Although l' have just three episodes from this priceless series Paris, London and New York, l've find them incredibly instructional video, bringing the lights of the shadows of the past, the best one is about Paris, which his name came from a Celtic Gauls tribe called Parisi who lives in the isle of the river Seine where today is the cathedral of the Notre Dame, his early settlements was nearby 300 BC and aftermath the Roman empire expelled the Gauls and founded the city named as Lutetia Parisiorum which still has some ruins there on self called as Latin neighborhood, after Roma empire's collapse the Franks a northern tribe takes over which later gave the name of the country, on mid ages finally after the city grow up the King Philip Augustus surrounded the city with walls and fortress, after they fought against English at hundred years' war Paris becomes French's capital and built the Point Neuf just three months a year when river Seine practically dry out, allowing make the foundation on the river's ground, after cholera epidemic they moved all churchyards to catacombes where the stones were extracted leaving hundred miles of caves, the water was poisoned by such bodies buried and then they bring the water on channel from 80 miles away, later after revolution they rebuild a new Paris street's network as we known nowadays, this doc cover up the valuable information over the city's name, actually Paris was named by the romans as they did at London too!!!
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First watch: 2009 / How many: 4 / Source: DVD / Rating: 9
Resume:
First watch: 2009 / How many: 4 / Source: DVD / Rating: 9
