WHY ARE THESE PLACES IMPORTANT?

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1. THE OPERA HOUSE: The style is monumental and considered typically Beaux-Arts. The opera building has 1,979 seating capacity which makes it one of the largest theaters in the world.

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2. THE EIFFEL TOWER: It commemorates the centennial of the French Revolution and demonstrates France's industrial prowess to the world.

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3. THE SACRE COEUR: It's a national penance for the defeat of France in the 1871 Franco-Prussian War and the socialist Paris Commune of 1871 and an embodiment of conservative moral order, publicly dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

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4. NOTRE DAME: It has survived two world wars, the French Revolution, Nazi occupation and Hitler's intention to raze it to the ground.

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5. THE PANTHEON: It was secularized during the French Revolution and dedicated to the memory of great Frenchmen, receiving the name Panthéon.

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6. ARC DE TRIOMPHE: It honours those who fought and died for France in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

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7. LES INVALIDES: Les Invalides is famous as the final resting place of Napoleon. Yet, Les Invalides is actually a group of buildings dedicated to France's military history.

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8. MUSÉE DE CLUNY: beneath it is the ruins of Gallo-Roman thermal baths believed to have been used by 3rd-century boatmen.

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9. PLACE RÉPUBLIQUE: The newly designed square encourages diversity and invites users to engage in multiple activities.

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10. CEMETERY PÈRE LACHAISE: it is both the largest park and the largest cemetery in Paris. It's renowned for its tombs of notable figures, and it is often hailed as the most-visited cemetery in the world.