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The city of Paris
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The Gallic tribe of Parisii had established the oppidum of Lutetia around present-day Nanterre. The Romans will not be able to take it, because the Gauls set it on fire. They were nevertheless defeated shortly after on the current Champ de Mars, and it was the Romans who transferred Lutetia to the current location of Paris.
The Seine in Paris
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Paris is a threshold of the river, which explains the appearance of islands by sedimentation. It has been the center of life there with many activities: mills on boats towards the Pont au Change, timber stevedores, who dismember the timber from rafts, pit sawyers, carpenters, hemp growers and tail-makers, horse breeders. , blacksmiths, wash-house boats… In the Middle Ages, merchants gathered in the merchants 'parlor to discuss their regulations, and instructed the merchants' provost to enforce it. This foreshadowed the future office of mayor and the powerful corporation, which had the monopoly of supply by river, constituted, without having been invested, the municipality of Paris.
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The coat of arms of Paris
Flanked by the motto “fluctuat nec mergitur”, this symbol of Paris gives pride of place to the Seine. It was Philippe Auguste, who left for the Crusades, was the first to integrate a boat into the Parisian coat of arms.
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The water ticks
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They were boats pulled by horses and used by travelers from the 17th to the 19th century.
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Canals
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We owe the Canals of Paris to Napoleon I, who wanted to remove unpleasant activities from the city. The lock of the Bras de la Monnaie in 1853, then the lock of Suresnes in 1867 put Paris in deep water and made the canals lose their interest.
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Austerlitz
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Before the construction of the Gare d'Austerlitz, there was a project for a boat station, which prefigured the principle of the ports of Gennevilliers or Bonneuil sheltered from the river.