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Of Light
the city Of Light
Paris
The city of light
Dubbed the City of Light by its admirers, Paris has never
stopped enchanting curious visitors from the entire
world, who come to discover the magical charm that
has led to its fame. A multifaceted capital, it’s a city to
get lost in, strolling along the banks of the Seine or
within its many gardens. Throughout their wanderings,
visitors discover a city shaped by history, whose architectural wealth presents a trip across the centuries. But
when getting off the beaten paths, another more secret
city reveals itself, bursting with hidden treasures. This
book invites you to discover the riches of a Paris that
you’ll never finish exploring through over one hundred
photos.
SPECIFICATIONS
Format290 x 320 mm or 250 x 275 mm
Number of pages232 pp
Approx. 17,000 words
Price 29 €
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contenTS
Introduction
Waterside Paris
The wanderings of the Fontaine
des Innocents
A completely new ancestor, the
Pont Neuf
Visconti’s fountain, the
Fontaine Louvois
A bridge on the Île Saint-Louis,
the Pont de Sully
The metamorphoses of the
Pont Louis-Philippe
Quatre-Parties-du-Monde, The
Four Cardinal Points Fountain
The Pont des Arts, bridge of
knowledge
The grotto that became the
Fontaine Médicis The bridge of
the “famous,” Pont Alexandre II
From Bastille to La Villette,
Canal Saint Martin
A bridge for Bercy
Métro and Art Nouveau, the
Pont de Bir-Hakeim
The renaissance of the La
Villette basin
Paris and its green spaces
The sovereigns’ garden, the
Tuileries
The garden of Les Halles, in the
“Belly of Paris”
The square of the falcons,
Square Jean XXIII
400 years of botany, the Jardin
des Plantes
A botanic museum, the
medieval garden of Cluny
Jardin du Luxembourg, artists’
garden
From Campus Martius to the
Eiffel Tower, the Champ de
Mars
The folly of Chartres, the Parc
Monceau
Bois de Vincennes, woods of a
thousand lives
English masterpiece, the Parc
Montsouris
Western Paris’s green lung, the
Bois de Boulogne
The garden-world of Albert
Kahn
The grapes of Montmartre
The genius of the Buttes
Chaumont
The view from the Parc de
Belleville
Paris and its architecture
Orsay, the station becomes a
museum
The imperial arch, the Arc de
Triomphe du Carrousel
A High Gothic jewel, Sainte
Chapelle
The Conciergerie, the heart of
medieval Paris
From François I to Keith
Haring, Église Saint Eustache
The parish of the Valois, Saint
Germain l’Auxerrois
The beginnings of Western
public medicine, the Hôtel Dieu
A treasure from the 14th
century, the Hôtel de Soubise
The mysteries of the Tour SaintJacques
From the Maison aux Piliers to
the Hôtel de Ville
The stone queen, Notre Dame
de Paris
The medieval palace of the
Marais, Hôtel de Sens
A gem in the style of Louis XIII,
Hôtel de Sully
The temple of great men, the
Panthéon
On the mountain, the Église
Saint Étienne du Mont
Lycée Henri IV, on the
Montagne Sainte Geneviève
The treasure of the Cistercians,
the Collège des Bernardins
Anne of Austria’s church, Notre
Dame du Val de Grâce
The palace of a thousand and
one lives, the Palais du
Luxembourg The temple of
money, Hôtel de la Monnaie
A gem of classical sacred
architecture, Église Saint
Sulpice
The parliament of scholars, the
Institut de France
From aristocratic palace to the
seat of democracy,
Palais Bourbon
The home of great men, Les
Invalides
An arrow in the sky, the Eiffel
Tower
The ancient military temple of
Madeleine
The Napoleonic colossus, the
Arc de Triomphe Hôtel de la
Marine, from the crown jewels
to the boys
of the navy
Gare de l’Est, to conquer the
east
The triumphal arch of Louis XIV,
Porte Saint Denis ...
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