Paris - the meaning of the name "capital of light"

Paris - the capital of light

Do not know yourself ever, people labeled Paris with a beautiful name as the "capital of light. " Is it because of the beauty of its dreamy and sparkling, so many visitors come here are lost in the infatuation? Only a miracle light can mesmerize people.

Coming to Paris, I decided to find the answer for myself.

I went to find the meaning of the name "capital of light".

• Paris is always shining

Paris is shining because of the city itself, with its splendid Seine river, its splendid architecture, its magnificent streets. These things need not be discussed.

But, I think, there is a special thing that makes Paris shine more than the light that it already has. That special thing is like a pearl, or rather a jeweled crown, put on the head of her "Paris", to shine her sparkling face.

What I want to mention is nothing more than the tower of this brilliant, a beautiful work in terms of form and color, the honor is located on a perfect terrestrial perfect world. It alone is proud, lonely and shining.

• Light Capital - Brilliant Light and Glorious History

It is here, the name "light capital" must have originated from the source of brilliant light and glory! It is also because it has caused so many passionate hearts, longing to be in Paris, see firsthand and enjoy this rare charming beauty.

And I'm no exception, as long as a "victim" completely collapsed before that sweet charm, so today recklessly to see her just to have it. This picture, by hand I took it!

• The Eiffel Tower lighting the city

The Eiffel Tower is located just to the south of the Seine.

Just strolling around this area, from any corner, it is easy for me to see the Eiffel by its remarkable height of over 300m.

However, to admire the Eiffel Tower most properly, there are two locations for visitors to choose from as two parks at both ends of the tower.

One called Champ de Mars is a grassy green lawn with perfect garden design in the east (very prominent in the picture).

• Trocadero Park

Another square, with two arched arcades, is located west of the Seine, named Trocadero. Thus, depending on the time of day that position selection suits sunny direction. For example, if you visit the morning, you should choose Champ de Mars. The Trocadero, though, has the advantage of elevating the backlight to provide a more beautiful image of the tower, but it also faces the disadvantage of being in the sun, so it is suitable for sunset and tower lighting.

In the picture above is the Eiffel Tower seen from the Trocadero.

This is the square and the Trocadero Park from the top of the Eiffel Tower. The long stretch of tall buildings is La Defense - the financial district of Paris, far from the center of the city, preserving the ancient landscape. The best-looking tower is the terrace of the middle building.

This rich photo corner was taken from the Trocadero.

Looks like I'm introducing too many collectibles of this lovely pyramid and now, please come back to my products.

Unfortunately, my time in Paris is too little, I can only visit the Eiffel Tower in one day, either morning or afternoon, but not both, while I really want to record the towering image of the tower from early morning until sunset.

• My decision of visiting Eiffel Tower - sunset or morning

I have been forced to choose either. The original choice was the Trocadero at sunset. But to the field, intended to change, because this morning it was so beautiful, blue one color. A weather condition cannot be more ideal. I decided to choose the south bank, the square Champ de Mars.

Come here, I want to pause the story for a few moments to tell the feeling of excitement as we slowly see the tower. I caught a glimpse of the yellow light on the bus last night, I was so excited. This morning, sitting on the metro, every time the boat up and down, I try again to find its shadow. The sensation of looking is thrilling and exciting, even when stepping down to the station, still glaring up high to catch it, without missing a second, a corner of perspective. And this is the first sight of the Eiffel, spotted after the greenery of the park Champ de Mars.

• The colour of Eiffel Tower

At this time, I was walking closer to the foot of the tower, was able to see the full color milk coffee (or bronze) of the tower that remote cannot distinguish. Talking about the paint color of the tower, it can be seen that this is a correct decision of the designers of the tower and the current administration of Paris.

This color is painted on a steel block, in harmony with the surrounding landscape and moderate prominence on the skyline. Once upon a time, people painted reddish-brown and yellowish colors for the tower, but eventually turned back to the present copper color.

• Eiffel Tower - the symbolic value representing Paris

Once again, after the praise for the Arc de Triomphe, I would like to repeat the compliment to the Eiffel Tower- A compliment for the most beautiful and perfect of all the towers like this in the world. Although it was born more than 100 years ago, when construction techniques were few and far between, and although there were hundreds of thousands of large and small towers coming into the future with all shapes and colors, I have not had enough works to overcome the Eiffel about the shape of the architecture and the surrounding landscape. And above all, no tower has ever reached a symbolic value of aesthetics capable of becoming a typical image representing a city and a country like the Eiffel Tower. And if you look more broadly with all types of works, so far, I have three best "faces" meet the above requirements, and of course including Eiffel.

• Come back to the discovery journey!

The Eiffel Tower is located at the head of the Champ de Mars and on the other side the monument is being built on the other side. On the glass walls and pillars are the words "peace" written in many different languages, to send a call for peace to the people of Paris to the world.

Ah, see ya! Only 32 languages were selected on 32 surrounding pillars. Speak Vietnamese as a popular language, or the French cherish the Vietnamese more than 170 countries left!?

This is the main direction straight view of the Eiffel Tower. Perhaps, my photo collection for this remarkable building - the Eiffel Tower will be richer if time permits. But the short adventure can not satisfy that aspiration.

Anyway, I still thank the "heaven" for giving me a beautiful sunny morning just enough to meet the dreamer with a desperate dream.

Before closing the article, I invite you to see and feel the tower at the last photo through my lens - the photo I have taken at 1 am in Paris as I decided to visit Eiffel Tower for my last time.

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In a recent survey results on Japanese television that "refer to Europe Which one do you think will be the first? ", the most popular and the most overwhelming answer is the" Eiffel Tower "! This is not surprising to me. Because Eiffel's representative value is enough to reach Paris, out of France. It deserves to be included in the list of modern wonders of the world! Truly the "capital of light"

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