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Paris (French pronunciation: ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of France.With an official estimated population of 2,102,650 residents in January 2023 [2] in an area of more than 105 km 2 (41 sq mi), [5] Paris is the fourth-largest city in the European Union and the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2022. [6]
- Arrondissements of Paris
The City of Paris is divided into twenty arrondissements...
- Notre-Dame De Paris
Notre-Dame de Paris (French: [nɔtʁ(ə) dam də paʁi] ⓘ;...
- History of Paris
Under Napoleon III and his Prefect of the Seine,...
- Fourth-Most Populated City
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- France
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- Arrondissements of Paris
Paris (/pa.ʁi/ a Écouter) est la capitale de la France et une collectivité à statut particulier. Divisée en vingt arrondissements, elle est le chef-lieu de la région Île-de-France et le siège de la métropole du Grand Paris.
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Site and earlier buildings
The site of the Panthéon had great significance in Paris history, and was occupied by a series of monuments. It was on Mount Lucotitius, a height on the Left Bank where the forum of the Roman town of Lutetia was located. It was also the original burial site of Saint Genevieve, who had led the resistance to the Huns when they threatened Paris in 451. In 508, Clovis, King of the Franks, constructed a church there, where he and his wife were later buried in 511 and 545. The church, originally de...
Construction
1. Soufflot's original plan for the Church of Sainte Genevieve (1756) 2. Soufflot's final plan: the principal façade (1777) 3. Soufflot's plan of the three domes, one within another 4. Looking upward at the first and second domes 5. Iron rods were used to give greater strength and stability to the stone structure (1758–90) King Louis XV vowed in 1744 that if he recovered from his illness he would replace the dilapidated church of the Abbey of St Genevieve with a grander building worthy of the...
The Revolution – The "Temple of the Nation"
1. The Tomb of Jean-Jacques Rousseau 2. The Panthéon in 1795. The façade windows were bricked up to make the interior darker and more solemn. 3. Tomb and statue of Voltaire 4. Transfer of ashes of Voltaireto the Pantheon (1791) The Church of Saint Genevieve was nearly complete, with only the interior decoration unfinished, when the French Revolution began in 1789. In 1790, the Marquis de Vilette proposed that it be made a temple devoted to liberty, on the model of the Pantheon in Rome. "Let u...
Dome
The final plan of the dome was accepted in 1777, and it was completed in 1790. It was designed to rival those of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome and St Paul's Cathedral in London. Unlike the dome of Les Invalides in Paris, which has a wooden framework, the dome is constructed entirely of stone. It is actually three domes, one within the other, with the painted ceiling, visible from below, on the second dome. The dome is 83.0 metres (272 ft) high, compared with the tallest dome in the world, St....
Façade, peristyle and entrance
1. Main façade 2. The pediment, with the central figures of the Nation and Liberty: statesmen and scholars to the left, soldiers to the right The façade and peristyle on the east side, modeled after a Greek temple, features Corinthian columns and pedimental sculpture by David d'Angers, completed in 1837. The sculpture on this pediment, replacing an early pediment with religious themes, represents "The Nation distributing crowns handed to her by Liberty to great men, civil and military, while...
Narthex and naves
1. Panoramic view of interior 2. Saint Genevieve as a child in prayer, by Puvis de Chavannes(1876) 3. Joan of Arc at Orleans, by Jules Eugène Lenepveu The primary decoration of the Western Nave is a series of paintings, beginning in the Narthex, depicting the lives of Saint Denis, the patron saint of Paris, and longer series on the life of Saint Genevieve, by Puvis de Chavannes, Alexandre Cabanel, Jules Eugène Lenepveu and other notable history painters of the 19th century. The paintings of t...
A corridor of the CryptTomb of Louis BrailleTombs of Victor Hugo (left), Alexandre Dumas (center), and Emile Zola(right)Panteón Nacional, CaracasLebeurre, Alexia (2000). The Pantheon: Temple of the Nation. Paris: Éditions du Patrimoine. ISBN 978-2858223435.Oudin, Bernard (1994). Dictionnaire des Architectes (in French). Seghers. ISBN 2232103986.Paris (nicknamed the " City of light ") is the capital city of France, and the largest city in France. The area is 105 square kilometres (41 square miles), and around 2.15 million people live there. If suburbs are counted, the population of the Paris area rises to 10.7 million people.
Under Napoleon III and his Prefect of the Seine, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, the centre of Paris was rebuilt between 1852 and 1870 with wide new avenues, squares and new parks, and the city was expanded to its present limits in 1860.
15 hours ago · Paris, city and capital of France, located along the Seine River, in the north-central part of the country. Paris is one of the world’s most important and attractive cities, famed for its gastronomy, haute couture, painting, literature, and intellectual community.
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[6] [8] France is a semi-presidential republic with its capital in Paris, the country's largest city and main cultural and commercial centre. Metropolitan France was settled during the Iron Age by Celtic tribes known as Gauls before Rome annexed the area in 51 BC, leading to a distinct Gallo-Roman culture .
