Paris

Set up as 1889 by Gustave Eiffel on the occasion of the World Fair, the speedboat of which she was, the Eiffel Tower, of its 350 metres high, stays the up Paris in the edges of the Seine.

The edges of the Seine remain an ideal place for walking: besides the charm of the river, occupied by barges, you will meet numerous monuments among which of the magnificent bridges. For the lovers of books, make a stop with these small wooden green boxes which conceal treasures of the literature. It is naturally about bouquinistes.
Pedestrians, rollers, cyclists roam on ways on bank as soon as the beautiful days make their appearance, every on Sunday from 10 am till 5 pm.

A Specialized Agency of the United Nations, UNESCO works throughout the world for a peace founded on dignity and unity. Member States created the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in 1946 for the purpose of advancing, through the educational and scientific, cultural and communication relations of the peoples of the world, the objective of international peace and the common welfare of mankind.

Inaugurated in 1958, the international headquarters of UNESCO is the most international building in Paris, both in terms of the membership of the Organization it houses (currently standing at 186 States) and in terms of its construction, for it is the combined work of the American Breuer, the Italian Nervi and the Frenchman Zehrfuss.

In 1670, King Louis XIV adopted the plans of Libéral Bruant for the construction of a hospital for invalided soldiers, otherwise condemned to begging or theft. The works, the second most significant, after those of Versailles commenced in 1671. The Soldiers church opened in 1677. However, it was not until 1706 that the consecration of the royal church, celebrated for its gilded dome, marked the end of the work. Today the Dome of the Invalides contains the ashes of Napoleon brought back in 1840.