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The Île de la Cité (French: [il d(ə) la site]; English: City Island, lit. "Island of the City"), [1] is 22.5 hectares (56 acres) in size, [2] is one of the two natural islands in the Seine River (alongside, Île Saint-Louis) in central Paris. In the 4th century, it was the site of the fortress of the area governor for the Roman Empire.
Cité (Paris Métro), the metro station on the Île de la Cité; Cité (Quebec), type of municipality in Quebec; Citadel, the historical centre of an old city, originally fortified; Housing estate, a group of homes and other buildings built together as a single development; Île de la Cité, an island in the Seine where Paris was founded
Paris Cité University (French: Université Paris Cité) is a public research university located in Paris, France.It was created by decree on 20 March 2019, resulting from the merger of Paris Descartes (Paris V) and Paris Diderot (Paris VII) universities, established following the division of the University of Paris in 1970. [3]
The Cité de Carcassonne (Occitan: Ciutat de Carcassona [siwˈtat de kaɾkaˈsunɔ]) is a medieval citadel located in the French city of Carcassonne, in the Aude department, Occitania region. It is situated on a hill on the right bank of the river Aude , in the south-eastern part of the city proper.
The Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie (French pronunciation: [site de sjɑ̃s e də lɛ̃dystʁi], "City of Science and Industry", abbreviated la CSI) [1] [2] or simply CSI [3] is the biggest science museum in Europe. [4]
Cité is a defunct title that currently is used only officially by Dorval, which is nevertheless legally a ville. [2] In all other Canadian provinces, although ville is still used as the French translation for both "city" and "town", cities and towns there do have distinct legal status from each other.
The Cité internationale universitaire de Paris was established after World War I by André Honnorat, rector at the Sorbonne, in cooperation with Émile Deutsch de la Meurthe, in order to create a meeting place for students, researchers and intellectuals from around the world in a spirit of peace, unity and friendly cooperation.
Philip-Augustus (1180-1223) modernized the royal administration, and placed the royal archives, the treasury and courts within Palais de la Cité, and thereafter the city functioned, except for brief periods, as the capital of the kingdom. In 1187 he welcomed the English king, Richard the Lion-Heart, to his palace. The court records show the ...