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The element lutetium was named in honor of its discovery in a Paris laboratory, and the characteristic building material of the city of Paris, Lutetian Limestone, derives from the ancient name. The " Lutetian " is, in the geologic timescale , a stage or age in the Eocene Epoch.
The ruins of the Tuileries stood on the site for 11 years. Although the roofs and the inside of the palace had been utterly destroyed by the fire, the stone walls of the palace remained intact and restoration was possible. Other monuments of Paris also set on fire by Communards, such as the City Hall, were rebuilt in the
The Bois de Vincennes (1860–1865) was (and is today) the largest park in Paris, designed to give green space to the working-class population of east Paris. Haussmann built the Parc des Buttes Chaumont on the site of a former limestone quarry at the northern edge of the city.
Today, in addition to the prominent cathedral and other shrines, it is the home of the Préfecture de Police, the Palais de Justice, and the Tribunal de commerce de Paris. The Mémorial des Martyrs de la Déportation , a memorial to the 200,000 people deported from Vichy France to Nazi concentration camps during the Second World War , is ...
The ruins shed light on French society from the Middle Ages to modern times, officials said. Ruins from 1,000-year period — including wine cellars — found outside Paris. See them
Map of the tombs in Saint-Denis Basilica; The Treasures of Saint-Denis – scholarly article from 1915 on the important and mostly destroyed treasures; L'Internaute Magazine: Diaporama (in French) Satellite image from Google Maps; Saint-Denis, a town in the Middle Ages; Photos of tombs and the Basilica (in French) Photos of the windows at the ...
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The city walls of Paris include: a Gaulish enclosure (precise location unknown) a Gallo-Roman wall; two medieval walls, one of which was the Wall of Philip II Augustus; the Wall of Charles V, extending on the right bank of the River Seine