Thursday, May 21, 2009

where in the world would u like to go


I WANT TO GO TO PARIS!!
Paris is one of the world's wonders. Conquered in 52 BC by the Romans, it has been just a small fishing village on the island in the middle of the river Seine. The tribe living there has been called Parisians, but the Romans gave the village a new name - Lutetia (French: Lutèce). And it is the Romans, who built the village into the big and important city, expanding it to the banks of the Seine, far beyond the island - Ile de la Cité, where the Notre Dame Cathedral stands today. At the end of the Roman occupation around 5th century, the city returned to its original name - Paris and in 508 became the capital of the state of Franks.Since then, century after century, epoch after epoch, Paris grew in importance. In the 12th century king of France Philip II Augustus, built the new wall around the city, with sixty defensive towers. Paris has been then an important religious centre, and because of its university (Sorbonne), an important centre of science and culture for the whole Western Europe. At the same time, the city has been busy with crafts, trade and fashion.

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