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The Louvre. One of the most famous symbols of Paris is the Louvre. It's the former royal palace, which in 1793 was turned into the world-famous museum. Its fame the museum got first of all due to the rich collection of the greatest art works, including the Mona Lisa (La Joconde) and the Venus de Milo statue. The Louvre has a great number of well-known paintings and sculptures of different epochs (till the 19th century). There takes place eastern, Greek, and Roman art. A great part of the exposition creates the Egyptian collection and the paintings by the French, Italian and Flemish artists of the 14th-19th centuries. On Visiting the Louvre and creating a full impression of what art is you'd better spend day or two. Otherwise you'll see only a small part of the exposition and will be just overloaded with information. The Louvre is not only a museum, but a marvelous historical building and a part of the French cultural heritage.

The Tuileries Gardens. Not far from the Louvre takes place the Tuileries Gardens, a splendid place for having some walk. In the 17th century Jean-Baptiste Colbert entrusted his landscape architect to make this place beautiful and attractive. Even nowadays the garden has some charm of those times. If you go through the park, you'll find yourself at the Place de la Concorde, decorated with the giant Egyptian obelisk of the pharaoh Ramses II. If you go a little bit further, you'll get to the Place Vendome with its numerous jewelry stores.
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