The Eiffel Tower was supposed to be a temporary installation, intended to stand for 20 years after being built for the
1889 World Fair;
Paris was originally a Roman City called “Lutetia”;
It’s believed that Paris only has one stop sign in the entire city;
There are at least three replicas of the Statue of Liberty in Paris. The most famous of them exists on an island in the
middle of the Seine and looks towards her sister statue in New York;
The main bell of the Notre Dame Cathedral is named Emmanuel and weighs over 13 tonnes;
The French army was the first to use camouflage, which comes from the French verb “to make up for the stage.” The army
began wearing camouflage in 1915 during World War I;
Visitors to the Eiffel Tower have to climb 1,665 steps to reach the top;
