Notre Dame

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• Notre Dame
• Located on Ile de la Cite
• Started in 1163
• Finished in 1330

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• Louis IX
• (Saint Louis 1226-1270)
• Paris flourished
• Organized efficient civil and judicial system
• Built Sainte-Chapelle
• Built many colleges on Left Bank (now Sorbonne)

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Sainte Chapelle
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• Francois I (1515-1547)
• Arts, science and literature flourished

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• Henri IV
• (1594-1610)
• Completed the Pont Neuf
• Built Place de Vosges and Place Dauphine

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Pont Neuf
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• Louis XIV
• The Sun King (1643-1715)
• Moved court to Versailles
• Paris no longer as politically powerful, but
  growing more beautifulTuileries, expansion of
  Louvre, Comedie-Francaise other cultural
  academies flourished

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French Revolution July 14, 1789
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Marie Antoinette
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Conciergerie
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• Napoleon Bonaparte
• Took power in 1799
• Worked to make Paris the capital of Europe
• Responsible for numerous civic improvements
  improved water systems, better drainage, more
  efficient municipal administration, police force,
  and educational system

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• Baron Georges Haussmann
• Appointed prefect for the Seine by Napoleon
  III
• Responsible for urban planningbroad boulevards,
  improved sewage system, created parks

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• Hotel dVille
• Town hall
• 19th century reconstruction of 17th century town
  hall (burned in 1871)
• Located next to large public square

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• Musee DOrsay
• Renovated train station
• Opened as museum in 1986
• Houses art from 1848-1914, including a
  remarkable collection of impressionism

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Pompidou Centre
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SMART CAR
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