paris

     

Coorinates: 48°52′0″N, 2°19′59″E

Trivia about paris

  • 12 avenues radiate from Place Charles de Gaulle in this city
  • Roland Petit danced with this city's Opera Ballet before he co-founded the Ballets des Champs-Elysees
  • En Francais, the title of an 1831 work is "Notre-Dame de" zis city
  • The shape & design of the modern bow were developed by Francois Tourte in this city
  • In 1847 Louis Cartier founded an elegant jewelry firm in this capital city
  • French authorities may build another airport for this city already served by Orly & De Gaulle
  • In 1914 German troops came within 15 miles of this capital before being repulsed at the Marne
  • Paris,Madrid,Rome
  • It was founded by the Gauls as a fishing settlement in the Seine River in the 3rd century B.C.
  • The Auteuil & Longchamp racecourses lie in the Bois de Boulogne, a well-known park in this capital
  • If you've flown to this world capital you most likely landed at Orly or Charles de Gaulle Airport
  • While vacationing in this city, you might stop by the Pere-Lachaise cemetery to pay your respects to Chopin & others
  • Georges Bizet was born on Oct. 25, 1838 in this capital & was admitted to its conservatory by age 10
  • This capital is the home of the Bourbon Palace, the meeting place of the French National Assembly
  • Korean conductor Myung-Whun Chung was named music director of this city's Opera de la Bastille in 1989
  • (Sofia of the Clue Crew in Albuquerque) Andre Garnerin made the first parachute jump from a balloon in 1797 when he jumped over this capital city
  • 1972:Brando prefers anonymity in "Last Tango in ___"
  • Charles de Gaulle
  • Maurice Utrillo was famous for his paintings of this city, especially of Montmartre
  • In 1257, Robert de Sorbonne opened a college of theology in this European city
  • Berlioz neglected his medical studies in this capital, preferring to spend his nights at the opera
  • The cancan was popularized in this city's dance halls in the 1830s
  • In the 1920s, a "generation" of young American writers were "lost" in this European city
  • At 420 feet, Montmartre on the right bank is this city's highest natural point
  • Oui, oui! The University of Heidelberg was modeled on the University of this city
  • Cole Porter loved this "timeless town" "every moment of the year"
  • Cole Porter wrote, "Why, oh why do I love" this city? "Because my love is near"
  • Dancing at Le Balajo on the Rue de Lappe
  • This capital is located at the head of ship navigation on the Seine River
  • "Wax" nostalgic (or is that nostalgique?) at Musee Grevin, this capital's answer to Madame Tussaud's
  • I've bought us 2 tickets, my love, to this "City of Light" where we'll visit the domed Pantheon & the Bourbon Palace
  • Claude Bessy, director of this European capital's Opera Ballet School, won a 1997 award
  • The Eiffel Tower is one of the dramatic landmarks in this European capital city
  • French president Nicolas Sarkozy was born Jan. 28, 1955 in this city's 17th arrondissement
  • The Trojan War started after this son of Hecuba abducted Helen
  • In 1253 Robert de Sorbon founded a school of theology in this city
  • The knicknacks seen here were part of the Benmania resulting from his arrival in this city [audio]
  • She declared "America is my country", this European city "is my hometown"
  • In this European city the locals call the Boulevard Saint-Michel the "Boul' Miche" for short
  • Architect Jules Hardouin-Mansart designed the Church of the Dome in the Invalides in this city
  • Foucault hung his pendulum from the dome of the Pantheon in this city
  • Although Emile Zola's gravestone still rests at this city's Cimetiere de Montmartre, his body was moved to the Pantheon
  • In 1949 Pol Pot went to study radio electronics in this city where he ended up joining the French Communist Party
  • In a Paul Gallico title, "Mrs. 'arris Goes to" this European city
  • The famous Gustave Caillebotte painting seen here depicts this city on a rainy day
  • Hitler asked, "Is" this city "burning?" on August 25, 1944, the day it was liberated
  • La Tour D' Argent in this city's 5th arrandissement is world famous for its pressed duck
  • The treaties ending the Seven Years, Crimean & Spanish-American Wars were signed in this city
  • Thomas Appleton said, "Good Americans, when they die, go to" this European city
  • The university of this city is split into 13 branches; 3 were formed from the Sorbonne
  • He was the judge of a divine beauty contest
  • The musical "Les Mis" didn't debut on Broadway but in this city, its setting
  • Mimosa, mayflower & musk mingle in this, Yves St. Laurent's "capital" perfume
  • After some miserable months in Vienna, Chopin arrived in this city, another musical mecca, in September 1831
  • Sans wind, this capital was so choked with le smog Oct. 1, 1997 that it banned half its motorists from driving
  • In 1831 Victor Hugo published a novel whose title translates to "Our Lady of" this
  • Societe Generale bank has built towers in the La Defense section of this city
  • Quelle Surprise! Yo-Yo Ma & Kathie Lee Gifford were both born in this city
  • He abducted Helen
  • In 1782, a preliminary treaty ending the Revolution was signed in this European city
  • Romantics all know / Rude waiters cannot obscure / "City of Light"'s glow
  • The first French daily newspaper was the Journal de this city, founded in 1777
  • Oui, oui! Miro created a ceramic wall for the UNESCO building in this city in 1958
  • Eiffel Tower Restaurant,Le Provencal
  • A prophecy before he was born said he would be the ruin of Troy, & he was!
  • Founded in 1875, the International Bureau of Weights & Measures is headquartered in Sevres near this capital
  • Almost a century later you can still use Hector Guimard's entrances to this city's Metro stations
  • Cole Porter wrote that this city "loves lovers, for lovers it's heaven above"
  • It's the capital city where "Carmen" composer Georges Bizet was born in 1838
  • (Here's the Phantom.) City in which I made my home
  • In 1970 this capital's Place de L'Etoile was renamed Place Charles de Gaulle
  • Charles Baudelaire
  • In "Henry VI, Part 1" it's a setting; in "Romeo and Juliet" it's a suitor for Juliet's hand
  • Little did Thomas' daughter Patsy know she'd be played by Gwyneth Paltrow in "Jefferson in" this city
  • Oui, oui! "Ari" Onassis rendezvoused with Maria Callas in this capital
  • Pierre L'Enfant's grand plan for Washington, D.C. was reminiscent of this capital city, his birthplace
  • It's the capital city where "Carmen" composer Georges Bizet was born in 1838
  • ...of Clovis I, who made this city the Frankish capital in the 6th century
  • In 1810 a fake Arc de Triomphe was erected in this city; the real one for Marie Louise's triumphal entry wasn't ready
  • There's a drawing of the first manned balloon flight as seen from Ben Franklin's place in this foreign city
  • Since Helen was under a spell, this Trojan persuaded her to elope with him
  • Lawrence campaigned for Arab independence at the post-WWI peace conference of this city
  • Arthur Rimbaud was just 15 when his first poem appeared in a review published in this world capital
  • Cole Porter loved this city "in the springtime" & in every other season as well
  • General Von Choltitz, military commander of this European capital, wouldn't follow Hitler's orders to burn it
  • The artist Brassai is famous for photos of this European "City of Light" at night
  • Orly
  • Ms. Hilton, population 2.1 million
  • The first manned free balloon flight was over this city
  • Catherine Deneuve
  • Helen's beau & Priam's son
  • The Parquet is the main trading area of this city's Bourse, founded in 1141
  • "Les Mis" is probably the most famous musical set partly in the sewers of this city
  • France
  • Marcel Proust
  • Antoine-Joseph Sax patented his famous reed instrument in this French city
  • Victor Hugo's "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"
  • While on a late night stroll, window shop or stop at a cafe along the boulevards of this city
  • "The City of Light"
  • Captial city where you'll find the Luxembourg Palace next to the Luxembourg Gardens
  • In 1925 Fitzgerald first met Ernest Hemingway in a bar in this European city
  • Oscar Wilde, Chopin, & Sarah Bernhardt are buried in this city known for its beautiful cemeteries
  • This world capital has the same name as a character in "Romeo and Juliet"
  • Brittanica says its 4,082 streets range in size from 394-foot-wide avenue Foch to 8-foot-wide rue du Chat-qui-Peche
  • He deserted his beloved water nymph, Oenone, to run off with Helen of Troy
  • The world exposition held in this European capital in 1900 attracted over 40 million visiteurs
  • (Jane Bodle sings part of a song from "Les Miserables") The Tony-winning musical "Les Miserables" is set mainly in this city
  • You'll have to pay in francs to purchase the arc seen here in this European capital city
  • This city's new Opera Bastille is almost 30 stories, 10 of which are underground
  • The symphony known as La Poule or "The Hen" is one of the 6 named for this capital city
  • 2010 brought Travolta as a spy in "From ____ with Love"
  • He deserted Oenone, a nymph, to run off with Helen of Troy
  • Meyerbeer's opera "Les Huguenots" takes place in 1572 in Touraine & in this capital city
  • In the painting seen here, Édouard Manet showed himself and others in this city's Tuileries Gardens
  • Also a capital city, he fired the arrow into Achilles' heel
  • Rejected lover whose last words are "If thou be merciful, open the tomb, lay me with Juliet"
  • Robespierre
  • Thomas was staying just outside this European city July 14, 1789, so he knew of the big events there
  • Thomas Jefferson didn't attend the Constitutional Convention; he was in this city
  • A speedy TGV will take you from this other European capital to Bern in just about 4 1/2 hours
  • In chap. V of "The Sun Also Rises", horse-chestnut trees are in bloom in this city's Luxembourg Gardens
  • (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a photograph on the monitor.) Long exposures made quickly-moving objects disappear; here, in 1838, a man standing still getting a shoe shine is the first known human to be photographed; he was in this capital where photography was largely invented
  • The Cluny Museum in this world capital was once the town residence of the Abbots of Cluny
  • Joris K. Huysmans held a dark view of this "City of Light": he called it "a sinister Chicago"
  • Founded in the 600s A.D., the oldest hospital still in existence is the Hotel Dieu in this city
  • Calvin fled this capital city in 1533 & Hobbes went there after fleeing England in 1640
  • The university of this city grew out of the cathedral schools of Notre Dame
  • Athena promised him wisdom & victory in all battles if he judged her the fairest goddess
  • Madeline is one of "twelve little girls in two straight lines" who attend a school in this city
  • Quite an eyeful, he's the guy Juliet dumps for Romeo
  • Alexander I entered this foreign capital city in triumph in March, 1814
  • Taken from a question Hitler asked: "Is ____ Burning?"
  • On the album "Court and Spark", Joni Mitchell lamented that she once felt better as "A free man" in this city
  • Chapter 1 of "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas" is entitled "Before I Came To" this city
  • In 1783 Ben Franklin said "Deal!" & signed the peace treaty of this city, ending the Revolutionary War
  • 508:Clovis I establishes this city as the capital of the Merovingian kingdom
  • Springtime is a nice time to visit this Texas city that boasts a 65-foot replica of the Eiffel Tower
  • Montparnasse is one of this capital city's Left Bank districts
  • In exile, Lenin ran a training school for Russian revolutionists at Longjumeau, a suburb of this capital city
  • Eugene Atget's 1st wide recognition for photographing this capital was when Man Ray chose his work for publication
  • This son of Priam was raised as a shepherd after his mom learned in a vision he would cause the fall of Troy
  • Playwright Samuel Beckett
  • Models, gendarmes & a Tour de France cyclist appear in the Gershwin ballet "An American in" this city
  • This Trojan prince awarded Aphrodite a golden apple over Hera & Athena in a beauty contest
  • In 1948, fed up with the U.S., James Baldwin moved to this city for good
  • In different plays, it's the name shared by men linked with Helen of Troy & with Juliet
  • The frugal traveler suggests saving in this city by getting around on its metro or its Velib bike rental system
  • Former French prime minister Alain Juppe was found guilty of corruption for the misuse of this city's funds
  • The first manned untethered hot air balloon ride covered 5.5 miles over this capital