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The siege of Paris of 845 was the culmination of a Viking invasion of West Francia. The Viking forces were led by a Norse chieftain named "Reginherus", or Ragnar, who tentatively has been identified with the legendary saga character Ragnar Lodbrok. Reginherus's fleet of 120 Viking ships, carrying thousands of warriors, entered the Seine in ...
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.
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 ...
The Avenue des Champs-Élysées (UK: / ˌ ʃ ɒ̃ z eɪ ˈ l iː z eɪ, ɛ-/, US: / ʃ ɒ̃ z ˌ eɪ l i ˈ z eɪ /; French: [av(ə)ny de ʃɑ̃z‿elize] ⓘ) is an avenue in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France, 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi) long and 70 metres (230 ft) wide, running between the Place de la Concorde in the east and the Place Charles de Gaulle in the west, where the Arc de ...
Boulevards of Paris. The Boulevards of Paris (French: Boulevards de Paris) are boulevards which form an important part of the urban landscape of Paris. The boulevards were constructed in several phases by central government initiative as infrastructure improvements, but are very much associated with strolling and leisurely enjoyment in the ...
The Trocadéro (pronounced [tʁɔkadeʁo] ⓘ), site of the Palais de Chaillot, is an area of Paris, France, in the 16th arrondissement, across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower. It is also the name of the 1878 Trocadéro Palace which was demolished in 1937 to make way for the Palais de Chaillot. [1] The hill of the Trocadéro is the hill of ...
The Catacombs of Paris (French: Catacombes de Paris, pronunciation ⓘ) are underground ossuaries in Paris, France, which hold the remains of more than six million people. [2] Built to consolidate Paris's ancient stone quarries, they extend south from the Barrière d'Enfer ("Gate of Hell") former city gate; the ossuary was created as part of ...
Overview. The city walls of Paris include: a Gaulish enclosure (precise location unknown) a Gallo-Roman wall. two medieval walls, one of which was the Wall of Philip II Augustus. the Wall of Charles V, extending on the right bank of the River Seine. the Louis XIII Wall [fr], extending on the western part of the right bank.