Les Halles

Les Halles is an area which is quite popular in Paris, France. Precisely located in the 1er arrondissement, in the south of fashionable rue Montorgueil.
Les Halles is a traditional market center in Paris. In 1183, King Philippe II Auguste enlarged the market in Paris and built a shelter for the merchants, who came from all directions. Then in the 1850s, a large glass and iron building Les Halles became famous because it was built. Les Halles is known as the "stomach of Paris".

It is named for the large central wholesale market, which dismantled in 1971, to be replaced with an underground modern shopping area, Forum des Halles. This is important in that area of ​​the open air under the streets of central level, such as the sunken garden, and contains statues, fountains, and mosaics, as well as museums including the Musée Grévin - Forum des Halles (a wax museum).
And in 1971, Les Halles was destroyed and replaced by the Forum des Halles. The central market of Paris, the world's largest food market, given at Rungis, in the southern suburbs.

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Centre Georges Pompidou

Centre Georges Pompidou, also known as (English) "Pompidou Centre" is a complex in the Beaubourg area of the 4th arrondissement in Paris, which is the largest museum for modern art in Europe, and IRCAM, a center for music and acoustic research. Buildings constructed during the period 1971 - 1977 is located at the Centre Georges Pompidou, and known locally as Beaubourg. The name was taken from the Georges Pompidou, French president who served during the period 1969 to 1974. This building was opened to the public on December 31, 1977.

Here there are many art collections that include Matisse, Miró, Picasso and Kandinsky as well as other collections include decorative arts, history, industry, literature, furniture, paintings, photography, sculpture and architecture.

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Uffizi Gallery

Uffizi Gallery is a world famous museum, because it is one of the oldest art museum and the most famous of the Western world. The gallery is located in the city of Florence, Italy. Gallery was built in 1560 is widely collected works of historic and comprehensive in the world are arranged in chronological order to facilitate visitors to study the development of classical paintings in full. Paintings such as for example the Byzantine paintings until the work of Giotto, such as Primavera, Nascita on Venere (The Birth of Venus), Annunciazione or Annunciazione in Cestello (Notice) by Boticelli, Adorazione dei Magi (Adoration of the Magi) by Leonardo da Vinci, Doni Tondo (Holy Family ) by Michelangelo, and the Madonna del cardellino (Goldfinch Bird Madonna) by Raphael.

And now this gallery is one of the famous tourist places in Florence. Many world travelers who come to visit this place.

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