Cécile Catherine

INTRODUCTION rjROM the first traces of humán ri habitation during Prehistoric times up to the gigantic local authority that we see today, the destiny of Paris has created the history and the past of Francé itself Its main attraction was geographical in nature-the Seine drew the Celts of the...

The Pont des Arts and the Ile de la Cité.From the first traces of human habitation during Prehistoric times up to the gigantic local authority that we see today, the destiny of Paris has created the liistoiy and the past of France itself.Its main attraction was geographical in naturethe Seine drew...

INTRODUCTION /T IS usual to call them the "Castles of the Loire Valley". More prosaically, and slightly rashly, people say they "have done" the Loire. The expression seems to describe a monumental entity, emphasised by architectural harmony (15th and 16th centuries, the Italian Renaissance...