4.3.6. NOW THE ARCS HOVER LIKE GHOSTS OVER THE TRAFFIC

THEY ARE PART OF WHAT BY ASSERTING THEIR POWER, THE KINGS MADE PARIS UNIQUE 

Claude Abron

The Saint-Martin gate 

The Saint-Denis gate

We leave young Louis at the end of his parade,

and at the start of a reign that still marks France.  

End of this section.

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IV.4.

The royal imprint blossoms