virtual tour of the Museum of Louvre located in France. The web site can be found at http://www.louvre.fr/llv/musee/visite_virtuelle.jsp I took the tour place on May 28‚ 2006. I was introduced to this web through my step father who was raised in Paris. The tour consisted of many different aspects of arts such as Islamic arts‚ paintings‚ Greek‚ Etruscan and Roman antiquities‚ sculptures and decorative arts. The tour was very quick and precise. They gave a brief description on each piece they displayed
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Unit 9 – Tourist Destinations I am writing an article to outline how the characteristics of destinations affect the appeal to tourists and issues likely to affect the popularity of tourist destinations. What I mean by this is what characteristics affect its appeal to current leading tourist destinations‚ like economic and social characteristics. Throughout this article I am going to be analysing the issues that are likely to affect the popularity of tourist destinations. Some of the leading tourist
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increased from mid 2001 until mid 2002 to 3‚36% in Paris central business district. We have to understand why this happened. The reason is simply the fact that companies had a better option (high quality offices and lower rents) in Paris suburbs‚ and some of them opted to change. However
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studies. As Sophie grew older and fell in love with mathematics‚ she fought to be recognized as the mathematician she rightly was. Even after her death Sophie was honored‚ having both a school and street named for her. Born on April 1st‚ 1776 in Paris‚ France‚ Sophie Germain was the middle child of three girls. Her father‚ a wealthy Parisian silk merchant‚ and her mother both believed education of girls should be limited to literature and writing (Cooney‚ 38). Since the French Revolution occurred
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and how Troy has fallen. Like in the book‚ because Helen was taken by Paris‚ the Achaeans demanded to take her back Premium 490 Words 2 Pages Helen of Troy The movie Helen of Troy shows the important details before and inside the book Iliad. The movie helps us to understand what is all about the book Iliad. Also‚ it shows how the Trojan war started and how Troy has fallen. Because Helen was taken by Paris‚ the Achaeans demanded to take her back and con Premium 340
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would be unable to meet. Disney overleveraged itself so that it could control all aspects of the park. 3. Spain would have been a better fit for EuroDisney versus France. Traditionally the French often mock things "American". American tourists in Paris are usually treated with disdain. In addition‚ the warmer climate of Spain is a better fit for an outdoor amusement park. In addition to warmer weather the cultural climate in Spain is more relaxed. 4. Disney did not focus enough on the types of
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On Heights By Jackson Downey Sitting on the ledge of the roof of their apartment‚ a couple admired the cityscape and high rises in the distance. The man‚ looking down‚ had a sudden urge to jump‚ and not only that but to push his love down to the pavement twelve stories bellow. Quickly‚ he shook off this odd crazing for a final skydive‚ but he wondered if she thought the same thing. Why had he thought of it in the first place? Not being a man to fear heights but certainly to fear the fall of
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career was marred only by the fraudulent charges brought on during the construction of the Panama Canal. Gustave Eiffel was born in Dijon‚ France in 1832. He graduated from the Escole Centrale des Arts et Manufactures in 1885‚ the same year that Paris hosted the first World’s Fair. He spent several years in the southwest of France‚ where he supervised work on the great railway bridge in Bordeaux. In 1864 he set up his own business‚ specializing in metal structural work. Eiffel built hundreds
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Patroclus‚ he killed him and thought that he was Achilles. Achilles is mad when he hears that his best friend Patroclus dies. Then Achilles returns to battle to take vengeance upon Hector. All of this trouble was caused because of Hector’s brother- Paris but still he was ready to help him‚ protect him and fight for him. This shows how caring and protective he was. As Achilles was coming towards the gates of Troy‚ he killed almost every Trojans. Before he come any closer to the city walls. Hector was
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