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    The Eiffel Tower The tragic events that have recently taken place in Paris, France have been the motivation that has drawn my attention to the city and its artistry. The symbol most people think about when they think of Paris is the Eiffel Tower. Paris, also known as the City of Lights, is known for its rich art, culture, museums, and monuments. The Eiffel Tower is one of the most famous French monuments, and has become the icon of the city, although it wasn’t intended to be a permanent…

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    Only Street in Paris by Elaine Sciolino is bestseller travel guide book. Sciolino reveal the charm and the strangeness of this road and it is time to make longtime resident of Paris come alive in all it is unique. This book will make the reader hungry for Paris, for cheese, wine and kind of street life that are too fast disappearing. Sciolino, former Paris bureau chief of the New York Times, as the author is a joy to live in the Rue des Martyrs in Paris. Sciolino is attentive jelly every one…

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    fashion in 1858 an English designer by the name of Charles Frederick Worth was a notable for his unique designs and his creativity. Shortly after he had opened his own firm 1858 and it was called the House of Worth. It gained popularity quickly in Paris after attracting the Emperors Napoleon III wife Empress Eugenie see wore a dress that Worth designed solidifying his establishment. Soon after House of Worth was starting to expand to the United States, Europe, and other countries. All…

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    Helen In The Trojan War

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    why Helen should go back with the Greeks. The only reason Helen is even with Paris is because the goddess Aphrodite promises him a beautiful wife and can’t lie about her vow to him. Aphrodite puts a love spell on Helen to be attracted to Paris, but once it wears off she wishes to return to Menelaus. Also Paris chose Helen as the fairest of three women and showed his love towards…

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    There are many men who fight and are in wars as heroes, however most heroes now sit behind screens or desks. President Bush told first graders of New York City Public School that a hero is someone that they look up to (Cannon). This shows that anyone can be a hero as a role model. One of the most overlooked heroes are the ones sitting behind screens. There are many men doing brave things on the battle ground in war, however most of the war is waged behind computer screens (Cannon). As society…

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    L Enfant's Capitol

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    The article “How one Frenchman’s vision became our capitol city” by Kenneth R. Fletcher was posted on Smithsonian.com on April 30th, 2008. The article explains how Pierre L’Enfant went to conceive our nation's capitol. L’Enfant was a genius architect and a very important person in american history. L’Enfant’s most famous design was the Washington Mall. The Washington Mall was originally meant to be a long strip of land where events would be held and people could relax, and that's exactly what it…

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    (No refusal of call) This story takes place in the Beautiful city of Pittsburgh where leaves glide through the breeze, birds chirp at the crack of dawn and where people walked the streets. Lived a kid named cody who goes to the new middle school North Pitt to start off his 8th grade year. Cody was getting ready for school like how he does every morning. Get dressed eat breakfast brush his teeth and get on the bus. On his way to school he was thinking I can't wait today is soccer sign-ups. When…

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    country with much history, this essay will mainly focus on one city. The city is known as The City of Lights. If you cannot tell already, this essay will be about Paris, France. Paris is an ancient city founded in the 3rd century (300 BC to 201 BC) by the Parisii, a Celtic Gaul Tribe. Nothing much went on after the Parisii settled Paris until the Battle of Lutetia in 52 BC. The Romans and Gauls fought with one another in this battle. The Romans were the victors, and they established a city,…

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    The 1893 Chicago World's Fair was one that the rest of the world thought would fail, but America knew it would be the greatest of all time. No one really thought Chicago could outdo Paris and the Eiffel Tower; all the odds were against America hosting the World's Fair. Allowing America did not know where the 1893 World's Fair was going to be, Chicago, St. Louis, Washington, and New York all put bids in to have the fair in their city. In February 1890 it was announced that Chicago would be the…

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    Maison Carrée In Nimes

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    Maison Carrée in Nimes was built in around 20 or 19 BCE, during the Roman urbanization of the Celtic’s land in southern France (Gaul). Maison Carrée was one of several temples built under the rule of Augustus Caesar. It is 82 feet long and 40 feet wide and 40 feet tall. The name Maison Carrée is derived from archaic French carré long, meaning ‘long square’ for the obvious reason that it is rectangular in shape. It was originally commissioned by Augustus Caesar’s son-in-law Marcus Agrippa, but…

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