IN PICS: The romantic city of Paris

There is perhaps no other city in the world that is almost synonymous with love as Paris. We bring you these stunning pictures shot by photographers from Retuers of Paris over the years.

Spectators gather in front of the Eiffel tower during New Year's eve celebrations January 1, 2007. Policemen blocked the access to the Eiffel Tower from Trocadero square to prevent previous year's riots.

A giant Ferris wheel fills the Paris skyline behind the obelisk at the Place de la Concorde in central Paris, November 26, 2007.

The horses of the bridge Alexander the third are seen at sunset in Paris, March 2, 2004. The bridge has been built especially for the Universal Exposition in 1900s and has four columns with horses, one at each part of the bridge, meaning four parts of the French history.

Parisians take a summer evening stroll near a replica of the Statue of Liberty on the narrow Allee des Cygnes island in the River Seine in Paris, July 1, 2001. French sculptor Frederic August Bartholdi designed the original statue, 'Liberty Enlightening the World', devoting 20 years of his life to the project. The Statue of Liberty, gift from the people of France to the United States, was unveiled on October 28, 1886 in New York harbour.

Visitors walk through the Denon Gallery at the Louvre Museum in Paris August 6, 2007. The Paris Tourism Office announced in July that the Louvre Museum hosted more than 8 million visitors in 2006.

A general view of the Pantheon in Paris, November 22, 2007.

A couple kisses while waiting for a train at the Gare du Nord train station in Paris November 13, 2007, before the start of a strike by French SNCF railway workers. Seven of eight SNCF railway unions have voted for rolling strikes from Tuesday evening to protest against President Nicolas Sarkozy's plan to end their pension privileges.