The document provides information about important French monuments and architecture, including the Louvre Museum, Centre Georges Pompidou, Arc de Triomphe, Eiffel Tower, Sacré-Cœur Basilica, Stade Vélodrome, Musée d'Orsay, Panthéon, and Pont du Gard. It discusses the history, location, and key details of each site.

1. Bonjour
mes
étudiants

2. French Accent Marks

3. • Whether you're writing an essay for class
or an email to a colleague, knowing and
using the appropriate French accent
marks is essential for proper spelling in
French. Accent marks in French change
the pronunciation and meaning of the
word. To avoid mistakes or confusion, be
sure to choose the appropriate marks.

4. The Five French Accent Marks
• There are five French accents; four go with
vowels and one goes on the letter C. There
are two common ways to learn French
accents: memorize the spelling of individual
words, including the accent marks, or learn to
distinguish between the different sounds a
letter makes depending on the accent on it
(or lack of an accent). The accented letter é
is not pronounced the same as the accented
letter è; if you can hear the difference, you'll
also know how to spell the word.

5. Chart of French Accent Marks
Name of Mark What It Looks
Like
Letters Used
With
Example
Accent aigu or
acute accent
é Only used with
E
étudiant
(student)
Accent grave or
grave accent
à, è, ù Used with A, E,
U
où (where)
Accent
circonflexe or
accent
circumflex
â, ê, î, ô,û A, E, I, O, U forêt (forest)
Accent tréma or
umlaut
ë, ï,ü E, I, U naïve (naïve)
Cedille or
cedilla
ç Only with letter
C
garçon (boy)

6. Accents Used with Vowels
• There are four accent marks used with
vowels. These are the accent aigu, accent
grave, accent circonflexe, and accent
tréma. Accents may change how a word is
pronounced or distinguish between two
words that are spelled the same but have
different meanings.

7. Accent Aigu
• The accent aigu may be the easiest for
students to remember because it is very
frequent and can only be used with the
letter E. The accent makes the
pronunciation of the E change to 'ay'.

8. • Some common words that use an accent
aigu include:
• L'école (school)
• Étudier (to study)
• Méchant (mean)

9. Accent Grave
• An accent grave may be used only with
vowels A, E, and U:
• Austère (austere or stern)
• Où (where)
• À (the preposition 'to')

10. Accent Circonflexe
• The accent circonflexe may appear over
any vowel and signifies that an S used to
be in the word, following the vowel.
• Hôpital (hospital)
• Forêt (forest)
• Embûche (pitfall)
• S'il vous plaît (please)
• Dégâts (damage)

11. Accent Tréma
• The tréma is also called an umlaut and appears
only over the vowels E, I and U. Whenever you
see accent tréma, you must pronounce each
vowel separately.
• Words using the accent tréma include:
• Naïve (naïve, or innocent)
• Noël (Christmas)
• Ambigüe (ambiguous)

12. Accents Used With Consonants
• There is only one French
accent mark used with a
consonant.

13. • Accent cedille, or the cedilla, is also easy
for most students to remember since it's
only found under the letter C. The cedilla
changes the pronunciation of the letter C
from a hard sound to a soft sound.
• Look for accent cedille under such words
as:
• Garçon (boy)
• Soupçon (misgivings)

14. A little bit of trivia
about the language
and
the country from
which it originated.

21. France
• France, officially the French Republic, is a
unitary semi-presidential republic located
mostly in Western Europe, with several
overseas regions and territories.

22. • Capital: Paris
• Dialing code: 33
• Population: 65.43 million (2011) World Bank
• President: François Hollande
• Government: Semi-presidential
system, Constitutional republic, Unitary state
• Currencies: Euro, CFP franc

23. Monuments and important
architecture of France

24. La palais de
Louvre

25. La palais de Louvre/ La musée de Louvre

26. La joconde

27. • The Louvre Museum in English, the Louvre Museum or
simply The Louvre is one of the world's large largest
museums, and a historic monument. A central landmark
of Paris, France, it is located on the Right Bank of the
Seine in the 1st arrondissement. Wikipedia
• Established : 1793
• Hours :Closed on Tuesday. - See all
• Address : 75001 Paris, France

28. Centre Georges
Pompidou

29. • Centre Georges Pompidou is a complex in the
Beaubourg area of the 4th arrondissement of Paris, near
Les Halles, rue Montorgueil and the Marais.It was
designed in the style of high-tech architecture.
• Opened : 1977
• Address : 19 Rue Beaubourg, 75004 Paris, France
• Phone : +33 1 44 78 12 33
• Architectural styles : Brutalist architecture , High-tech
architecture ,Postmodern architecture
• Architects : Renzo Piano , Richard Rogers , Peter
Rice , Mike Davies

30. L’ Arc de
Triomphe

31. L’ Arc de Triomphe
• The Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile is one of the MOST
famous monuments in Paris. It stands in the center of
the Place Charles de Gaulle, at the western end of the
Champs-Elysees.
• Construction started : August 15, 1806
• Opened : 1806
• Height : 50 m
• Address : Place Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France
• Architectural style : Neoclassicism
• Architect : Jean Chalgrin

33. • The Eiffel Tower is an iron lattice tower located on the
Champ de Mars in Paris, named after the engineer
Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the
tower.
• Height: 324 m
• Construction started: January 28, 1887
• Opened: March 31, 1889
• Floors: 3
• Address: Champ de Mars, 5 Avenue Anatole France,
75007 Paris, France

34. Basilica of the Sacré Cœur

35. • The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Paris, commonly
known as Sacré-Cœur Basilica, is a Roman Catholic
church and minor basilica, dedicated to the Sacred Heart
of Jesus, in Paris, France.
• Opened: 1914
• Hours: Tuesday hours 6:00 am–10:30 pm - See all
• Address: 35 Rue du Chevalier de la Barre, 75018 Paris,
France
• Architectural styles: Ancient Roman
architecture, Byzantine architecture
• Architects: Paul Abadie, Honoré Daumet, Lucien
Magne

36. Stade Vélodrome

37. • he Stade Vélodrome is a football stadium in
Marseille, France. It is home to the Olympique
de Marseille football club of Ligue 1, and was a
venue in the 1998 FIFA World Cup and the 2007
Rugby World Cup.
• Capacity: 42,000
• Address: 3 Boulevard Michelet, 13008
Marseille, France

38. Musée d'Orsay

39. Musée d'Orsay
• The Musée d'Orsay is a museum in Paris, France, on the left bank
of the Seine. It is housed in the former Gare d'Orsay, an impressive
Beaux-Arts railway station built between 1898 and 1900.
• Construction started: 1897
• Established: 1986
• Hours: Tuesday hours 9:30 am–6:00 pm -
• Address: 5 Quai Anatole France, 75007 Paris, France
• Architectural style: Beaux-Arts architecture
• Architects: Gae Aulenti, Victor Laloux, Émile Bénard

40. The
Panthéon

41. • The Panthéon is a building in the Latin Quarter in Paris.
It was originally built as a church dedicated to St.
Genevieve and to house the reliquary châsse containing
her relics but, after many changes, ...
• Height: 83 m
• Address: Place du Panthéon, 75005 Paris, France
• Architectural style: Neoclassical architecture
• Architects: Jacques-Germain Soufflot, Jean-Baptiste
Rondelet
• Burials: Victor Hugo, Voltaire, Jean-Jacques
Rousseau,
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42. The Pont du Gard

43. • The Pont du Gard is an ancient Roman aqueduct bridge
that crosses the Gardon River in Vers-Pont-du-Gard
near Remoulins, in the Gard département of southern
France.
• Total length: 274 m
• Opened: 60 AD
• Location: Vers-Pont-du-Gard
• Address: 400 Route du Pont du Gard, 30210 Vers-Pont-
du-Gard, France
• Architect: Henri Pitot