Paris flared — Paris, which the divine sun had sown with light, and where in glory waved the great future harvest of Truth and of Justice.
Émile Zola, Paris (1898)
- Waiting at Gare de Lyon
- London to Barcelona by Train
- Tarkovsky died in Paris on 29 December 1986.
- She died on Sunday, 10 January 1971, at the Hotel Ritz, where she had resided for more than 30 years.
- Diana died on 31 August 1997 in a car crash in the Pont de l’Alma tunnel in Paris while her driver was fleeing the paparazzi.
- On July 3, 1971, Morrison was found dead in the bathtub of the apartment at approximately 6:00 a.m. by Courson. He was 27 years old.
- On 21 January 1793, Louis XVI, at age 38, was beheaded by guillotine on the Place de la Révolution.
- Picasso made his first trip to Paris, then the art capital of Europe, in 1900. There, he met his first Parisian friend, journalist and poet Max Jacob, who helped Picasso learn the language and its literature.
- Paris (Wikipedia)
Paris (English: /ˈpærɪs/ PARR-iss; French pronunciation: [paʁi]) is the capital and most populous city of France. With an official estimated population of 2,102,650 residents as of 1 January 2023 in an area of more than 105 km2 (41 sq mi), Paris is the fifth-most populated city in the European Union and the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2022. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world’s major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, culture, fashion, gastronomy and many areas. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its early and extensive system of street lighting, in the 19th century, it became known as the City of Light.
