Are the Paris catacombs haunted?
The catacombs are just grave tunnels filled with bones. It's rumored that satanists and cults moved in there though, so if one is to go deeper into their ossuaries, one might find something. Watch out though!
What is the area in square miles of Paris?
== == France is the second-largest country on the European continent, with an area (including the island of Corsica) of 211,209 sq miles 260,558 square miles in terms of the whole territory of the French Republic, including all the overseas departments and territories, but excluding the French territory of Terre Adélie in Antarctica.
Where did Marcel Proust live in Paris?
Proust was born in the suburb of Auteuil, and lived at various addresses in Paris; but the museum known as Proust's house is at 102, boulevard Haussmann.
How many people visited devils tower a year?
It depends, but about more than 4,000 people climb it each year.
Why was marquis de sade held in the Bastille?
The Marquis de Sade was jailed for 27 of his 74 year-long life, at different times and for various reasons, and ended his life in a lunatic asylum. He was convicted, and sentenced in absentia to death, for debauchery including sodomy and poisoning protitutes and fled to Italy. Returning France, he hired a bevy of very young girlservants, most whom had to flee (it is said that he stabbed some of them witha jacknife during sexual fantasies. He was arrested in Paris in 1777 and successfully appealed his death sentence, but remained imprisoned until 1790, at first in Vincennes, then in La Bastille, and afterwards in the lunatic asylum of Charenton.
Where did they get the iron to make the Eiffel Tower?
A plaque riveted to one of the feet of the tower records the fact that the wrought iron used was supplied by the Fould-Dupoont steelworks in Pompey, eastern France ("Forges et usines de Pompey Fould-Dupont").
What country is 500 square miles big?
The country with a total land area closest to the target 500 sq. miles is Hong Kong with 426 sq. miles.
Was the the Eiffel Tower welded or screwed?
Neither, it was riveted together.
Initially the pieces were assembled in the factory using bolts, and then were replaced one by one with heated rivets, which contracted during cooling creating a very tight fit.
Only a third of the 2,500,000 rivets used in the construction of the Tower were inserted directly on site as preassembled and riveted pieces were built off site.
What is the cost of grand marnier Louis alexandre at Paris Airport duty free?
I paid 41.20 Euro (no VAT) on Jan 7, 2010 in the Shop Paris Duty Free in Terminal E.
What is the best way to get from Eiffel Tower to Louvre?
Direction : GAMBETTA
de : CHAMP DE MARS
à : QUAI FRANCOIS MITTERRAND
Direction : GAMBETTA
de : CHAMP DE MARS
à : QUAI FRANCOIS MITTERRAND
Direction : GAMBETTA
de : CHAMP DE MARS
à : QUAI FRANCOIS MITTERRAND
69 Bus, Direction Gambetta, from Champ de Mars to Quai François Mitterrand.
What is 'Hermès Paris feux d'artifice' when translated from French to English?
Hermès Paris feux d'artifice in French means "fireworks (square scarf by the fashion design company) Hermès, Paris" in English.
What happened in the July Revolution of 1830?
King Charles X of France was overthrown and replaced with his cousin, Louis Philippe of Orleans, the so-called "Citizen King".
How do you get to Lisieux from Paris CDG airport?
Flights from Paris to Lisieux are linited and expensive. You can drive it or take a train from Paris St Lazare station cor about €70euros Have a look at this link http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g187186-i4645-k301959-Travel_from_Paris_to_Liseaux-Lisieux_Basse_Normandie_Normandy.html
Who are Betty Paris and Dr William Griggs?
Dr, Griggs was the physician who diagnosed Betty Parris as suffering from bewitchment in the 1692 Salem Witch Trials.
== == I think its one of those tour boats that operate on the River Seine in Paris.
What was Baron Haussmann's motivation for widening the streets of Paris?
To make it harder for mobs to barricade them.
What were Lloyd george's aims at the peace Paris conference?
He wanted to punish Germany but not to hard as that would cause war in the future. Although the british people wanted to be harsh against Germany