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ﾃ四e Saint-Louis
ﾃ四e Saint-Louis (), in size, is one of two natural islands in the Seine river, in Paris, France (the other natural island is the ﾃ四e de la Citﾃｩ, where Notre-Dame de Paris is located). ﾃ四e Saint-Louis is connected to the rest of Paris by four bridges to both banks of the river and to the ﾃ四e de la Citﾃｩ by the Pont Saint-Louis. The island is located within the 4th arrondissement of Paris and has a population of 4,453. History File:ﾃ四e aux Vaches & ﾃｮle Notre-Dame, Plan de Vassalieu ca. 1609.jpg, ﾃ四e aux Vaches and ﾃ四e Notre-Dame in Vassalieu Plan (1609) File:Islands of Paris, 1618.jpg, The islands ﾃ四e aux Vaches and ﾃ四e Notre-Dame in 1618 File:Ile St-Louis Plan de Turgot 1739.jpg, ﾃ四e Saint-Louis in Turgot Map (1739) The island was first known as the ﾃ四e Notre-Dame, and was used mostly for grazing cattle, fishing, drying laundry, and occasionally for fighting duels. In 1360 it was cut in half by a canal, at about the current Rue Poulettiere, in order to bring it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seine
The Seine ( , ) is a river in northern France. Its drainage basin is in the Paris Basin (a geological relative lowland) covering most of northern France. It rises at Source-Seine, northwest of Dijon in northeastern France in the Langres plateau, flowing through Paris and into the English Channel at Le Havre (and Honfleur on the left bank). It is navigable by ocean-going vessels as far as Rouen, from the sea. Over 60 percent of its length, as far as Burgundy, is negotiable by large barges and most tour boats, and nearly its whole length is available for recreational boating; excursion boats offer sightseeing tours of the river banks in the capital city, Paris. There are 37 bridges in Paris across the Seine (the most famous of which are the Pont Alexandre III and the Pont Neuf) and dozens more outside the city. A notable bridge, which is also the last along the course of the river, is the Pont de Normandie, the ninth longest cable-stayed bridge in the world, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
