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A recreated map of Paris in 1380. ... The Banque de France, founded in 1796, helped resolve the financial crisis of 1848 and emerged as a powerful central bank.
Paris (French pronunciation: ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of France.With an official estimated population of 2,102,650 residents in January 2023 [2] in an area of more than 105 km 2 (41 sq mi), [5] Paris is the fourth-largest city in the European Union and the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2022. [6]
The Île de la Cité, 1609 map of Paris by Vassalieu; 1610 14 May – Assassination of Henry IV by Ravaillac on Rue de la Ferronnerie, while the King's carriage is caught in a traffic jam. 18 August – First stone placed of the Collège Royal, later the Collège de France. 1611
Turgot map of Paris. The Turgot map in its assembled form. The Turgot map of Paris (French: Plan de Turgot) is a highly accurate and detailed map of the city of Paris, France, as it existed in the 1730s. The map was commissioned by Parisian municipality chief Michel-Étienne Turgot, drawn up by surveyor Louis Bretez, and engraved by Claude Lucas.
Roman Lutetia. Model of the "pilier des nautes" (1st century AD), Musee Cluny. The first traces of the Roman occupation of Lutetia appeared at the end of the 1st century BC, during the reign of the Emperor Augustus. By the beginning of the 1st century AD, the construction of the Roman city was underway.
Île de la Cité. Île de la Cité (French: [il də la site]; English: City Island), [1] 22.5 hectares (56 acres) in size, [2] is one of two [a] natural islands in the Seine, in central Paris. In the 4th century, it was the site of the fortress of the area governor for the Roman Empire. In 508, Clovis I, the first King of the Franks ...
Paris in the 17th century was the largest city in Europe, with a population of half a million, matched in size only by London. It was ruled in turn by three monarchs; Henry IV, Louis XIII, and Louis XIV, and saw the building of some of the city's most famous parks and monuments, including the Pont Neuf, the Palais Royal, the newly joined Louvre and Tuileries Palace, the Place des Vosges, and ...
With the death in 1477 of Charles the Bold, France and the Habsburgs began a long process of dividing his rich Burgundian lands, leading to numerous wars. In 1532, Brittany was incorporated into the Kingdom of France. France engaged in the long Italian Wars (1494–1559), which marked the beginning of early modern France.