Spectacular Paris

By William Scheller

Book Overview

An outstanding gift or souvenir in a new affordable package, Spectacular Paris celebrates all that shines in the wonderful City of Light. In this celebration and photographic portrait, Spectacular Paris brings the best of this awe-inspiring city into sharp focus, capturing the unending beauty, lure, culture, and magnificence of this unique city. Paris is home to some of the world's greatest landmarks, including the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, the Cathedral of Notre-Dame, and the Pantheon. There is hardly any corner in Paris where you are not confronted with beauty and decor: it is layered with architectural history and culture, and has magnificently decorated buildings of royal, religious, and secular purpose at every turn and corner. Ancient, Gothic, Renaissance, baroque, and modern architecture meld together in a city laid out upon the banks of the Seine. This is the perfect book for those who have been captured by the romance and beauty of Paris.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789327368
• ISBN13: 9780789327369
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Rizzoli Universe
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 12.4" x 9.3"