La Ville Lumière

The place of longing, and once-in-a-lifetime trips, it is big, pompous, noisy, lavish, polluted, beautiful, dirty, and dangerous. And yet… As you are saying your goodbyes, going for a last quick stroll down the street before your taxi arrives, something about it will make you wish with all your heart that you came back again. Very soon. And stay longer. Or maybe never leave at all.

here are few facts about paris

…Founded: 53 b.c. by a Gaul tribe named Parisii
…Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (“Battered, but never sinks”)
…Divided into 20 arrondissements, the first being in the center of the city, the subsequent following in a clockwise spiral.
…A bronze star in the pavement across the main entrance of Notre Dame Cathedral marks the exact location of Point Zero of all French roads
…There are 6,100 streets in Paris
…The shortest street in the city at just 5.75 meters (18.86 feet) is Rue des Degrés in the 2nd arrondissement
…There are around 1,800 bakeries in Paris
…There are approximately 9,100 open terraces in Paris, which means that if you were to visit one open terrace per day, it would take you around 30 years to visit them all
…There are some 470,000 trees in Paris and they are all measured and referenced
…There is only one stop sign in Paris, situated at the exit of a building in the 16th arrondissement. in traffic in Paris, one is giving way to those coming from the right
…The Luxor obelisk on Place de la Concorde is Paris’ oldest monument, originally located at the entrance to Luxor Temple, in Egypt, and is about 3,000 years old
…There is a Statue of Liberty in Paris that faces the Statue of Liberty in United States, symbolizing the friendship between the two countries. Its size is only 1/3 of the original
…Paris’ oldest bridge, Pont Neuf (New Bridge), was built in 1607. King Henri IV inaugurated it by crossing the bridge on a white stallion