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46 La Cinémathèque
Française
Cinémathèque
Française has a large archive of films, movie documents and
other film-related stuff. Cinémathèque holds daily
screenings of a variety of films from all over the world including
France.
You have to
see a French film whilst in Paris. Well you don’t really have
to but why not. The french do pride themselves on their film industry
and it is a good excuse to escape an unfriendly day.
47 Friday
Night Skate
The skating
is free and open to anyone who has skates and knows how to use them.
The Friday Night Skate is a weekly event, weather permitting. It
is also the largest gathering of its kind in the world.
48 Château
du Fontainebleau
The Château
du Fontainebleau or Palace of Fontainebleau is one of the largest
French royal châteaux. The palace is the culmination of the
work of numerous French monarchs. The Château is arranged
around numerous beautiful courtyards.
49 Arènes
de Lutèce left overs
Six hundred
years after its demise Arènes de Lutèce was rediscovered.
Victor Hugo himself no-less helped to resurrect the left over bits.
Now Arènes
de Lutèce is open for the modern day gladiatorial contest
of football (soccer). It is more commonly used as a public park
and garden. You can view a number of the left overs of the old amphitheater
such as bits of the stage and animal cages.
50 Cimetière
du Père-Lachaise
Who can you
expect to see? Well nobody obviously but let me run some names past
you. Oscar Wilde, Jim Morrison, Chopin, Rossini, Dukas, Maria Callas
and Edith Piaf.
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find you favorite dead and, errr, enjoy (?)
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