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Bon5942 From the Parisii to Paris-Plage

From the Gallic village of the Parisii to the metropolis of the 21st century, more than 2000 years of life and history have passed on the banks of the Seine. Follow the development, the transformation of a capital through the great dates of its history, go back to the origin of all the constructions, monuments, museums and urban works which have modelled the look of today’s Paris.

The Age of Enlightenment to the Revolution

Ncorde 1715 - 1789: It is the Age of Enlightenment. Its bold ideas are spread in the salons of Paris by the great philosophers: Montesquieu, Voltaire, Rousseau, Diderot... In the second half of the century, Louis XV has the Ecole Militaire constructed as well as the Panthéon and has the future Place de la Concorde laid out.

1789: The taking of the Bastille, on 14 July, marks the start of the French Revolution and the decline of the monarchy by divine right in France. On 17 July, the tricolour national flag, consisting of the colours of the city of Paris (blue and red) and those of the king (white) is adopted at the Hôtel de Ville by Louis XVI.

1792: Proclamation of the République.

1793: Execution of Louis XVI and the queen Marie-Antoinette on the Place de la Concorde. It is the beginning of the Terror. Opening of the Museum of the Louvre.

1799: On 9 November (18 Brumaire, Year VII in the Republican calendar), Napoleon Bonaparte’s coup d’etat brings an end to the Directoire regime and the Revolution proper.

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