A brief history and places to visit in Paris, the city of dreams

1. 1. History
•Plague
•Renaissance
•Napoleon
•Marie Antoinette
2. Architecture-Places to visit
• Eiffel Tower
• Champes Elysees
• Cathedral of Notre Dame
• The Louvre
• Arc de triomphe
• Palais Garnier
• Pantheon
• Place de la concorde
• Disneyland Paris
3. Literature
• Charles Perrault
• Voltaire
• Alexandre Dumas
• Victor Hugo
• Madame Bovary
4. Cannes Film Festival
5. Tour de France
6. Films set in paris
7. French Cuisine
8. Activities/Natural sites/ Moulin Rouge
9. Business Venture

2. History
• The city’s history really began in the 3rd
century BC.
• A tribe, Parisii, took residence along the
Seine river.
• In 52 BC, Caesar sent his troops to crush
the Gauls, known as the Battle of Lutetia.
• In the 4th century, Lutetia became a
garrison town for troops fighting the
Barbarians on the northern and eastern
frontiers of Gaul.. The city moved to the
Île de la Cité which was fortified and
renamed Paris.

3. Black Death
• One of the most devastating infectious
disease in human history.
• Yersinia pestis , found in fleas carried by
ground rodents, including marmots, in
various areas including Central Asia,
Kurdistan, Western Asia, Northern India and
Uganda.
• Killing nearly 75 to 200 million people,
peaking in Europe in the years 1346–53.
• Estimated to have killed 30–60% of Europe's
total population, reducing the estimated
world population from a 450 million to 350-
375 million in the 14th century.
• The aftermath of the plague created a series
of religious, social, and economic upheavals.

4. Renaissance
• The word "Renaissance" is
a French word, whose literal translation
into English is "Rebirth“.
• It was the cultural and artistic
movement in France between the 15th
and early 17th centuries.
• It was first used by the French
historian Jules Michelet to define the
artistic and cultural "rebirth" of Europe.
• The French Renaissance traditionally
extends from the French invasion of
Italy in 1494 during the reign of Charles
VIII until the death of Henry IV in 1610.

5. Napoleon
• Is a French military and
political leader who
rose to prominence
during the latter stages
of the French
Revolution and its
associated wars in
Europe.
• He implemented a
wide array of
liberal reforms across
Europe.
• Napoleon was
imprisoned and then
exiled to the island
of Saint Helena in the
Atlantic Ocean.
• Later, died on 5th May
1821.

6. Marie Antoinette
• Born as an Archduchess of Austria,
was Dauphine of France from 1770 to
1774 and Queen of France and
Navarre from 1774 to 1792
• Upon her marriage to Louis-
Auguste, Dauphin of France, she
became Dauphine of France.
• Marie Antoinette is often considered to
be a part of popular culture and a
major historical figure, being the
subject of several books, films and
other forms of media

13. Charles Perrault:
•Le Petit Chaperon rouge (Little Red Riding Hood)
•Cendrillon (Cinderella)
• Le Chat Botté (Puss in Boots)
•La Belle au bois dormant
(The Sleeping Beauty)
Alexandre Dumas:
•The Three Musketeers
•Count of Mounte Cristo
Victor Hugo
•Les Miserables
•Notre Dame de Paris

14. Business Ventures:
•Indian Ethnic Clothing Store