París 
Culture Click here for more images Parisians feel almost the same passion for the culture to the restaurants. The arts and culture are a huge support from the French government, which is responsible for funding the arts, protect the French cinema of Hollywood imports and promote massive projects as the new Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Quai François Mauriac,Website: http://www.bnf.fr/). The Opéra Bastille (see below Music) opened in 1989 in the bicentennial Day Bastille, but since then it has ceased to challenge their design and the quality of their productions. Other places to see opera, ballet and concerts are the Palais des Congrès, 2 place de la Porte-Maillot, 17th District (tel: (01) 4068 0005, Website: http://www.palaisdescongres-paris.com/) , and the huge Palais des Sports Porte de Versailles, 15th District (tel: (01) 4828 4010, Website: http://www.palaisdessports.com/). Any input is available at FNAC Forum des Halles, 1 rue Pierre Lescot, 1st District (tel: (01) 4041 4000, Website: http://www.fnac.com/) or FNAC Musique, 2 rue Charenton, 12th District (tel: (01) 4342 0404). There is also a Carrousel du Louvre, 99 rue de Rivoli, 1st District (tel: (01) 4316 4747, Website: http://www.carrouseldulouvre.fr/), located in the basement of the Louvre, or Virgin Megastore, 52 avenue des Champs-Elysées, 8th District (tel: (01) 4953 5000, Website: http://www.virginmega.fr/). No matter how long the queue for the opera or concerts, avoid the resale of tickets, as they are more expensive and often false. Cultural event listings are in Pariscope (Website: http://www.pariscope.com/) and L'Officiel des Spectacles. Classical music concerts are listed each month in Le Monde de la Musique. Cultural events Paris has a wide range and a variety of lively festivals. Among these, there are some that are held throughout the city and they are free: Fete de la Musique (June 21; website: http://www.fetedelamusique.culture.fr/), Festival du Film de Paris (early April; website: http://www.festivaldufilmdeparis.com/) and the Festival d'Automne (September to December; website: http://www.festival-automne.com/). The Festival d'Art Sacré is a series of free concerts held in the churches of the city during the weeks before Christmas. Music In Paris Opéra (tel: (08) 9289 9090; website: http://www.opera-de-paris.fr/) are represented ballets and opera. In Opéra Garnier, Place de l'Opéra, 9th district and Opera Bastille, place de la Bastille, 12th District (The tickets cost 30 € to 110 €). The great opera productions are also represented in Châtelet Théâtre Musical de Paris, 1 place du Châtelet, 1st (tel: (01) 4028 2840; website: http://www.chatelet-theatre.com/). The varied program of the Cité de la Musique in La Villette (website: http://www.cite-musique.fr/) has entrees in contemporary music and is home to the internationally acclaimed Ensemble Intercontemporain (website: http: / / www.ensembleinter.com/). Also organized concerts of early music, jazz, chanson and world music. The Cité has two concert halls: the Conservatoire National de Musique, 209 avenue Jean Jaurès, 19th District (tel: (01) 4040 4545), and the Salle des Concerts, 221 avenue Jean Jaurès, 19th District (tel: (01 ) 4484 4484). Some big names in contemporary classical and experimental music to French to follow the track are Pierre Boulez, Pascal Dusapin and Luc Ferrarie. Orchestre Colonne Orchestras as (Website: http://www.orchestrecolonne.fr/), Orchestre Lamoureux (website: http://www.orchestrelamoureux.com/) and Orchestre de Paris (website: http://www . orchestredeparis.com /) are headquartered in Salle Pleyel, 252 rue du Faubourg-St-Honoré, 8th District (tel: (01) 4561 5300). Other prestigious places to enjoy classical music concerts are the Salle Gaveau, 45 rue de la Boétie, 8th District (tel: (01) 4953 0507), the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, 15 avenue Montaigne, 8th District (tel: ( 01) 4952 5050; website: http://www.theatrechampselysees.fr/), and Théâtre Musical de Paris, 1 place du Châtelet, 1st District (tel: (01) 4028 2840, website: http:// www.chatelet-theatre.com/). Teatro La Comédie Française, 1 place de Colette, 1st District (tel: (01) 4458 1515 Website: http://www.comedie-francaise.fr/), is the national theater, has a reputation for producing classic . In the Théâtre National de la Colline, 15 rue Malte-Brun, 20th District (tel: (01) 4462 5252) French contemporary works are represented. New talents are often found in fringe theaters, such as the Guichet-Montparnasse, 15 rue du Maine, 14th District (tel: (01) 4327 8861). Peter Brook is in the Bouffes du Nord, 37 bis boulevard de la Chapelle, 10th District (tel: (01) 4607 3450). The Odéon, 1 place de l'Odéon, 6th District (tel: (01) 4485 4000; website: http://www.theatre-odeon.fr/) hosts productions in foreign languages. Dance Dance The main center is the Opéra Garnier (see above Music). Other major productions are represented in the prestigious Théâtre de la Ville, 2 place du Châtelet, District 4 (tel: (01) 4274 2277; website: http://www.theatredelaville-paris.com/), which is shown Often the work of great choreographers as Karine Saporta, Maguy Marin and Pina Bausch. The other room of the theater, Les Abbesses, has the same direction at 31 rue des Abbesses, District 18. The Théâtre Musical de Paris (see above Music) hosts ballet companies abroad. Film The first public screening of a film ('Le train entrant in gare') was carried out by the Lumiere brothers in Paris in 1895. Today, Paris is still a significant capital for the film, which projects more than 300 movies a week. No city cinema passes English-language films, but most of the films are in original language with French subtitles. UGC (http://www.ugc.fr/) has a significant presence in Paris and has the largest cinema complex in the city with 18 rooms: UGC Ciné Cité Bercy, 2 cours St-Emilion, 12th District (tel: (08 ) 9270 0000). There is also another multiplex with 16 screens Ciné Cité UGC Les Halles, place de la Rotonde, Nouveau Forum des Halles, 1st District (tel: (08) 9270 0000). Although they keep appearing and Gaumonts UGC cinemas around town (mostly located on the Champs Elysees and Montparnasse), Paris still boils with small arthouse cinemas concentrated in arrondissements 5th and 6th. Among these include Le Champo, 51 rue des Ecoles, 5th District (tel: (01) 4354 5160; website: http://www.lechampo.com/), next to the Sorbonne, Odéon Racine, 6 rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, 6th District (tel: (0892) 68 9325), known for films happen overnight. Some cinemas are worth a visit purely for its decoration, as kitsch Le Grand Rex, 1 boulevard Poisssonnière, 2nd District (tel: (01) 4508 9358; website: http://www.legrandrex.com/). Some recent films as Amelie (Le Fabuleux Destin d'or Amelie Poulain, 2001), directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, who also directed Delicatessen in 1991, or Moulin Rouge (2001), directed by Baz Luhtmann, are set in Montmartre and were a hit at the box office worldwide. Literary Notes: Both written and oral literature collected long coffee gatherings on the left bank of the Seine, which for decades has fueled a mythical image of Paris that visitors still searching. The historical novel by Victor Hugo, Notre-Dame de Paris (1831), recreates the fifteenth century Paris and Les Miserables (1862) is set in the slums of a Paris plagued by poverty. Hemingway's work Ernerst A Moveable Feast (1964) describes the bohemian Paris between the wars. Tropic of Cancer (1934) and Tropic of Capricorn (1939) by Henry Miller describe a sexy city. A reflective image is described by Anais Nin in his works intertwined. For Nin, Paris was the place where he could develop his sexuality and his less perverse creativity. George Orwell portrays the poverty of the 20's in and Out in Paris and London (1933). 

Añadir leyenda

 They may perceive traces of heroes and heroines of literature, and their fictional creations throughout the city in the persistent smoke Café de Flore and Les Deux Magots on Boulevard St-Germain in the 6th district, which staged the angry discussions between Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus and Simone de Beauvoir. James Joyce used to frequent the chic Le Fouquet's, 99 avenue des Champs-Elysées, 8th district, while the celebrated Jean Jacques Rousseau, Voltaire and Oscar Wilde came to Le Procope, 13 rue de l'Ancienne-Comédie in the 6th district. Ernest Hemingway used to dine at The Cloiserie des Lilas, 171 boulevard du Montparnasse, 6th district, frequented even by people in the publishing world, while Samuel Beckett's favorite bar was Le Select, 99 boulevard du Montparnasse, 6th district. The pilgrimage par excellence is the Pere Lachaise cemetery, where they allegedly lying medieval lovers Abelard and Heloise. His remains rest in the good company of the seventeenth century playwright, Molière, La Fontaine story writer, Oscar Wilde, Sarah Bernhardt, Champollion, Delacroix, Ingres, Géricault, Bizet, Balzac, Proust, Colette and Edith Piaf. The contemporary poet, singer and icon Jim Morrison was buried in the cemetery in 1971. Zade's novel (2004) by Heather Reyes is located in Père Lachaise and stars the ghosts of Jim Morrison, Marcel Proust and Oscar Wilde.