Ancient Paris, modern Paris with Beth, Paige and Pamela

Pamela, Beth, Paige - Bridge of "la Concorde" and "Assemblée Nationale"

8:15 AM - With Beth, Paige and Pamela from North Carolina (USA), we discovered by running the variety of the Parisian landscapes, from the most ancient parts of the city to the most modern Paris:

19th century. We left the "Place de la République" and followed the "boulevard du Temple", formerly named the "boulevard of the Crime". This ancient nickname is due to the theaters which populated the boulevard in 19th century, numerous "crimes" were committed but only in the melodramas which occurred there! A place very livened up in the time, remember the beginning of the movie "The children of the paradise" which redraws so well that had to be the Boulevard:

12th century. We then joined "Le Marais" and crossed the most visible part of the surrounding  wall of the king Philippe Auguste then admired Notre-Dame. The surrounding wall and the Cathedral which made us return to the end of the 12th century:

Wall of Philippe Auguste - Creation 1190 | Cathedral Notre-Dame of Paris - Creation 1163 

20th century. After the Middle Ages, it is the end of the 20th century which appeared, at first with the Louvre Pyramid, created by the architect Ieoh Ming Pei in 1989, then with the "Kiosque des Noctambules", metro entrance (Palais-Royal station) and work of art created in 2000 by the artist Jean-Michel Othoniel:

Louvre pyramid - Inauguration 1989 | "Le kiosque des Noctambules" - Installation 2000

Paris always evolves; what will the 21st century give us?

Merci Beth, merci Paige, merci Pamela!

The route of the tour: