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France famous attractions
The Louvre Museum is situated in Paris and attracts many visitors every year (more then 8 million visitors only in 2009). It is one of the most famous tourist attraction in France. This historic monument is one of the largest museum in the world. It was buit in 1793 and it is situated just in the center of Paris. It has a great art collection, with works of art dating from the time of the antique civilisations. This is the place where Leonardo’s Da Vinci “Mona Lisa” is exposed. There are also some famous antiquities, like the egyptian “Head of King Djedefre”. There is also some Islamic Art revealed to the public like the “Baptistery of Saint-Louis”. There are also some sculture exponants like “Daniel in the Lions' Den”. Leonardo Da Vinci as some other famous paintings showed here, like “ Virgin and Child with St. Anne ”.
The Eiffel Tower is the symbol of France and I don’t think it is a single tourist that visits France and don’t go to Paris to see and make a photo of the Eiffel Tour. The Eiffel Tower was buid in 2 years during 1887 and 1889 andit is a engineering masterpieces, just like the Brooklyn Bridge etc. It was designed by the french man Gustave Eiffel (of who’s name he got), to be a observation tower. In fact it is the higher buiding from Paris, but it is more then an observation tower, it is a monument. It is believed that the Eiffel Tower, even if the torists have to pay to climb in it, it is the most visited monument of all times. It is so famous that it even haves 30 replicas all over the world, including in Nevada (United States), Guangdong (China) or in Varna, in Bulgaria. The tower even has 2 restaurants to serve its guests. For ten years now it has some flashing lights added, so it is great to see even at night.
The Château de Fontainebleau or the Palace of Fontainebleau is the biggest castle of France. Near the Château de Fontainebleau is situated the Forest of Fontainebleau, a national park. In the past the royal families came to the castle when they wanted to hunt, but the Château de Fontainebleau is now an luxurious buiding. The tourists are interested about the elegant ballroom, but they also have fun when they walk in the forest and explore the nature that surrounds them