Paris, France
Madison Chessare and Audrey Johnson
People of Paris, France
10 Best Tourist Attractions In The World
10. Place de la Concord
9. Centre Pompidou
Designed in the style of high-tech architecture, Centre Pompidou is a cultural institution in the Beaubourg area of the 4th arrondissement. It houses a vast public library, the Musée National d’Art Moderne which is the largest museum for modern art in Europe, a bookshop, a movie theater and a panoramic terrace. The library occupies the first three floors of the building, while the museum’s permanent collection is located on floors 4 and 5. The first and top floor are used for large expositions. The Centre is named after Georges Pompidou, the President of France from 1969 to 1974 who commissioned the building.
8. Sainte-Chapelle
Begun sometime after 1239, the Sainte-Chapelle is considered among the highest achievements of Gothic architecture. Its construction was commissioned by King Louis IX of France to house his collection of Passion Relics, including Christ’s Crown of Thorns, one of the most important relics in medieval Christendom. Although damaged during the French revolution, and restored in the 19th century, it retains one of the most extensive in-situ collections of 13th-century stained glass anywhere in the world.
7. Musee d'Orsay
6. Jardin du Luxembourg
5. Sacre-Coeur
4. Notre Dame de Paris
3. Arc de Triomphe
2. Louvre
1. Eiffel Tower
Relating Terms
Industrial Society-Paris depends on science and technology to produce its basic goods and services. While the Upper Class keeps the the Industrial part of Paris going.
Social Solidarity-Paris is unified to the degree of social class where everyone can believe in what they chose but an overall belief of certain values and norms
Postindustrial Society-Paris is a society in which the economic emphasis is on providing services and information. Bourgeoisie is a class that means of production
Social Structure-Paris has underlying patterns of relations in a group While social stratification is a ranking of people or groups according to their unequal access to scarce resources
Role Conflict-condition in which the performance of a role in one status interferes with the performances of a role in another status Working Class Poor-interferes with others-trying to get jobs