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Site Presentation

Site Overview
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Here you will find a brief resume of the site and its workings. Detailed screenshots and instructions.
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A word from the Author
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A message from the author about this site, its content, its origins, and its goals. For you to read, so please do.
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Promenade Content / Paris Chapters

Contents
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Here you will find a complete resumé, with descriptions, of this site's content. If you are interested in a certain part of the City but don't know its exact name, this descriptive list may help you.
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Promenades
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This page will become quite lengthy, as it contains all our promenades. If you are looking for a promenade in a particular area, simply do a search for it in this page. If we have covered it, you will find it.
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Paris Chapters
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Here you will find a selection of chapters (also listed individually below) concerning Paris' ground, growth and function.
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Index
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An alphebetical list of all streets and major personna mentioned within this site. This eventually will be doubled with an index containing only Paris' streets with links leading to the pages containing the historical info related to them.
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Outside Reference

Bibliography
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I have more than a few sources of information, and here you can find a selection of those most present in this site's research.
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Links
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Here you may find a few online sources of information as well as links to those who have helped or inspired this site's creation.
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Our Services

Print Shop
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Take a bit of Paris-Promenades home with you. Here you can find our various touristic paraphenilia, but most importantly a means to order printed pages from this site. Please come in!
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Itineraries / Tours
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Here you can find out how to make ideal arrangements if you are thinking of coming to Paris. We can provide everything from a simple itinerary plan to a complete and guided stay. This page also has a contact form.
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Contact

Contact
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You may contact us through the form here about any questions you may have about this site or the subject it covers.
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Advertising
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If you are interested in publishing your ad on this site, please contact us about doing so here.
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Legalese

Legal Matters
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Though this site is free, there are perhaps a few rules you should be aware of if you are thinking of "using" anything from here. Only for the more commercial of you.
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Paris Generalities

The History of Paris

The History of Paris - Part I
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A general demographical resumé of Paris' history. Part one concerns the evolution of the Parisian basin from its first inhabitants to the times of Philippe-Auguste...
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The History of Paris, Part II
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A general demographical resumé of Paris' history. Part two describes the creation of what would become the City's first fortifications, itself defining its principal arteries still existing today...
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Paris Commodities

Les Sources du Nord
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This chapter describes the water sources closest to the city centre discovered and tapped from the 8th century. A walkthrough of the techniques used to trap and channel water for domestic use.
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Water for Paris' Left Bank
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Paris' Left Bank was much slower to grow towards modern times than its opposite shore, but the first to develop as a city complete with aqueducts and baths. This chapter details the development of its irrigation technology.
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Paris Particularities

Paris' Les Innocents Cemetary
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Most cities buried their dead to their outer limits, but Paris was somewhat of an exception. This is the one-thousand year history of Paris' oldest Christian cemetery.
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The Petite Ceinture of Paris

The Petite Ceinture of Paris
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Welcome! These pages are my memoirs of a thirty-kilometre walk around Paris I took in the autumn of 1998. I will be adding a chapter now and again, so drop on by from time to time and perhaps there’ll be a new segment for you to discover. In this one installment we will look at a bit of the railway's history before setting off.
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Paris' Geology & Mines

The (Geological) Rise of Paris
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This first Paris Geology chapter explains in detail the formation of the Parisian basin. Helpful to read if you would like to know more about the mining activity that will be explained in later Paris Geology chapters.
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Mining Techniques
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In this second chapter concerning Paris' underground we will examine how its minerals were extracted. Excavation techniques, extraction techniques and abandon.
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Paris' Growth over Grottoes
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The suite to the last mining techniques chapter, here we will see exactly how Paris grew to have its foundations over the crumbling cavities of mines dug centuries before.
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Paris' Consolidations
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In this chapter we will have a look at how Paris' underground plight was repaired, and how it came to be the way it is today. Sounding Techniques, and techniques of consolidation.
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Appendix

Paris Street List
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Here you can find an exhaustive list of every single one of Paris' streets. As it is this page has little use for the rest of the site, but eventually will be linked into a search function that will extract all texts mentionning streets listed here.
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Paris Promenades

SECTION 1
l'île de la Cité

0001 - the Palace Quarter
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We begin our Paris promenades at the tip of this City's largest island - its île de la Cité. From the western end of the square du Vert-Galant, we will cover everything towards the east until the island's bisicting rue de la Cité.
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0002 - le Cloître Notre-Dame
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Beginning from the Quai de la Corse, we will continue the course of our last promenade through to the island's quarter once known as the "Cloître Notre-Dame". After visiting some of its more obscure streets and courtyards we will make our way around to the front of the Cathedral Notre-Dame. Of course, along our way, we will be discussing the characters and architecture quite particular to this area...
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SECTION 2
the Central Left Bank within Philippe-Auguste's Walls

0003 - le clos du Laas
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This promenade will be taking us from the Petit-Pont to and through one of Paris' oldest quarters. The clos du Laas, becoming the rue du Laas then a thriving quarter around the Saint-Séverin church from the 12th century, would remain one of Paris' most animated quarters until well into the 17th century. This is more than likely because of its position between the Rive Gauche's principal roadways, today the rue de la Harpe and rue Saint-Jacques...
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0004 - Le Clos Mauvoisin
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In this promenade we will cover the clos Mauvoisin, a field that would become the genesis of Paris' University quarter from the 12th century. Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre, Paris' University, colleges, acadamia (of Medicine particularily).
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