Paris

Paris
The Age: under the sign of the Gauls
Although the site of Paris is occupied by humans for 700,000 years, the city's history really begins to be written in the third century BC At that time,the Gallic tribe of the Parisii decided to move to the Ile de la Cité, strategic crossing point north of the country and the tin trade. Aware of the strategic challenge site, Julio Cesar sent troops tocrush the Gauls and takes over the place.
We are in the year 52 B.C. It's the battle of Lutetia. Then, the city is rebuilt by the occupants of the Cité and, on the left bank, along the northernslope of Mount St. Genevieve.
Lutecia takes shape. In the first and second centuries, the ancient amphitheater was built and the Baths of Cluny. The baths are fed by an aqueduct that runs the Bièvre, ariver that runs beneath the city after. The monument is a reflection of a typical Roman way of life. In 280, the city was destroyed by the barbarian invasions. Since the fourth century, Handily renamedParis. In 451, an event marks turn lasting memories: St. Genevieve gets religious divert greed of Attila the Hun. It will become the patron saint of Paris.
The Middle Ages: in the center of thekingdom of France
In 508, Clovis, king of the Franks, made Paris the capital of his kingdom. In the eighth century, the center of the Carolingian Empire moves northeastward. But the city takes on a newdimension with Hugh Capet. The Count of Paris was elected king of France in 987 and founded a new dynasty, the Capetians. Then Louis VI the Fat builds a fortress, the Châtelet, around the Grand-Pontrestored (now Pont au Change).
In 1163 began the construction of the cathedral Notre-Dame (ending in 1345). Then Philip Augustus, great planner, made his mark surrounding Paris and building thefortress walls of the Louvre. Under his reign was devoted Paris as capital. In the thirteenth century, Paris is the most populous city (about 200,000 inhabitants) and the richest of the West. At this time,...