Friday, December 21, 2012
The name Paris derives from that of its earliest inhabitants, the
Gaulish tribe known as the Parisii.The city was called Lutetia (more
fully,Lutetia Parisiorum,"Lutetia of the Parisii") during the Roman
era of the 1st to the 6th century, but during the reign of Julian the Apostate
(360–363), the city was renamed Paris.Paris has many nicknames, but its most
famous is "La Ville-Lumière" "The City of Light"
The Eiffel Tower, which was built by the engineer Gustave Eiffel for the Universal Exhibition of 1889, comprises three floors and is 317 metres high. On top are radio and television transmitters serving Paris. The lift machinery located below ground level in the west and east pillars was installed in 1899, and is strangely reminiscent of the imaginary world of Jules Verne.
1st floor: 57 metres
Observatory logging the movements of the top of the Tower.The “Feroscope” provides details of the Tower's construction and protective paintwork.The Cineiffel space affords exceptional views of the Eiffel Tower.
Paris has
a Western European oceanic climate with four distinct season. Summers are
warm and – usually only for shorter periods – can be even extremely hot. Autumn
is cold and unpredictable, with sunny but chilly days or rainy days. Winters
are cold, but not extremely cold – usually it doesn’t reach sub-zero
temperatures. Snow is not too common, a little bit quite often falls. Spring,
again, is unpredictable with sunny and rainy days rotating, but on
nice days it can be very pleasant.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)