Paris, City Shines with Remarkable History

Paris, being the most popular and favorable city in Europe, attracts hundreds and thousands of tourists to worship its indescribable charm. Paris is said to have witnessed the glory of Bourbon, the chaos of French Revolution and the rise of French Communism. Moreover, being the capital of France as well as located at the center of Europe, Paris has bred numerous outstanding philosophers, artists, musicians and politicians in the history.

I am a girl who is crazy about art, fashion, cuisine and romance so that you can tell how much Paris fits my appetite. From the grand Palace of Versailles to the shrine of trendy fashion industry Champs Elysees, from another top 4 largest Musee du Louvre ,the tallest structure in Paris-- Eiffel Tower to the muse of the famed opera Hunchback of Notre Dame Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris or from the Arc de Triomphe that recorded the glory of Napoleon Empire to the Pont des Arts that locked the love and the memory of countless lovers, Paris is a place that can amaze me in every subtleties.

At the Front Gate of Versailles

I have visited Paris twice but it's a pity for not spending long enough each time. I went to Paris at the same year as I travelled to the United Kingdom seven years ago. For me, the palace in France is similar to that of Buckingham Palace in UK but it was not until I saw the Palace of Versailles that I totally change my "bias". Palace of Versailles was painted by golden paint and constructed with white large marble. Although it is imaginable to build such a grand architecture nowadays, you can still see the astounding efforts and resources that the French Monarch had put in to build this magnificent masterpiece in order to claim the nation's power.

The Icon of Louis XIV, King of the Sun

Palace of Versailles has owned by several emperors and regimes but the most notable one is definitely Louis XIV who named himself le Roi Soleil (King of the Sun in French). Louis XIV believed that he was the greatest and the most powerful emperor in the Europe (the most developed region far surpassed other places in the world at the time). Therefore, you can find the symbol on the left hand side appears almost everywhere from the furnitures to the ceilings and the top of the font gate of the palace to claim his right over the Versailles. His reign of more than 70 years is the longest of any monarch in European History. However, the construction of the Versailles also posed a threat to the French government's finances and led to the fall of Bourbon. 

Arc de Triomphe

Paris is not only SUPER for this architecture but also the famous Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe. You can see plenty of tourists tried to capture the very best picture with those beautiful and iconic historical architectures. (I am one of those crazy tourists too!!!)


Arc de Triomphe is situated at the end of Champs Elysees so the atmosphere of the avenue is a mixture of old and new, historical and fashionable. It was really difficult to capture the whole building clearly and horizontally so I was sort of risking myself for this photo -- Arc de Triomphe with the sunset.   

In addition to the picture of Arc de Triomphe, I actually also push myself really far for a perfect picture with Eiffel Tower. I guess that I might have tried more than ten gestures and postures with Eiffel Tower for a profile picture of my Facebook!!! See how crazy I was in the picture below, trying to swallow the cute little tower!!!!!!

With the Cute Little Eiffel Tower

Other than the Palace of Versailles, actually there is another palace which is far older in Paris, it is the Musee du Louvre. Needless to say, Musee du Louvre is another museum paralleled with those notable counterparts in the world of arts: the Met in New York City and the British Museum in London. Being as one of the top 4 largest museum, Musee du Louvre also has wide ranges of collections which across all the regions in the world. Differ from other mega museums, Musee du Louvre features more on paintings and sculptures collections. The must see collection is no longer the Egyptian heritages but the one that you definitely have heard of before-- Mona Lisa. Although this unmatched masterpiece is really small in size, you need no instruction to find where it exhibits. Each year, endless visitors come to Musee du Louvre only to worship and take a glimpse of Mona Lisa.

Louvre Pyramid

Except for those extraordinary pieces of arts, outside Musee du Louvre is another outstanding work of architecture-- the Louvre Pyramid. Louvre Pyramid was designed by American born Chinese designer-- I.M. Pei. The pyramid not only protrudes upward from the ground but it can also be appreciated from the underground of the museum. The Pyramid is transparent so the sunlight can penetrate the pyramid to the underground museum and the light can present you clearly the complex structure of Louvre Pyramid.