Paris is located in the north-bending arc of the river Seine and includes two

islands, the Île Saint-Louis and the larger Île de la Cité, which form the oldest part of the
city. Overall, the city is relatively flat, and the lowest elevation is 35 m (115 ft) above sea
level. Paris has several prominent hills, of which the highest is Montmartre at 130 m
(427 ft).[48]

Paris, excluding the outlying parks of Bois de Boulogne and Bois de Vincennes,
covers an oval measuring 86.928 km2 (34 sq mi) in area. The city's last major annexation
of outlying territories in 1860 not only gave it its modern form but created the twenty
clockwise-spiralling arrondissements (municipal boroughs). From the 1860 area of
78 km2 (30 sq mi), the city limits were expanded marginally to 86.9 km2 (34 sq mi) in the
1920s. In 1929, the Bois de Boulogne and Bois de Vincennes forest parks were officially
annexed to the city, bringing its area to the present 105.39 km2 (41 sq mi).

Tourist attractions

Eiffel Tower (in French: La Tour

Eiffel, which gives the e-'fel tour) is a
famous building in Paris on steel frame
measuring 324 feet high. Tower became
the symbol of France's most popular
worldwide. It was designed by Emile
Nouguier, Maurice Koechlin and Stephen
Sauvestre, the Eiffel Co. employees.
Gustave Eiffel, initially reluctant about the
project, has become a big supporter of it
and bought the patent. The tower, which
bears his name, is one of the main tourist
destinations of Paris and the world, with
more than 5.5 million visitors annually.
Tower has received the 200 million visitors
from November 28, 2002.
 Louvre Museum (French:
Musée du Louvre) is the largest
museum of history and art in France
(after surface 210.000 m2 of which
60.600 m2 exhibition intended) and
one of the most important museums
in the world. Located in the heart of
Paris, Paris, between the quay of
the Seine and the street as Rivoli
(French: Quai de Louvre - I rue. Of
Coligny - Rue de Rivoli), the first
district in a historic building, former
Royal palace, the Louvre. French art
exhibits cover a large part of French
history from the Capetian dynasty
until today.

Notre Dame (Our Lady Cathedral

Romanian), referring to Our Lady. The first
foundation brick was laid in 1163. In 1182,
Bishop Maurice de Sully holy shrine, but the
cathedral's construction lasted from 1163 until
1345. The construction of five ships to the
work done on the west façade, and by the
middle of the thirteenth century, the first
masterpiece of early Gothic style was ready.
Although initial designs and Romanesque pew
still evoked here were first applied to specific
architectural solutions to the Gothic style.
 Arcul de triunf is the main
monument of Charles de Gaulle-Etoile.
Commissioned by Napoleon in the 1806
victories in the French era, the monument
was finished 30 years later, during the reign
of Louis Philippe, the last king of France,
who dedicated the monument to the French
Army and its victories. It is decorated with
sculptures depicting Napoleonic military
victories.