Friday, December 21, 2012

Etymology And Info


  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"

   Paris is the capital and largest city of France. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region. The city of Paris, within its administrative limits (the 20 arrondissements), has a population of about 2,200,000.Its metropolitan area is one of the largest population centres in Europe, with more than 12 million inhabitants.
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Landmarks OF Paris


   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.

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Paris Maps


There's a lot of maps for paris and this some of them

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Location: Paris, France

Paris Weather



   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.

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Paris Videos




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