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Paris: The City Of Lights, Love And Lots More

By Don Kiselewski, MCC, started on July 14, 1789,
D.S., Palm Beach Gardens and the commemoration of
Travel Leaders this event, “Bastille Day,” is
Paris lies in the northern celebrated annually, much
quadrant of the hexagon that the same as our Independence
defines France. The country Day celebration, with
itself is surrounded by seven parades, fireworks and the
countries, which perhaps red, white and blue colors.
is one of the reasons that In the citizens’ revolt, many
Paris has become the hub of of the city’s statues and
Europe. One-fifth of France landmarks were destroyed.
lives in and around Paris They also reduced the size
in its suburbs. However, of aristocratic holdings. The
the makeup of the city’s city then developed under
13 million inhabitants has Napoleon. However, in 1830,
become so diluted with people the Bourgeois intellectuals
from foreign lands and other were denied the right to
parts of France that a true publish their newspaper, and
Parisian has become a rare another revolt began. This
beast indeed. time Napoleon III, alarmed View of the Seine River flowing through Paris from atop Notre Dame Cathedral
The first known occupants by the previous uprising,
of the area were a group of flattened the most densely
Celtic fishermen. Their first populated working-class
village was located on what areas.
today is the Île de la Cité. The Franco-Prussian War
The island protected them crippled Paris in 1870 and led
from invaders until Romans to France’s Third Republic.
conquered the town in 52 B.C. During this period, Paris
Due to the Latin language again became the magnet
brought by the Romans, the that drew writers and artists.
name of the village became The Germans occupied Paris
Lutetia. Shortly thereafter, the during WWII, and most of
town of Lutetia was expanded us will remember the photos
to the Left Bank. Around of German troops marching
this same time, Saint Denis through the Arc de Triomphe
brought Christianity to Paris. and down the Champs-
In the later part of the 10 Élysées. Since then, most
th
century, Hugh Capet, King of Paris has remained quiet,
of the Franks, made Paris except for the May 1968
the economic and political center of France. During the 10 battle in the Latin Quarter
th
to 13 centuries, King Louis IX developed the spiritual and between students and Charles Notre Dame Cathedral on the Île de la Cité
th
intellectual life of Paris, building many colleges, including de Gualle’s Fifth Republic.
the Sorbonne, on the Left Bank. The austere façade of the Paris, a cultural center, was Paris on page 17
university welcomes the curious.
The events in Paris during the next four centuries is perhaps
as familiar to us Americans as it is to the French. The Parisian
militant, Charles V, constructed the infamous Bastille fortress.
In 1407, the Duke of Burgundy had the Duke of Orleans
murdered – an act that led to the 12-year war between the
Burgundians and Armagnacs. The carnage ended with the
English capturing Paris in 1420. Joan of Arc failed to liberate
Paris 10 years later, and Henry VI of England was crowned Changing the way we
date at a time.
King of France in 1422.
Still more problems occurred for Paris, where in 1466,
the plague took thousands of Parisians. About a century
later, the religious wars wreaked havoc, including the St.
Bartholomew’s Day massacre, and culminating in the 1569
siege of the city by Henry of Navarre.
Things finally got better under King Louis XIII, who
brought fashion to Paris. He also founded various other
institutions, such as the Royal Printing Press and Académie
française. His successor, King Louis XIV, the Sun King, moved
his court out of the city to Versailles.
Come the revolution, as we often say, things will be
different, and this was also true in Paris. The people revolted
against poor living conditions and high taxes. The French
Revolution actually followed ours here in the states. It
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