MONUMENTS OF FRANCE

MONUMENTS DE FRANCE
 FLAME OF LIBERTY
§ The Flame of Liberty (Flamme de la Liberté) in Paris is a full-
sized, gold-leaf-covered replica of the flame of the torch
from the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World),
Flame of located at the entrance to the harbor of New York City since
Liberty 1886.
§ The monument, which measures approximately 3.5 metres in
height, is a sculpture of a flame, executed in gilded copper,
supported by a pedestal of gray-and-black marble
 EIFFEL TOWER
§ The Eiffel Tower French: tour Eiffel is a wrought-iron
lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France.
Eiffel tower
§ It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose
company designed and built the tower
 Château de Chenonceau
§ The Château de Chenonceau is a French château spanning the
Château de River Cher, near the small village of Chenonceaux in the
Indre-et-Loire département of the Loire Valley in France.
Chenonceau §
§ It is one of the best-known châteaux of the Loire valley.
 CONCIERGERIE
§ The Conciergerie is a building in Paris, France, located on the
west of the Île de la Cité, formerly a prison but presently
used mostly for law courts.
§ It was part of the former royal palace, the Palais de la Cité,
which consisted of the Conciergerie, Palais de Justice and the
Sainte-Chapelle.
§ Hundreds of prisoners during the French Revolution were taken
from the Conciergerie to be executed by guillotine at a
number of locations around Paris
 ARC DE TRIOMPHE
§ Arc de Triomphe Is one of the most famous monuments in Paris,
France, standing at the western end of the Champs-Élysées at the
centre of Place Charles de Gaulle, formerly named Place de l’Étoile
—the étoile or “star” of the juncture formed by its twelve radiating
avenues.

§ The Arc de Triomphe honours those who fought and died for France in
the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, with the names of all
French victories and generals inscribed on its inner and outer
surfaces.
 MERCI BEAUCOUP!
Par Ms. Shirin et Prathmesh