History of Paris
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Roman Republic 52–27 BC Roman Empire 27 BC–AD 395 Western Roman Empire 395–476 Kingdom of Soissons 476–486 Francia 486–843 West Francia 843–987 Kingdom of France 987–1792 French First Republic 1792–18
The Palais de la Cité and Sainte-Chapelle as viewed from the Left Bank, from the Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry (1410), month of June
Paris in 1763, by Nicolas-Jean-Baptiste Raguenet, A View of Paris from the Pont Neuf, Getty Museum
Paris in 1897 - Boulevard Montmartre, by Camille Pissarro, Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Site of the National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP) digging at the Rue Henri-Farman (15th arrondissement) in June 2008
Palais de la Cité
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The Palais de la Cité, located on the Seine River's Île de la Cité, is a major historic building in the centre of Paris, France. It was an occasional residence of the Kings of France from the early 6t
History of Paris
…in the Pavillon de Flore, the south pavilion of the Tuileries, while the Tribunal, the revolutionary court, set up its courtroom within the old Palais de la Cité. The new government imposed a Reign of Terror. From 2 to 6 September 1792, bands of sans-culottes broke into the prisons and murdered refractory priests…
A banquet in 1358 hosted by Charles V of France in the Grand'Salle for his uncle Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor by Jean Fouquet
The Grand'Salle of the Palace in the 16th century, by Androuet du Cerceau
Louis XIV arrives at the Palais de la Cité to preside over a session of the Parlement of Paris (1715)