History of Paris

Paris, the capital of France, is situated in the middle of Paris basin in the northern France. With a region of 105 sq km, it is separated into 20 districts along the riversides of river seine. 20 territories and 7 provinces around contain the region parisienne, which is also called the island of France. It has an area of 12000 km, making it the leading city in France.

The history of Paris dates back to more than two thousand years ago at what time it was a small fishing town on the island in the river seine. This stream is the mother of Paris, and eyewitness the magnificent history and culture of this city. As a result it is a unique river; history has given her distinct features.

In about 1^st century, Paris was occupied by the Romans because it was a crucial position in the war. The Romans went in for large-scale production here, and it covered along the river seine, which turn out to be a town later. The Romans describe this town lutece before 4^th century when it was named Paris because the population was parisii people.

In 486 AD, the Germanic clutched the river seine. Paris has been the capital of France since the 6^th century. It has been the political, cultural and economic centre of France since the 14^th century. Nowadays it is also the leading tourist city in the Europe, attracting more than twenty million tourists each year. As one of the most excellent tourist cities, it possesses many world-famous historical remainder and creative architecture. All styles of structural design from the antique Greek can be found on. Some people explain Paris as the live text book of farming and the history book of France.

Paris became the capital of a kingdom and a great armed power and in a ceremony held in the Notre-dame cathedral in May 1804, Napoleon crowned himself ruler. Russian and Austrian armies attacked France in 1814 and on 31 March 1814, it destroys to the Russian, which was the first time in around 400 year that the city had been occupied by a foreign control. It was once more retaken back by the French and this city sustained to grow and get bigger with more famous momentums. The English captured Paris in 1420. By the finish of the century, the city was the heavy force of western culture. This continued well into the 20^th century, broken only by the German army occupation of 1940-44.