Top Things to Do in Paris (Calais), France, from a Cruise Ship - Created by BoostVacations.com Staff

Paris is home to the association football club Paris Saint-Germain FC and the rugby union club Stade Français . The 80,000-seat Stade de France , built for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, is located in Saint-Denis. Paris hosts the annual French Open Grand Slam tennis tournament on the red clay of Roland Garros.

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The original design text and presentation in 2005 included the following text (and oral presentation to the Senate by Tim Culbert), remains relevant to describe the built work 7 years later: "The design for the new satellite of the Louvre consists of gently curving pavilions that dovetail with the landscape - a 62-hectare former mining site - creating a "museum-park".

The Musée Nissim de Camondo is an elegant house museum of French decorative arts located in the Hôtel Camondo, 63, rue de Monceau, at the edge of the Parc Monceau, in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The nearest Paris Métro stops are Villiers or Monceau on Line 2.

The Musée Rodin in Paris, France, is a museum that was opened in 1919, dedicated to the works of the French sculptor Auguste Rodin. It has two sites, at the Hôtel Biron and surrounding grounds in central Paris, and just outside Paris at Rodin's old home, the Villa des Brillants at Meudon (Hauts-de-Seine).

Neuve-Chapelle is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France. Neuve-Chapelle is situated some 8 miles (12.9 km) northeast of Béthune and 16 miles (25.7 km) southwest of Lille, near the junction of the D947 and D171 roads.

Chartres Cathedral, also known as Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Chartres ( French: Basilique Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres), is a medieval Catholic cathedral of the Latin Church located in Chartres, France, about 80 kilometres (50 mi) southwest of Paris. It is considered one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Hector Berlioz ( French: [ɛktɔʁ bɛʁljoːz]; 11 December 1803 - 8 March 1869) was a French Romantic composer, best known for his compositions Symphonie fantastique and Grande messe des morts (Requiem). Berlioz made significant contributions to the modern orchestra with his Treatise on Instrumentation .

Les grands ensembles architecturaux Fondée au milieu du VIe siècle par le roi mérovingien Childebert Ier et l'évêque de Paris, saint Germain, l'église Saint-Germain-des-Prés est le seul vestige de l'art roman subsistant aujourd'hui dans la capitale avec sa très belle nef. Retour sur l'histoire de ce qui fut, jusqu'à l'avènement de l'abbatiale de Saint-Denis, une nécropole royale.

Among other things, it came out that three young men, Gaillard d'Etallonde, Jean-François de La Barre, and Moisnel had not removed their hats when a Corpus Cristi procession went by. This incident is often cited as the main basis for the charges.

The Musée du quai Branly ( French pronunciation: ​ [myze dy ke bʁanli]) ( MQB), known in English as the Quai Branly Museum, is a museum in Paris, France that features indigenous art, cultures and civilizations from Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas.

Pour les articles homonymes, voir Guimet. Le musée national des arts asiatiques - Guimet, appelé encore couramment musée Guimet, est un musée d' art asiatique situé à Paris, 6 place d'Iéna, dans le .

La chapelle Notre-Dame de la Médaille miraculeuse, ou chapelle de la rue du Bac, est une chapelle située à Paris, 140, rue du Bac, desservant la Maison des Filles de la Charité. Elle est le lieu de l'apparition présumée de la Sainte Vierge à sainte Catherine Labouré.

The Musée des Arts Forains - Collection Jean-Paul Favand is a private museum of funfair objects located within the Pavillons de Bercy in the 12th arrondissement of Paris at 53, avenue des Terroirs de France, Paris, France, with temporary exhibition space at 64, rue des Pirogues de Bercy.

Paris receives about 27 million visitors per year (including 17 million international visitors); or 44 million if the surrounding region is included. The city and its region contain 3,800 historical monuments and four UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Sports in France play an important role in French society, and the country has a strong sporting history. The most popular sport in France is football. Football is the most popular sport in France, with 1,973,260 licensed players in 2012. The sport was imported from England at the end of the 19th century, under the name of association football.

Les Bourgeois de Calais is one of the most famous sculptures by Auguste Rodin, completed in 1889. It serves as a monument to an occurrence in 1347 during the Hundred Years' War, when Calais, an important French port on the English Channel, was under siege by the English for over a year.

The Remarkable Gardens of France is intended to be a list and description, by region, of the more than three hundred gardens classified as "Jardins remarquables" by the French Ministry of Culture and the Comité des Parcs et Jardins de France. The complete list of gardens can be found on: site of the Comité des Parcs et Jardins.

The Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature (Museum of Hunting and Nature) is a private museum of hunting and nature located at 62, rue des Archives, 3rd arrondissement of Paris, France. It is open daily except Mondays and holidays, and an admission fee is charged.