II.1. THE LOGIC OF THE LEGENDARY CORE

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

Our route...

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

• Follows the ditch outside the rampart.

• Crosses the transgressive territory of outlaws and Protestants.

• Discovers antiquarians where nobles settled to be nearer Versailles.

• Turns back, crosses the river and strolls through the Louvre's courtyards to the Palais-Royal gardens, where the modern world began...

And unveils recent efforts to erase the past itself.

In brief

• Start with a spectral rampart

• Saint-Germain-des-Prés, rampart heir

• Palaces: glory and collapse 

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Start with a spectral rampart