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Twenty Centuries of Paris

MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS

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Panorama of ParisFrontispiece

Arms of the City of Paris To-dayCopyright page

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Map of Paris1

Lutetia under the Romans (Map)page 7

Interior of the Roman Palais des Thermes10

Amphitheater of Lutetia at Present Time10

Saint Germain des Prés30

France at Time of Hugh Capet (Map)page 45

The Louvre in Time of Philip Augustus78

Fragment of Wall of Philip Augustus78

Tour de Nesle in 166182

Choir and Nave of Notre Dame, looking West86

Nave of Saint Germain des Prés86

Cathedral of Notre Dame88

The Sainte Chapelle, erected by Louis IX100

Interior of the Sainte Chapelle100

Hôtel de Cluny116

Hôtel de Sens116

The Old Louvre page 161

Arms of City of Paris under Charles Vpage 164

Oldest Known Map of Parisbetween 182 and 183

Churches of Saint Etienne-du-Mont and Sainte Geneviève in 17th Century190

Jubé in Church of Saint Etienne-du-Mont190

Church of Saint Séverin194

Church of Saint Germain l’Auxerrois in 1835198

Tour de Saint Jacques de la Boucherie198

The College of France206

House of Francis I on the Cours-la-Reine206

Cellier’s Drawing of Hôtel de Villepage 208

Column at the Hôtel de Soissons 223

Hôtel Carnavalet224

The Samaritaine240

Statue of Henry IV on the Pont Neuf240

The Archbishop’s Palace252

Richelieu’s Palais Cardinal, later called Palais Royal252

Palace of the Luxembourg256

Court of Honor of National Library256

Hôtel des Invalides272

Saint Sulpice272

Elysée Palace, Residence of President of France280

Chamber of Deputies (Palais Bourbon)280

Church of Sainte Geneviève, now the Pantheon284

The Odéon290

The Comédie Française about 1785290

“The Convention,” by Sicard308

Rue de Rivoli326

Triumphal Arch of the Carrousel330

Triumphal Arch of the Star330

Napoleon’s Tomb336

The Bourse346

Church of the Madeleine346

The Successive Walls of Parisbetween 366 and 367

The Strasbourg Statue360

The Eiffel Tower360

The New Louvre370

Hôtel de Ville374

Mairie of the Arrondissement of the Temple376

Salle des Fêtes, Hôtel de Ville376

Portions of the Louvre built by Francis I, Henry II, and Louis XIII378

Colonnade, East End of Louvre, built by Louis XIV378

Section of Louvre begun by Henry IV380

Northwest Wing of Louvre, built by Napoleon I, Louis XVIII, and Napoleon III380

Plan of the Louvrepage 382

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