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WelcometoFranceBuildingsLouvreMuseumNowordcanbeusedtodescribetheLouvre.Itisanamazingandimpressivemuseum,fromitsbeginningsasaroyalcastletothepublicinstitutionweseetoday.Todaythemuseumfeaturesmorethan6000Europeanpaintingsdatingfromthe13thcenturytothe19thcentury.Itslargestcollectionisofprintsanddrawingswithaninventory[‘invəntəri,-tɔ:ri].of130000.OthercollectionsincludeIslamic[iz’læmik]art,OrientalAntiquities,EgyptianAntiquities,andGreekAntiquitieswithpiecesthatdatebackasfarastheseventhmillennium[mi'leniəm]B.C.Reflectscenturiesofchangeinthepoliticalandsocialenvironmentandisasymbolofart,consideredasaMecca['mekə]forartistsandartloversalikeNotreDamedeParisNotre-Dame(巴黎圣母院)CathedralislocatedinthesoutheastofLaCite(西岱岛)intheSeineRiver(塞纳河),thecenterofParis.It'sasymbolofancientParis.Itisfamousforitsgothicarchitecturalstyle,sculptureandpaintingsonthedoors,windowsandambulatories(回廊),anditwascompletedin1345,ittookmorethan180years.Itsconceptioncomesfromasocialneed,aneedofanewsymbolforanewsocialandpoliticalpowerandby1160thechurchofSaintStephen(whereNotreDameCathedralisnowlocated)waslookeduponasobsoletesinceitcouldnotreallydisplaytheprestigeofafastgrowingurbansociety.TheEiffelTowerTheEiffelTower,builtin1889designedbyafamousarchitectEiffel.WhentheEiffelTowerwasfirstbuilt,itwasthetallestbuildingintheworld.At986feet,itwasalmosttwiceastallastheprevioustallestBuilding.Itisbuilttocommemoratethe100thanniversaryoftheFrenchrevolutionandtomeettheWorld'sFairheldinParis.EiffelTowerisnotonlythebuilding,itisalsoakindofcultureandthesymbolofmodernParis.Itwentbythenameof“IronLady”(铁娘子).By1988,the“IronLady”haswelcomed123000000touristsfromthefivecontinents.Thatistosay,theaverageEiffelTowervisitorsare1230000peopleeachyear,thedailyaverageof3400people.DespitethefactthathalfofPariswasreadytoclobberEiffelfordesigningitandgettingthecitytoapprovehavingitplonkeddownnexttotheSeinefortheWorld'sFair1898theEiffeltowerwontheheartsofmillionsaroundtheworld.Itisnowthesymboloftheplanet'smostvisitedcityanditisawesometo