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Paris is the capital and largest city of France. The city is bisected by the River Seine; the northern part of the city is known as the right bank, the south as the left bank. It is surrounded by a large orbital motorway, the Peripherique. The city is divided into twenty numerically organised districts, the arrondissements. It was named after the Gallic Parisii tribe.

Notable places/things in Paris:

• Arc de Triomphe - war monument

• Disneyland Paris - amusement park

• Eiffel Tower - monument

• Louvre - art museum

• Musee d'Orsay - art museum

• Cathedral of Notre Dame on the Ile de la Cité

• Pompidou Centre

• Sacre Coeur - church on the hillock of Montmartre

• The Samaritaine Building - department store from the start of the 20th century

• The Statue of Liberty - A smaller copy of the Statue of Liberty in the harbour of New York City.

• Versailles - royal palace and gardens to the southeast of the city

• Les Halles

Paris was the son of king Priam and was an important character in the Trojan War.

Paris, Texas is a town in central Texas, in the USA.