Your trip to Paris is the right opportunity to learn about the history of the city. Learn about the main historical events that changed the city forever.
Each period of Paris history was influenced by foreign cultures and bringing to the city a great diversity.
From Lutetia the Gallo-roman converting to Christianisme, troubled Middle Age period and the great Merovingian and Carolingian kings, the Capetians kings under whose pulse Paris became the capital of the country getting united.
During the Renaissance, Paris will develop and become eager of modernity as the Italian Renaissance: arts and knowledge are glorified through the city and its monuments leaving eternal marks in Paris.
Throughout the centuries the city will keep developping and it's under great kings such as : François the 1rst and Louis XIV, that Paris will become and be aknwoledged as the international capital that we now know . Larger constructions works from the 17th and 19th centuries will also be turning points in the city's history.
The French Revolution was a very troubled time and will lead to the end of the French monarchy and also to the foundation of the French Republic.
Paris history : Lutetia the Gallo Romane , Paris in the Middle Age , Paris and the renaissance, Paris in the 19th century
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