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2 unusual facts about Île de la Cité


Île de la Cité

After his death, Giambologna's assistant Pietro Tacca completed the statue, which was erected on its pedestal by Pietro Francavilla in 1618.

Mays Island

Functioning as a civic center rather much like the Île de la Cité, it is the site of the city hall, the Linn County Courthouse, and the county jail.


Antoine-Nicolas Bailly

His best-known work overall, although not the most admired, is the Tribunal de commerce de Paris (Commercial Court of Paris) on the Île de la Cité, completed in 1865, which Napoleon III had requested be designed in the style of the town hall of Brescia.


see also

4th arrondissement of Paris

The Île de la Cité has been inhabited since the 1st century BC, when it was occupied by the Parisii tribe of the Gauls.

Victor Baltard

Facade of Notre-Dame-des-Blancs-Manteaux: it comes from the Church of St. Elois-of-Barnabites which was then located in the Ile de la Cité, which was destroyed during the work of Haussmann, then rise in 1863 by Baltard.