II.1. THE LOGIC OF THE LEGENDARY CORE

THE CITY WALL, PALACES AND RIVER SHOW HOW THE HISTORIC CENTER EVOLVED

• We follow the ditch outside the rampart.

• Explain how that territory of outlaws and Protestants led to a neighborhood famous for intellectuality.

• Discover antiquarians whose forefathers settled to be nearer Versailles.

• Cross the river and stroll through the monumental courtyards of the Louvre to the gardens of Palais-Royal where the modern world began.

It ends with sites where in recent years 

the past has been has been deliberately erased. 

      Paris in 1530, with thanks to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Adaptations of this map will be used many times. / zoom

First part of the walk

Adapted from a Google map

Second part.

In brief

• A spectral rampart

• Saint-Germain-des-Prés, rampart heir

• Lords step out of the shadows

• Palaces: glory and collapse

• Detour: Deleting the past 

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A spectral rampart