The beauty and harmony of Paris did not prevent it from becoming the arena for the most controversial events: coronations and executions, solemn mass and mad rampant, triumphal processions and shameful escape. If Paris could serve as a beautiful decoration for French history, then the history of France could not help but add luster to its beloved city. If the Celtic tribe of the Parisians had not once settled on the island of Cite, Paris would still have arisen where it has existed for more than 2,000 years, but it would have been called, of course, differently. Continue reading →