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Expanded, added Trojan Paris
''For Paris from the [[Trojan War]] please click [[Paris (mythology)|here]]''
Famous Paris landmarks include the [[Eiffel Tower]], the [[Arc de Triomphe]], the [[Louvre]] and [[Notre Dame cathedral]], which was the setting for [[Victor Hugo]]'s novel, [[The Hunchback of Notredame]].
'''Paris''' is situated on the [[River Seine]] and is the capital and largest city of [[France]]. The population of the Greater Paris urban area is approximately 10 million, or almost one-sixth of the total population.
==History==
As with many other important cities in Europe, the Romans set up a military outpost (52 B.C.) on the location that would one day become Paris. In the 6th century A.D., King [[Clovis I]] established Paris as his capital. This was confirmed when [[Huge Capet]] became king of France in 987 A.D. Growth increased under the reign of [[Philip II]] (1180-1223) and Paris remained the capital when [[Louis XIV]] set up his court in [[Versailles]] in 1682. The [[Germans]] occupied Paris in [[World War II]]. It was liberated near the end of the war, but was largely undamaged.<ref>The New American Desk Encyclopedia, Penguin Group, 1989</ref>
Famous Paris landmarks include:
*[[Eiffel Tower]]
*[[Arc de Triomphe]]
*[[Louvre]]
*[[Notre Dame cathedral]], which was the setting for [[Victor Hugo]]'s novel, ''[[The Hunchback of Notredame]]''.
==References==
<References/>
[[Category:France]]
[[Category:France]]
[[Category:French Towns and Cities]]
[[Category:French Towns and Cities]]