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Eiffel Tower on Valentines Day (14 February 1998)The Eiffel Tower taken with 685 days to the year 2000.
  Valentines Day (14 February 1998 in Paris, France).

EIFFEL TOWER CELEBRATION, Paris

The huge Millennial Clock on the Eiffel Tower will count down the last seconds of 1999 as a large crowd gathers in the Parc du Champ de Mars. At midnight a gigantic "egg" will be birthed by the tower; it will crack open to reveal a number of large video screens which will broadcast scenes from other millennial observances around the planet. Followed by a light and laser show. Other celebrations will take place along the Champs Elysees and the River Seine will be lit up in honor of the new century.  www.paris2000.com

MILLENNIUM CELEBRATION, Versailles

For those looking to turn back the clock for the millennium, Gilded Age Tours offers guests the opportunity to bask in the monarchical opulence of pre-Revolutionary France with a decadent "royal" ball at the Palace of Versailles. Partygoers — who are urged to attend in period costume — will be treated to a fine international banquet, live baroque music and dancing, a tour of the palace and palace grounds, and a midnight fireworks extravaganza. Tour operators promise that Hollywood and French film stars will be in attendance.  www.gildedagetours.com

 

World-wide Observatory of the year 2000
from the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France

Paris, France: Visit the beautiful site "World-wide Observatory of the Year 2000) and see the countdown on the Eiffel Tower (la Tour Eiffel).

 

The Official French Government celebrations - Mission pour la célébration de l'an 2000

It is claimed that there is a proposal to spend c£5 million (c$8 million) on a 700 mile (1000 km) line of trees from Calais to Carcassonne done the line of longitude two degrees east.

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AN2000: Provide links to French Millennium activities.

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Greenwich England is where East meets West at the Greenwich Meridian (0° Longitude); World Time is set Greenwich Mean Time. Remember the new millennium started in 2001.

Greenwich lies on the River Thames, a few minutes by rail or tube, or a short river cruise from central London.  If you want to visit Greenwich and information on visiting London, England then see Greenwich Info.  There is the famous Cutty Sark to visit and the Royal Naval College.  Just down river is the Thames Barrier which is close to London City Airport

The Royal Observatory at Greenwich is in Greenwich Park along with the National Maritime Museum and the Queens House (on which the White House in Washington DC, USA is based).  For information on astronomy visit Greenwich Star

The London Marathon starts in Greenwich Park every Spring.

Greenwich has a long heritage; it was the birth place of King Henry VIII and his daughters Queen Mary (Bloody Mary) and Queen Elizabeth I (The Virgin Queen).  All the English monarchs can be found at Royal History.

It has seen many famous visitors from Peter the Great through Charles Dickens to Bob Hope.  This and a lot more in Greenwich Past.

For information on all the other places in the world called Greenwich including Greenwich Village, New York City, USA then visit Greenwich Town.

Visit the Greenwich Book Shelf where you can buy titles old and new.

 

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