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===Original Designs and Changes===
While the France pavilion was also going to be a part of World Showcase, the pavilion’s design and layout changed many times. Early designs of the pavilion show that theater which would eventually house [[Impressions de France]] was at one time going to be round <ref name= "Crawford"> http://progresscityusa.com/2010/04/15/elseworlds-epcot-centers-french-circlevision/ </ref>. This design suggests that Imagineers may have originally intended the film to be a CircleVision 360 film, although this in unconfirmed. According Richard Beard’s book, Walt Disney’s EPCOT: Creating the New World of Tomorrow <ref> Walt Disney's EPCOT: creating the new world of tomorrow
Richard Beard - Walt Disney - H.N. Abrams - 1982 </ref>, the pavilion's layout changed was altered drastically before it was built:
{{Quotation| “With the best will in the world, there was still not complete agreement among the EPCOT team during the planning of the France pavilion. One of the first concept sketches was of the Place du Tertre, the artists’ colony up near the cathedral of Sacré-Coeur. Then the Moulin Rouge and the Place Pigalle were considered, but the French advisers thought that was “tacky.” (It is; but tourists still love it.)
Sacré-Coeur itself, when they tried to build it to scale, looked rather Muscovite to a lot of people, with its onion-type domes. But the Eiffel Tower is unmistakable; it is one of a kind”| Walt Disney’s EPCOT: Creating the New World of Tomorrow}}
At one time plans for the pavilion also called for the creation of an animated map. Guests would be able to push a button on the map to learn about what was happening in the countries’ country's various regions including: the coasts of Normandy and Brittany, the skiing areas, the Riviera, and the wine country <ref name= "Crawford"/>. Another unused plan for the France pavilion called for an Exposition Hall based on Les Halles in Paris. The hall would have showed displays of France's provincial regions, as well as an information center <ref name= "Martin"> http://www.martinsvids.net/?p=121 </ref>.
===Layout and History Since Opening===
