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Paris Geography 363V
Dr. Wright
Learning Objectives
• Monumental Landscape Traits
– Eiffel Tower - part of old exhibition, hated
– Louvre Museum – art agglomeration
– Arc de Triomphe – monument to Napoleon
– Notre Dame Cathedral – testament to faith
• Urban Morphology – Circular for defensive purposes
– Bisected by the Seine River – site and situation
– Grand Avenues slice across Medieval grain
Paris
• Site – Began on an island in Seine for defense
– Roman era the city was called Parisiorum
• Situation – Seine River connects to the mountains the
Atlantic Ocean for trade
– Paris region has 12 million people
Paris (Notice circular pattern)
Paris 20 Arrondissements
(Ancient Neighborhoods)
Central Paris
Ile de la Cite
Notre Dame Cathedral:
1320
Mexican Chapel Inside
Notre Dame
Roman
Wall
Louvre Museum
Place de al Concorde
Built for 1889 Exhibition
Gustav Eiffel:
Designer
Champs de Mar
“The Marching Field”
Musee d’Orsay
Bastille
Bastille
Monument:
French
Revolution
Why is this
building
famous
in the
history of
music?
Apartment
building
where
Jim
Morrison
died at
28
Pere
Lachaise
Cemetery
Actress
Oscar Wilde
Irish Writer
“I can resist
everything except
temptation”
Place de Vosges
1605 urban redevelopment
Arc de Triomphe and
Grand Avenues
Coronation of Napoleon
as Emperor at Notre Dame: 1804
Napoleon’s Empire
Arc de Triomphe
Built by Napoleon
Radiating Avenues
Napoleon’s Catastrophic
Defeat by Russia
Pantheon
Pompidou
Museum
Contemporary
Art
Luxembourg Garden
La Marais Jewish Neighborhood
La Goutte d’or
Muslim
Neighborhood
7.5% of French people
are Muslim
Paris is a city
of immigrants
Sacre Coeur Church
Montmartre
Last vineyard in Paris:
Montmartre
Seine remains a working river
The Metro
Roman ruins in Paris
Catacombs of Paris
Bones of 6 million people
Modern Paris
Right beside ancient Paris
World Electronic Music
Festival, Paris: Sept 2010
Go to Paris
with
someone
you love
Learning Objectives
• Monumental Landscape Traits
– Eiffel Tower - part of old exhibition, hated
– Louvre Museum – art agglomeration
– Arc de Triomphe – monument to Napoleon
– Notre Dame Cathedral – testament to faith
• Urban Morphology – Circular for defensive purposes
– Bisected by the Seine River – site and situation
– Grand Avenues slice across Medieval grain
