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Le Journal d'un bourgeois de Paris is an account of politics, war and everyday life in Paris covering the period between 1405 and 1449. The exact identity of its author is unknown. The exact identity of its author is unknown.
Baldwin in 1969, Hyde Park, London James Baldwin (1924–1987) was born in and lived his entire childhood and adolescence in Harlem, New York.He expatriated and lived most of his adult life in France, though he traveled frequently and had extended stays in other countries (Switzerland and Turkey).
Another important religious order arrived in Paris in the mid-12th century: the Knights Templar, who established their headquarters at the Old Temple on the Right Bank next to the Seine near the churches of Saint-Gervais and Saint-Jean-en-Grève. In the 13th century, they built a fortress with a high tower on what is now the Place du Temple.
The Russian army, led by Czar Alexander I, enters Paris by the Port Saint-Denis on 31 March 1814. In January 1814, after Napoleon's decisive defeat at the Battle of Leipzig in October 1813, the Allied armies of Austria, Prussia and Russia, with over five hundred thousand men, invaded France and headed for Paris. Napoleon departed the Tuileries ...
Saint-Jean-le-Rond and Notre-Dame on the left, with the old Hôtel-Dieu, Paris in the background. Episodes from the Life of a Bishop-Saint , by the Master of Saint Giles ( c. 1500 ) The facade of Notre-Dame in the early 18th century, with the church of Saint-Jean-le-Rond visible on its left side
Jean Béraud (French:; January 12, 1849 [1] – October 4, 1935) was a French painter renowned for his numerous paintings depicting the life of Paris, and the nightlife of Paris society. Pictures of the Champs Elysees , cafés, Montmartre and the banks of the Seine are precisely detailed illustrations of everyday Parisian life during the ...
Paris in the 18th century was the second-largest city in Europe, after London, with a population of about 600,000 people. The century saw the construction of Place Vendôme, the Place de la Concorde, the Champs-Élysées, the church of Les Invalides, and the Panthéon, and the founding of the Louvre Museum.
The 16th century saw the Renaissance arrive in Paris, expressed in the city's architecture, art and cultural life. The Kings of France returned to Paris from the Loire Valley. Paris. In 1534, Francis I became the first French king to make the Louvre his residence.