Lutetia Paris

Paris , Île-de-France, France
  • Traveler Rating 4.00
    22 reviews 9 travel blogs 1 photo

    Attraction Type:

    Ancient ruins, Historic site

    Popularity

    50of 750 attractions in Paris

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  • 1

    Cara Lutetia

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    "Cara Lutetia"....The words of Julian Caesar (362AD) referring to Dear Paris as it was in his day.  Describing this locale in endearing terms the Roman Emporer was taken at his word.  Paris has been highly sought ...

  • 2

    Timeless Paris

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    ... grew up was known as Lutetia. In 52 BC, it was overrun by Julius Ceasar's troops. The Counts of Paris became kings of France around 987AD. The Frankish kings transformed the old Gallo-Roman fortress into a splendid palace of which the Sainte Chapelle ...

  • 3

    Medieval Remnants on the Streets of Paris

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    ... of Haussmanian/Modern/ and even Medieval architecture, on streets that were originally laid out in Roman times. From early Roman maps of Lutetia, to the maps from the 12-15thth centuries, one can recognize the layouts of the Ile de la Cite, Ile Saint ...

  • 4

    A Happy Birthday in Paris

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    ... tons of artifacts and also some Roman ruins that were part of the building (it was part of the Roman settlement of Lutetia). On Yvonne's THIRTIETH birthday (June 29), I got up early and walked to town to buy fresh croissants, pastries and champagne. ...

  • 5

    Paris

    PARIS FRANCE April 27, 2007 Paris is beautiful and DIRTY. Paris is more than 2,000 years old. Gauls of the Parisii tribe settled there between 250 and 200 BC and founded a fishing village on an island in the river that is the present-day Ile de la ...

  • 6

    Paris!!!

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    Entry containing 8 photos titled: french breakfast, dima and elaina on the metro, practicing, wandering the streets, notre dame, feed the birdie?, smile, cheese

  • 7

    Bye Beijing -- Bonjour Paris

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    ... in the airport and in the plane.  Lots of French/Chiinese and some other Europeans on this flight.  The flight attendants on AIR FRANCE are so nice and professional. We had the choice of a French meal or a Chinese meal.  I quickly and ...

  • 8

    Arrival in Paris

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    ... ; I hate flying. Our hotel was very nice on the outside and pretty much everywhere except for our room.  Hotel Lutetia is a 5 star hotel but I can say from experience that not all the rooms are 5 star rooms.  Our first room (we had ...

  • 9

    The Louvre

    34 photos

    ... in our new room, we headed out to find a bakery.  That was one of the greatest things that I remember from being in Paris ten years ago - the bread.  We found a place and bought croissants and nibbled on them while we walked to the ...