II.2.2. HUGE ADS HOVER OVER THE CENTER

START FROM NOTRE-DAME CATHEDRAL, FOLLOW THE RIVER...

Adapted from Mappy maps

The island (Île de la Cité) is where the town began. It is still the heart of City government (this is the police headquarters). 

Come upon this statue of a king on pont Neuf,* an emblematic site...

*Henri IV, toward 1600. 

Where giant ads take have taken over (since 2025):

Cross the bridge...

To the booksellers' stalls...

Continue to the left bank

where what made it famous is disappearing. 

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Next,

2.2.3.

A left-bank oasis now