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Like to know more about the real essence of the city? The special reports presented here will give you the low-down on a variety of subjects, in an informative and entertaining way. This month, you can brush up on your knowledge with “Paris through the ages”, a view over Paris’s major historical landmarks, “Paris and its architecture” and “Paris with a difference”.
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From the Gallic village of the Parisii to the metropolis of the 21st century, more than 2000 years of life and history have passed on the banks of the Seine. Follow the development, the transformation of a capital through the great dates of its history, go back to the origin of all the constructions, monuments, museums and urban works which have modelled the look of today’s Paris.
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The history of Paris can be read in its stones as well as in books... A monumental condensation of styles which will not leave the attentive stroller unmoved. Antiquity left a heritage of its public baths and arenas to the city. The Middle Ages remains present with the Romanesque bell-tower of Saint-German-des-Près, and the delicacy of the Sainte Chapelle affirms the miracle of Gothic. Paris is also the Classicism of the Grand Siècle, its domes and pediments, its dream of Antiquity already touched by the Renaissance. You will be charmed by the eclecticism of the Second Empire, the thrust of Haussmann’s boulevards, and the metal architecture celebrated by the Eiffel Tower, which spearheaded Art Nouveau. Art Deco did not lag far behind, and its modernity heralded the future concrete-and-glass emblems of a city in constant renewal.
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Would you like to get to know Paris better? To venture off the beaten track? There’s no doubt that Paris has its essential must-see museums and monuments, famous throughout the world, but Paris also has other faces: unexpected, secret, exotic or futuristic. Take the plunge and head off to a different Paris.
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