II.1.1. START WITH A SPECTRAL RAMPART

MENU: 2.1.1. Start with a spectral rampart

THIS FIRST WALK SHOWS HOW THE PAST IS PURPOSELY ERASED BY...

 Masking the rampart vestige at the Louvre.  

 Suppressing Marie-Antoinette's cell At the Conciergerie.

          Adapted from a Google map

...AND EXPLAINS HOW IT DETERMINES THE LEFT BANK'S MODERN CHARACTER 

This section follows the 13th-century rampart. The next explains its impact on the famous neighborhood of Saint-Germain. 

         Paris in 1615 / zoom

In brief

• The walk starts with the Revolution 

• A trace of the past and a sign of the future  

• The rampart vestige in a parking lot 

• Camouflage at the Louvre

• Marie-Antoinette's cell replaced by a tablet

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Next,
The walk starts with the Revolution