Do you know the 7 wonders of the ancient world? These architectural treasures have gone down in history as the most beautiful and famous monuments of antiquity. If today there is only one left, the names of the others remind us of familiar monuments: the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, the lighthouse of Alexandria…
Today, only the pyramid of Cheops in Memphis has managed to cross the ages. Victim of its success, the pyramid is frequently closed to be restored. Each of the pyramids on the Giza plateau is in turn closed for a whole year to be preserved from damage linked to the growing number of visitors. Per day, the number of visits is limited to 300 people for the Cheops pyramid.
France is renowned throughout the world for its gastronomy, its culture but also its artistic and historical heritage. What are the most famous French monuments? According to Geo magazine, the most visited place in France in 2022 is none other than… Disneyland Paris! The amusement park attracted 15 million visitors. Every year, as many French people as foreign tourists go there.
In second place is the Louvre Museum in Paris. With 7.8 million admissions in 2022, this place of art and culture is the most visited in the Parisian capital. In 2018, it had even recorded an attendance of more than 10 million people. The Palace of Versailles occupies third place with 7 million tourists in 2022. And, only coming in fourth place, the Eiffel Tower attracted nearly 5.9 million visitors last year.
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