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Strips cut from the striped part of the skin of an okapi, sent home by Sir Harry Johnston, were the first evidence of the okapi's existence to reach Europe.. Although the okapi was unknown to the Western world until the 20th century, it may have been depicted since the early fifth century BCE on the façade of the Apadana at Persepolis, a gift from the Ethiopian procession to the Achaemenid ...
The first railway stations in Paris were built under Louis-Philippe. Each belonged to a different company. They were not connected to each other and were outside the center of the city. The first, called the Embarcadère de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, was opened on 24 August 1837 on the Place de l'Europe.
The Parisii, a Celtic tribe, found a town, called Lucotecia, on the Île de la Cité. [1] 53 BCE Julius Caesar addresses an assembly of leaders of the Gauls in Lucotecia, asking for their support. [2] 52 BCE The Parisii are defeated by the Roman general Titus Labienus at the Battle of Lutetia.
Paris (French pronunciation: ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of France.With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 [3] in an area of more than 105 km 2 (41 sq mi), [4] Paris is the fourth-most populous city in the European Union, the ninth-most populous city in Europe and the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2022. [5]
The City of Paris may refer to: Paris, capital of France; La Ville de Paris, a 1910-12 painting by Robert Delaunay; La Ville de Paris, a dirigible constructed in 1906;
Paris in the 17th century was the largest city in Europe, with a population of half a million, matched in size only by London. It was ruled in turn by three monarchs; Henry IV, Louis XIII, and Louis XIV, and saw the building of some of the city's most famous parks and monuments, including the Pont Neuf, the Palais Royal, the newly joined Louvre and Tuileries Palace, the Place des Vosges, and ...
IGN’s A.A. Dowd sums it up: “The bar for shark movies lies near the bottom of the ocean, so it’s no great victory that ‘Under Paris’ Gallic riff on ‘Jaws’ neatly clears it.”
One of the tombs there, dating from the Third Century AD, is notable for the first recorded use of the name "Paris" for the city. The tombs at Saint Marcel contain a variety of ceramic and glass objects from the workshops of the city, placed at the foot of the deceased. The first symbols of Christian burials, in the 5th century, were also found ...