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ILE DE LA CITE AND
ILE ST-LOUIS

The history of Paris started on the Ile de la There are also charming snippets of another
Cité, an island formed by two meanders time amid the tiny stone houses and narrow
of the Seine. Inhabited by the Parisii Gauls streets in the Ancien Cloître Quartier, and
from the 3rd century BC and taken over in around the picturesque Square du Vert-
52 BC by Caesar’s Romans, the Ile de la Cité Galant and the venerable Place Dauphine.
was the birthplace of river commerce and However, most of the island’s historic heritage
a centre of political and religious power. has been wiped away by the modernization
Some imposing evidence of this power of the last few centuries.
can still be seen in the Conciergerie, a Crossing the St-Louis bridge onto the
medieval palace turned prison; in Sainte- smaller Ile St-Louis, you enter a charming
Chapelle, a small church with sparkling 17th-century oasis with tree-lined quays,
stained-glass windows; and in Notre-Dame, elegant mansions and the legendary Maison
the island’s world-famous Gothic cathedral. Berthillon ice-cream shop (see p311).
Sights at a Glance
Historic Buildings and Streets Monuments Museums and Galleries
2 Ancien Cloître Quartier 4 Paris Mémorial des Martyrs 5 Crypte Archéologique
6 Hôtel Dieu de la Déportation r Société Historique et
8 Conciergerie Markets Littéraire Polonaise
0 Palais de Justice 7 Marché aux Fleurs Reine Bridges
y Hôtel de Lauzun
Elizabeth II w Pont Neuf
Churches and Cathedrals Squares and Gardens
1 Notre -Dame pp82 –5 3 Square Jean XXIII
9 Sainte-Chapelle pp88 –9 q Place Dauphine Restaurants see p296
t St-Louis-en-l’Ile
e Square du Vert-Galant 1 Au Bougnat
2 Café St-Régis

Square du Neuf
Vert-Galant
S e i n e
Pont Q U A I D E L ' H O R L O G E Pont au Change
R DE HARLAY Pont Notre- Dame
BLVD D U PALAIS R DE LUTECE C ITE Pont d'Arcole
Cité
Q U A I D E S O R F E V R E S
Pont St- Michel MARCHE NEUF R UE DE LA Q U A I A U X F L E U R S Pont L.
Q U A I D E L A C O R S E
QUAI DU
Petit Pont RUE D'ARCOLE Philippe
Pont au Double RUE DU CLOITRE N.D. St-Louis QUAI DE BOURBON Pont Marie
Pont
Notre-
Dame Q U AI D ' O R L E AN S
R U E S T
Port de Pont de l'Archevêché R DES DEUX PONTS
Montebello L O U I S E N I ' I L E
Pont de La Tournelle S e i n e Pont de
Q U A I D ' A N JOU
Q UA I D E BE TH U NE
Pont de SQUARE Sully
BARYE
0 metres 400 Sully
0 yards 400
See also Street Finder
map 12–13
Statues of apostles that look over the main entrance to Notre-Dame For keys to symbols see back flap

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