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| There are thousands of suits of armor at the Military Museum |
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| Versaille |
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| King Louis XIV bed |
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| I love this candlestick |
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| Beautiful painted ceilings throughout Versaille |
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| Hall at the Paris Opera |
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| The hall of mirrors in Versaille |
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| Versaille is so big you can't get the whole building in one pic |
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| A malachite candlestick |
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| Ceiling painting in Versailles |
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| Porch at Versailles |
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| The Hall of Mirrors at Versailles |
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| This room is on the at the king's summer house |
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| Queen Marie-Antoinette's little village she had built near the castle |
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| A farm at Marie-Antoinette's village |
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| At Versailles |
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| Arc de Triomphe |
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| In front of Victor Hugo's house. Learned a lot about this amazing writer, furniture maker, and humanitarian. |
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| We took a boat ride on the Seine |
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| The bridges' have fantastic decorations mostly visible from the river |
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| Outdoor cafes are everywhere |
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| Hotel de Ville - Paris City Hall |
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| Courtyard of the Louvre |
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| This Assyrian mosaic is in the girls history book, cool! |
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| Love this painting, Botticini's "The Virgin adoring her baby" |
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| A crystal vase from the middle east. This is carved from one piece of crystal |
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| The Louvre was a palace turned into a museum in 1798. |
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| Venus de Milo |
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| Cupid, I just liked this |
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| Way back in the 1st century the Louvre was a fort and this was the moat. |
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| A room in the Louvre where Napoleon I lived. |
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| Michelangelo's "The Slave" |
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| This had hieroglyphics on one side and cuneiform on the other. |
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| A window in Notre Dame |
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| Windows in Notre Dame |
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| Notre Dame |
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| Looking down on Paris from Notre Dame |
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| A gargoyle on the top of Notre Dame |
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| Ceiling of Paris Opera with painting by Marc Chegall |
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| Costume from a Wagner opera. |
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| Central staircase at the Opera, Phantom fans? |
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| The Paris Opera! |
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| Outside the Paris Opera |
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| Courtyard of Mont Sainte Michel Monastery |
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| Columns at Mont Sainte Michel |
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| The village below the Monastery |
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| Looking out to sea from Mont Sainte Michel |
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| Mont Sainte Michel, looks like something out of Lord of the Rings. |
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| Amazing detail on the top of Notre Dame |
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| This one's making a pretty face, don't you think? |
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| Close up of the Arc de Triomphe |
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| I went to the second floor but Jeff and some of the students made it to the top |
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| Statue in St. Chapelle |
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| St. Chapelle is a cathedral built in 1248 |
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| Built to house relics including the crown of thorns. |
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| At the top of St. Chapelle |
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| Wonderful desserts! |
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| And dinners too! |
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| Love these outdoor cafes! |
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| Rodin's "Kiss" |
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| Rodin's "The Thinker" |
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| The Tuileries garden outside of the Louvre |
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| Napoleon I tomb. Nothing is mentioned about him being a power hungry emperor who tried to take over the world. |
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| Napoleon's tomb |
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| In Naploeon's tomb |
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| Dante's Gate by Rodin |
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| Sacre Cour |
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| Art at Montmare |
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| Angel on top of Sacre Cour |
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| On top of Sacre Cour |
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| A twisted column |
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| From the top of Sacre Cour |
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| Nijinsky's tomb |
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| Looking from Mont Sainte Michel to the English Channel |
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