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Lutèce (Holmès)
Lutèce is the French form of Lutetia, the Roman city where Paris now stands. The name also refers to: * Lutèce (restaurant), a restaurant in New York City * The Lutece Twins Robert Lutece and Rosalind Lutece, collectively known as the Lutece twins, are a duo of characters from the ''BioShock'' video game series created by Ken Levine, published by 2K Games. They appear as supporting characters in the 2013 video gam ..., a pair of characters in the 2013 video game ''BioShock Infinite'' * ''Ulmus'' 'Nanguen', a hybrid elm cultivar resistant to Dutch elm disease, released to commerce circa 2001 by INRA, France. {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lutetia
The Gallo-Roman town of ''Lutetia'' (''Lutetia Parisiorum'' in Latin, in French ''Lutèce'') was the predecessor of the modern-day city of Paris. It was founded in about the middle of the 3rd century BCE by the Parisii, a Gallic tribe. Traces of an earlier Neolithic settlement have also been found at the former site of the city. Lutetia was an important crossing point of the Seine, and was located at the intersection of land and water trade routes. In the 1st century BCE, it was conquered by Romans and was gradually rebuilt into a Roman city. Ruins including a forum, amphitheater, and Roman baths still remain. In the 5th century it became the capital of the Merovingian dynasty of French kings, and thereafter was known simply as Paris. Etymology The settlement is attested in Ancient Greek as ''Loukotokía'' (Λoυκoτοκία) by Strabo and ''Leukotekía'' (Λευκοτεκία) by Ptolemy. Likely origins are Celtic root "Lut" meaning "a swamp or marsh", or the Latin term ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lutèce (restaurant)
Lutèce was a French restaurant in Manhattan that operated for more than 40 years before closing in early 2004. It once had a satellite restaurant on the Las Vegas Strip. It was famous for its Alsatian onion tart and a sauteed foie gras with dark chocolate sauce and bitter orange marmalade. In 1972, '' W'' magazine referred to it as one of "Les Six, the last bastions of grand luxe dining in New York." The other five were La Grenouille, La Caravelle, La Côte Basque, Lafayette, and Quo Vadis; of these, only La Grenouille remains open. History Lutèce was opened in 1961 by founder Andre Surmain, who brought young chef André Soltner to run the kitchen. Shortly thereafter, Surmain and Soltner became partners, and they ran the restaurant together until Surmain returned to Europe. He first retired to Majorca, then later ran ''Le Relais à Mougins'' in Mougins, southern France. In 1986, he returned to the US to open a branch of the same restaurant at the Palm Court Hotel in Palm B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lutece Twins
Robert Lutece and Rosalind Lutece, collectively known as the Lutece twins, are a duo of characters from the ''BioShock'' video game series created by Ken Levine, published by 2K Games. They appear as supporting characters in the 2013 video game '' BioShock Infinite'', where they serve as the drivers for the game's events and often materialize under mysterious circumstances to guide its protagonist Booker DeWitt. By the game's end, both characters are eventually revealed to share no family relations, and are in fact parallel universe versions of the same individual. Robert and Rosalind are voiced by Oliver Vaquer and Jennifer Hale respectively. Concept artist Claire Hummel was responsible for the visual design of the Lutece twins. Both characters as well as their voice actors have received a generally positive reception, and are frequently cited as one of the memorable aspects of ''Infinite'' by critics. Due to the vital role they play in the story of ''Infinite'' as the illus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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