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Ile de France
Madame Gallaspie2008
L’Île de France
L’Île-de-France
• The original name of this area was Pays de France.– Pays evolved to mean nation– Change to île around 1387
• L’île-de-France can be viewed as an “island” delimited by the Oise, Seine, Marne, and Ourcq rivers.
Villes principales
• Paris• Meaux• Marne-la-Vallée• Melun• Fontainebleau• Chartres• Versailles• Giverny
Paris
Paris
• Paris was originally a small fishing village prone to flooding.
• The Romans invaded and controlled this area in 52 B.C.
• Romans named the city Lutecia which means “marshy place”.
• Paris is about 41 square miles big. (New York City is 321 miles in size; Cincinnati is 79.6 miles in size.)
La Tour Eiffel
The Eiffel Tower was built for the International Exhibition of Paris of 1889 commemorating the centenary of the French Revolution.
At 300 metres (320.75m including antenna), and 7000 tons, it was the world's tallest building until 1930.
La Tour Eiffel was almost torn down in 1909, but was saved because of its antenna - used for telegraphy at that time.
King’s Island
Our Eiffel Tower is only one third of the size of the original Tour Eiffel in Paris
Paris – Ile de la Cité is known as the cradle of Paris.
Notre Dame de Paris
Notre Dame de Paris
• The construction began in 1163 when Louis VII was king of France.
• The towers were completed around 1245, and the cathedral was completed around 1345.
• Notre Dame de Paris was among the first buildings in the world to use the flying buttress, the arched exterior supports.
Notre Dame de Paris
The setting of The Hunch Back of Notre Dame, Victor Hugo
Paris – la Seine
The second longest river in France, the Seine divides Paris into the left and right banks.
Paris – la Seineun bateau mouche
Paris - Le jardin du Luxembourg
This 55 acre park was designed in 1612. The palace was built for Marie de Medicis, mother to Louis XIII.
Paris – Le jardin du Luxembourg
Paris - Le Centre Pompidouhttp://www.cnac-gp.fr/
This modern art museum, named after French president Georges Pompidou, was constructed in 1977.
The critics have described the design of Pompidou museum as an “oil refinery in the centre of the city”.
La fontaine StravinskyParis – Centre Pompidou
Meaux
Meaux - Le fromage
Meaux – le fromage
Au Parc Astérix
Le Parc Astérix
Marne-la-Vallée
Marne-la-Vallée
Marne-la-Vallée1914
World War ISeptember – 1914
A fleet of 600 taxi cabs transported French soldiers to the battlefield outside Paris.
Un taxi de la Marne
La Bataille de la Marne
Le château de Vaux-le-Vicomteprès de Melun
This château dates from the 17th century.
Le château de Vaux-le-Vicomteprès de Melun
Fontainebleau
Fontainebleau
Fontainebleau
• Fontainebleau is renowned for its large and scenic forests and was once the favorite hunting spot for French nobles.
• Located only 34 miles from Paris, Fontainebleau is now a favorite week-end trip for Parisians and tourists.
Fontainebleau
Fontainebleau
Fontainebleau
FontainebleauAdieux de Napoléon
Chartres
Chartres – la ville
Notre Dame de Chartres
Constructed between 1194 and 1220, this Gothic church is famous for its architecture, sculpture and stained glass.
L’architecture gothique
L’architecture gothique
Le style gothique
L’architecture gothique
L’architecture gothique
L’architecture gothique
A Versailles
A Versailles
Versailles
The official residence of King Louis XIV, the Sun King who ruled France from 1643 to his death on Sept. 1, 1715.
Reception of Le Grand Condé at Versailles, by Jean-Léon Gérôme (1878)
He was only five when he became king on the death of his father, Louis XIII.
VersaillesThe Hall of Mirrors (La Galerie des Glaces)
Versailles
In 1919, the First World War officially ended when Germany signed the Treaty of Versailles in the Hall of Mirrors.
A Giverny
Giverny
Giverny – une photo
