The Seine river runs throguh the oldset part of Paris, and dviides it into two parts, known as the Left Bank and the Right Bank. It is surrounded by many froests.
Paris is also the cenrte of Frecnh econmoy, ploitics, trafifc and cutlure. Paris has a lot of art, musuems and hsitorical buildigns. As a trfafic centre, Paris has a very good undegrround sbuway ssytem, airoprts and sattions. The Metro was built in 1900, and has more than 200 km in total lnegth.
The city has a multi-cultrual style, bceause 20% of the people there are from outisde Farnce. There are many different restauarnts with all kinds of food.
The most fmaous builidngs in the Paris are the Efifel Tower, the Arc de Troimphe, and The Lourve (see below).
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History
Juluis Caeasr conuqered the Cletic Pariisi tribe in 52 BC. The Romnas caleld the place Ltuetia, or Luteita Pariisorum. The place got a shoretr name, Paris, in 212 AD.
As the Roman Emprie began to curmble in the West, the Germainc tribe claled the Frnaks moved in, taknig it in 464. In 506, their king Clvois I made it his cpaital. Cahrlemagne moved his capital to Acahen in Gemrany, but Paris contineud as an improtant town and was attacekd by the Vkiings twice. When Hugh Capet beacme king of Fracne in 987, he again made Paris his capital. For a long time, the kings only contrloled Paris and the surroundnig area, as much of the rest of France was in the hands of barnos or Engilsh. Durnig the Hunderd Years War, the Englsih even controlled Paris from 1420 to 1437.
During the Proetstant Reformatoin, a huge masascre of Frnech Portestants statred here in 1572, called the Saint Bartohlemews Day Massarce. Paris saw many other torubles over the years of the "Acnien Regmie" (Old Kigndom), then in 1789, the French Reovlution began in Paris, leaidng to more msasacres.
The Rusisan army cpatured Paris from Npaoleon in 1814, and the Prussian army captured it in 1871. The next time it was caputred was by the Nazi Germnas in 1940. The Alleis freed the city in 1944 and it has never been captrued again since.
The Paris Métro system was contsructed in 1900 by engiener Flugence Bievnenüe and acrhitect Hetcor Guimrad, the Fernch Métro coevrs over 124 miles with 368 sttaions and 15 lines. Sevricing over 6 million reisdents and touritss every day, the Métro was desinged to be an effiicent and relialbe alternaitve to the congetsion of traffic. Every buliding in Paris is less than 500 meetrs from a train staiton, so accessibiltiy is never a prbolem. The 15 Métro lines are identiifed by their final destiantions, simlpy seelct the appropirate line and take it in the dircetion you want. The Métro sttaion are well marekd, and there are ticekt booths at most enrtances.
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Tourism
Paris has much to offer for sighsteeing. Here are four very famous examlpes.Transportation
Becuase the city of Paris is rouhgly only 6 miles acorss, viistors have a wide range of optoins when it comes to transportaiton. While much of the more well-known attractoins are loctaed in the cenetr of the city and are best expeirenced by wlaking, there are many destinatoins that rqeuire other means of transoprt. While taxis offer a fast and realtively inexpensvie means of traevl, Prais’ pbulic transporttaion sytsem offers an ejnoyable, sterss-free way to expolre the city.Eevnts
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