , Paris subway , RER , Eurostar , SNCF , Lille
related web sites: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gare_du_Nord_%28Paris%29 , http://www.paris.org/Gares/Nord/
explanation: Located in northern Paris, the station "Gare du Nord" was built in 1846 in order to serve the northern France like Lille and Amiens, and London. Becoming quickly too small, it was enlarged between 1861-1865 by Jacques Hittorff as architect who put 23 statues on the front, each representing a destination city. In 1906-1908, the subway which links the north and south Paris arrived. The line B of RER for De Gaulle airport was opened in 1981. The northern TGV and Eurostar have been served there since 1993-1994.

Gare Montparnasse

French words: Gare Montparnasse
alternative words: Montparnasse station, Montparnasse railroad station, Gare Montparnasse station
keywords: building , paris , transport
related topics: Montparnasse tower , TGV , Paris subway , SNCF
related web sites: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gare_Montparnasse , http://perso.wanadoo.fr/roland.arzul/etat/paris/montparnasse.htm , http://www.paris.org/Gares/Montparnasse/
explanation: Located in southern Paris, the station "Gare Montparnasse" was built in 1840 at the end of Rennes street with the name of "Gare de l'Ouest". Becoming quickly too small, it was replaced by the architect Victor Lenoir between 1848-1852. In 1895, an arriving locomotive fell from the 2nd floor to the street. The old station had survived until 1960's when a skyscraper "Montparnasse tower" and a new station hundreds meters backward were built by a new urbanization. Since 1990, Atlantic TGV has been served there.

Gare Saint Lazare

French words: Gare Saint Lazare
alternative words: Saint Lazare station, Saint Lazare railroad station, Gare Saint Lazare station
keywords: building , paris , transport
related topics: Paris subway
related web sites: http://www.paris.org/Gares/Saint.Lazare/ , http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gare_Saint-Lazare
explanation: Built in 1837 in northwestern Paris near a department store district, "Gare Saint Lazare" is the oldest railroad station of Paris. Becoming too small, it was successively enlarged between 1841-1843 and between 1851-1853. The station scene has been immortalized by Monet's painting "Gare Saint Lazare" in 1877. The present station was built by Juste Lisch between 1885-1889 for the occasion of 1889's world exposition and presents a 17th century Beaux-Arts style frontage with the direct link to a terminus hotel.

La Defense

French words: La Défense , Paris La Défense
alternative words: Paris La Defense
keywords: building , locality , paris , paris suburb
related topics: RER
related web sites: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_D%C3%A9fense , http://www.paris-tourisme.com/monuments/defense/ , http://monputeaux.free.fr/ladefense/
explanation: Situated on the western suburb of Paris over 3 towns (Puteaux, Nanterre and Courbevoie), La Defense is the biggest business district in Europe with 150000 workers. In order to cope a lack of office buildings in Paris, the government planed to remodel this area in 1950's. Though the first generation of towers were limited to 100m high, since 1980's, many modern buildings have been added like "Quatre Temps" and "Grande Arche" which prolongs the historic axis. You can get to La Defense by the line A of RER.

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