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Wonderful Memories of Europe By : Shirish Avrani Paris France November 5 - 6, 2016

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Wonderful Memories of EuropeBy : Shirish Avrani

Paris – FranceNovember 5 - 6, 2016

Eiffel tower in the evening

Eiffel Tower is a 300mt high wrought iron lattice tower constructed with pre-fab

technology. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel , whose company designed and

built the tower In 1889 as a part of 100 years celebration of French Revolution.

Paris signed a memorandum - Green & Carbon Free city on 4th Nov 2016 - Video

Louvre Museum Glass pyramid entrance designed by Chinese-American architect I. M Pei.

Pei’s design of the Louvre addition implemented a large glass and steel

pyramid that is surrounded by three smaller triangles that provide light to the

space below Cour Napoleon. For Pei, the glass pyramid provided a symbolic

entry that had historical and figural importance that reinforced the main entry

Picasso Gallery

Psyche Revived by Cupid's KissBy Antonio Canova

Mona lisaPainting

by Leonardo da Vinci

C. 1503Most famous

painting in the world preserved in a steel

cabinet with airtight bulletproof glass.

The biggest painting at Louvre. Size 10mt X6mt.

Winged Victory of

SamothraceGreek Art

Diana of VersaillesGreek Goddess

Venus de Milo, is an ancient Greek

statue and one of

the most famous

works of ancient

Greek sculpture.

Remains of the Louvre's Moat

Notre dam Cathedral

River seine passing from Notre dam.

Rose window inside Notterdam cathedral

The Grand Palais is one of Paris' most

recognizable landmarks thanks to its

magnificent glass-domed roof. It was the work

of three different architects but the project was

overseen by famed French architect Charles

Girault, who was then given carte blanche to

design the Petit Palais.. The building is a

beautiful combination of a classicist stone facade, Art Nouveau ironwork and glass.

Detail showing cast iron grill which allows penetration of monsoon water

around the tree.

Bridge over the seine river.

The Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel is a triumphal arch.

The Grand Arch. opened on 14 July

1989, the two-

hundredth

anniversary of the

French Revolution,

110 mt high

Grande Arche is

the symbolic

monument of the

business district

La Défense

New Paris

Lafayat Mall, Paris , one of the expensive mall

Lafayat Mall, Christmas decoration already