Paris
Paris, the capital and largest city in France is today one of the world’s leading business and cultural centres, and itsinfluences in politics, education, entertainment, media, fashion, science and the arts. All this contribute to its status as one of the world’s major global cities.
The ranking of 2009 and 2010 said, thatthis city is the three most important and influential cities in the world among the first three "European cities of the future
The Paris agglomeration is along with London, Europe’s biggest city economyand the sixth largest in the world.
Paris and the Paris Region produces more than a quarter of the gross domestic product of France.
With about 42 million tourists per year, Paris is the mostvisited city in the world. The city and its region contain 3,800 historical famous and admired monuments, like the Eifell Tower, Notre Dame, the Arc de Triomphe, Sacre Coeur, the Pantheon, the Louvre, theOpera, among others.
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Paris' museums and monuments are among its highest-esteemed attractions; tourism hasmotivated both the city and national governments to create new ones. The city's most prized museum, the Louvre, welcomes over 8 million visitors a year, being by far the world's most-visited artmuseum. The city's cathedrals are another main attraction: Notre Dame de Paris and the Basilique du Sacré-Coeur receive 12 million and eight million visitors, respectively. The Eiffel Tower, by far Paris'most famous monument, averages over six million visitors per year and more than 200 million since its construction.
The Eiffel Tower was built in 1889, it has become both a global icon of France andone of the most recognizable structures in the world. The tower is the tallest building in Paris and the most-visited paid monument in the world; millions of people ascend it every year. Named for...
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