It would be most difficult to produce a Paris Travel and Information Guide without including the Eiffel Tower. The Eiffel was designed by Gustave Eiffel. Tower construction was started in 1887 and was completed in 1889. It has been the official and unofficial symbol of Paris ever since.
The tower is actually 324 meters high, if [...]
VirtualTourist.com just released a list of the Top 10 Ugliest Buildings and Monuments and the Montparnasse Tower in Paris is listed as the #2 ugliest building. I have to concur, as the City of Lights is known for some fantastic architecture, but this stick in the middle of the Parisian landscape just looks extremely [...]
This is a pretty decent Youtube video giving the viewer about a 3 minute history of the Notre Dame Episcopal cathedral in Paris, France. I’m not sure if the video is old, or if it’s just produced to make it look a little older, but it does give the overview a nice look on the [...]