The city of Love vs The eternal city

The City of Love www. VS. The Eternal City Monuments of Paris and Rome Rome the Eternal City and Paris the City of Love both draw millions of tourists each year. Paris and Rome, two of Europe's oldest capitals have an impressive array of monuments scattered throughout their streets. From the Colosseum to Notre Dame both Paris and Rome have a very different style of monument. Both cities are steeped in history and culture and this shows through in the impressive number of monuments. Which city has the most impressive monuments is a matter of taste but read on to see how these cities most famous monuments size up against one another. Oldest VS Oldest THE LUXOR OBELISK PANTHEON.ROME. IN HONOUR OF:ORIGINALLY IN HONOUR OF: ORIGINALLY BUILT AS A TEMPLE TO USED TO MARK THE HONOUR ALL GODS. ENTRANCE TO THE LUXOR IN AGE: OVER 1,800 YEARS OLD. EGYPT, MUHAMMAD ALI PASHA SELF-PROCLAIMED KHEDIVE (VICEROY) OF EGYPT BUILT IN:IN 126 AD GIFTED THE PAIR OF OBLISKS TO FRANCE IN 1829. AGE: 3,300 YEARS OLD BUILT IN:THE FIRST OBELISKS SET SAIL FOR FRANCE IN APRIL1833 AND ARRIVED IN AUGUST 1833. THE SECOND ARRIVED 3 YEARS LATER IN 1836 AND THIS IS THE ONE SITUATED IN PLACEDE LA MAGRIPPALFCOSTERTIVN CONCORDE. USE: AFTER THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND ALL THE HARDSHIP AND BLOODSHED PARIS AND FRANCE HAD EXPERIENCED THE MONUMENT WAS ERECTED IN PLACE DE LA CONCORDE AS A SYMBOL OF PEACE, USE: THE PANTHEON WAS TURNED INTO A CHURCH IN 609. Now THE PANTHEON CONTAINS TOMBS OF SEVERAL ITA LIAN KINGS AND OF THE FAMOUS ARTIST INTERESTING FACTS: THE MONUMENT IS RAPHAEL. NICKNAMED 'CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLE' AS IT IS SIMILAR TO EGYPTIAN OBELISKS, INTERESTING FACTS:THE DOME OF THE PANTHEON, AT OVER 43METRES HIGH WAS THE LARGEST DOME IN THE THE MONUMENT IS THE LARGEST SUNDIAL IN THE WORLD. WORLD UNTIL 1436 WHEN FLORENCE CATHEDRAL WAS CONSTRUCTED. Religious Monument vs.Religious Monument NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL ST. PETER'S BA SILICA IN HONOUR OF:JN 116O THE CHURCH IN PARIS IN HONOUR OF: BUILT AS A SHRINE TO ST. PETER HAD BECOME 'PARISIAN CHURCH OF THE KINGS WHO WAS CONSIDERED THE FIRST POPE AND THE OF EUROPE' SO BISHOP MAURICE DE SULLY FELT LOCATION IS WHERE HE DIED A MARTYR AND WAS THE EXISTING CHURCH WAS NOT WORTHY OF BURIED IN 64 AD. SUCH A TITLE AND UNDER THE REIGN OF KING LOUIS VII ORDERED THE BUILDING OF NOTRE DAME, AGE:387 YEARS OLD AGE: 668 YEARS OLD. BUILT IN: WORK STARTED IN 1506 BUT WAS NOT COMPLETED FOR ANOTHER 120 YEARS IN 1626. USE: MAJOR TOURIST ATTRACTION FOR CHRISTIANS ESPECIALLY BUT ALSO OTHERS. BURIAL SITE, CONSIDERED THE HOLIEST CATHOLIC SITE, BUILT IN:WORK STARTED IN 1163 DURING THE REIGN OF KING LOUIS VII BUT WAS NOT COMPLETED UNTIL 1345. INTERESTING FACTS: ST, PETER'S BASILICA IS THE USE: CATHOLIC CHURCH, PLACE OF WORSHIP AND DEVOTION, MAJOR TOURIST WORLD'S LARGEST CHURCH AND IS THE CENTRE OF ATTRACTION. CHRISTIANITY, INTERESTING FACTS: THE CATHEDRAL IS LOCATED ON A SMALL ISLAND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RIVER SEINE KNOWN AS ILE DE LA CITE, Most Historical VS Most Historical ARC DE TRIOMDHE COLOSSEUM IN HONOUR OF:THE ARC WAS I BUILT IN: THE IN HONOUR OF: I BUILT IN: VESPASIAN ORDERED THE COMMISSIONED TO BE ERECTED IN HONOUR OF i CONSTRUCTION WAS THOSE WHO FOUGHT FOR ! ORDERED BY FRANCE, PARTICULARLY THOSE I NAPOLEON AND STARTED IN 1806, NAPOLEONIC WAR. I FINISHED IN 1836, BUILDING ON THE ! BUILT IN 72 AD BY EMPEROR VESPASIAN COLOSSEUM ON THE SITE OF NERO'S PALACE. HE DID THIS IS AN EFFORT I HIS SON TITUS IN 80 WHO FOUGHT DURING THE AND COMPLETED BY TO DISASSOCIATE AD. AGE:177 YEARS OLD. HIMSELF WITH THE I HATED TYRANT ANDi START AFRESH. AGE: 1,942 YEARS OLD. ÚSE: THE ARC DE ! INTERESTING FACTS: TRIOMPHE IS CONSIDERED ALTHOUGH THELINCHPIN OF THE ! NAPOLEON ORDERED HISTORIC AXIS – THIS IS AI THE BUILDING OF THIS USE: ORIGINALLY USED I|INTERESTING FACTS: FOR GLADIATOR IT IS ESTIMATED THAT MATCHES AND PUBLIC! THE GAMES PLAYED IN SPECTACLES HOLDING I THIS MONUMENT HAVE UP TO 80,000 PEOPLE, TAKEN OVER 500,000 NoW THE RUINS OF I HUMAN LIVES AND 1 THE COLOSSEUM AREI MILLION OF WILD OPEN FOR PUBLIC! ANIMALS. SEQUENCE OF MONUMENT HE NEVER MONUMENTS THAT I GOT TO SEE THE STRETCHTHE WHOLE WAYI FINISHED PRODUCT FROM THE LOUVRE ! DYING LONG BEFORE PALACE TO THE I ITS COMPLETION IS OUTSKIRTS OF PARIS. ! 1821. VIEWING. I THE COLOSSEUM IS THE | MOST FAMOUS TOURIST I ATTRACTION IN ROME. Most Popular VS Most Popular EIFFEL TOWER/ LA TOUR EIFFEL TREVI FOUNTAIN/ FONTANA DI TREVI IN HONOUR OF: THE CENTRAL FIGURE OF THE IN HONOUR OF: GUSTAVE EIFFEL, DESIGNER OF THE TOWER, FOUNTAIN IS NEPTUNE, GOD OF THE SEA. USE: THE FOUNTAIN IS AGE:124 YEARS OLD BUILT IN:ARCHITECT NICOLA SALVI WAS LOCATED AT THE END OF AQUA VIRGO, AN AQUEDUCT COMMISSIONED BY DATING BACK TO 19BC. THIS USE: THE TOWER POPE CLEMENT XII TO BUILT IN: AQUEDUCT BRINGS WATER WAS ORIGINALLY BUILD THE LARGE FROM 20KM OUTSIDE ROME CONSTRUCTION CREATED AS AN FOUNTAIN IN1732 FROM SALONE SPRINGS AND WAS STARTED ON ENTRANCE ARCH. AND WORK WAS SUPPLIES ALL THE FOUNTAINS THE TOWER IN IT IS NOWA COMPLETED BY 1762. IN THE CENTRE OF ROME WITH WATER. IT IS ALSO A HUGELY POPULAR TOURIST 1887 AND WORLDWIDE COMPLETED IN CULTURAL ICON 1889. THE TOWER WITH VISITORS WAS OPEN TO THE ATTRACTION, SCALING THE PUBLIC ON TOWER TO GET A MARCH 3 1ST, AGE: 251 YEARS OLD BIRD'S EYE VIEW 1889. OF PARIS. INTERESTING FACTS: INTERESTING FACTS: GUSTAVE EIFFEL CREATED THE DESIGN AS HIS TOSSING A COIN INTO THE FOUNTAIN IS NOW TRADITION FOR ANY VISITOR TO ROME. LEGEND HAS IT IF YOU TOSS A COIN INTO THE WATER YOU WILL RETURN TO ROME, YOU MUST HOWEVER TOSS THE COMPETITION ENTRY TO CREATE A MONUMENT FOR THE PARIS UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION WORLD FAIR. COIN OVER YOUR SHOULDER WITH YOUR BACK FACING THE TOWER IS 314 METRES HIGH. THE FOUNTAIN. References: http://www.aviewoncities.com/paris/ http://www.aviewoncities.com/rome/ http://www.arcdetriompheparis.com/ http://www.rome.info/colosseum/ PARIS apartments by numbers www.parisapartmentsbynumbers.com