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Sabtu, 25 Mei 2013
" PARIS "
History
Of Paris
Paris started life as the Celto-Roman
settlement of Lutetia on the Île de la Cité, the island in the Seine
currently occupied by the Cathédral de Nôtre Dame. It takes its present
name from name of the dominant Gallo-Celtic tribe in the region, the Parisii.
At least that's what the Romans called them, when they showed up in 52 BCE and
established their city Lutetia on the left bank of the Seine, in what is
now called the "Latin Quarter" in the 5th arrondissement.
The Romans held out here for as long as
anywhere else in the Western Empire, but by 508 CE they were gone, replaced by Clovis
of the Franks, who is considered by the French to have been their first
king. Clovis' descendants, aka the Carolingians, held onto the expanded
Lutetian state for nearly 500 years through Viking raids and other calamities,
which finally resulted in a forced move by most of the population back to the
islands which had been the centre of the original Celtic village. The Capetian
Duke of Paris was voted to succeed the last of the Carolingians as King of
France, ensuring the city a premier position in the medieval world. Over the
next several centuries Paris expanded onto the right bank into what was and is
still called le Marais (The Marsh). Quite a few buildings from this time
can be seen in the 4th arrondissement.
The medieval period also witnessed the
founding of the Sorbonne. As the "University of Paris", it became one
of the most important centres for learning in Europe -- if not the whole world,
for several hundred years. Most of the institutions that still constitute the
University are found in the 5th, and 13th arrondissements.
In the late 18th century, there was a period
of political and social upheaval in France and Europe, during which the French
governmental structure, previously a monarchy with feudal privileges for the
aristocracy and Catholic clergy, underwent radical change to forms based on
Enlightenment principles of nationalism, citizenship, and inalienable rights.
Notable events during and following the revolution were the storming of the
Bastille 4th arrondissements, and
the rise and fall of Napoleonic France. Out of the violent turmoil that was the
French Revolution, sparked by the still known Passion des Français,
emerged the enlightened modern day France.
The Paris of today was built long after the
Capetian and later the Bourbon Kings of France made their mark on Paris with
the Louvre and the Palais Royal, both in the 1st. In the 19th century,
Baron von Hausmann set about reconstructing the city, by adding the long
straight avenues and replacing many of the then existing medieval houses, with
grander and more uniform buildings.
The
Eiffel Tower, Paris
New wonders arrived during La Belle Époque,
as the Parisian golden age of the late 19th century is known. Gustave Eiffel's
famous tower, the first metro lines, most of the parks, and the streetlights
(which are partly believed to have given the city its epithet "the city of
light") all come from this period. Another source of the epithet comes
from Ville Lumière, a reference not only to the revolutionary electrical
lighting system implemented in the streets of Paris, but also to the prominence
and aura of Enlightenment the city gained in that era.
The twentieth century was hard on Paris, but
thankfully not as hard as it could have been. Hitler's order to burn the city
was thankfully ignored by the German General von Choltitz who was quite
possibly convinced by a Swedish diplomat that it would be better to surrender
and be remembered as the saviour of Paris, than to be remembered as its
destroyer. Following the war, the city recovered quickly at first, but slowed
in the 1970s and 1980s when Paris began to experience some of the problems
faced by big cities everywhere: pollution, housing shortages, and occasionally
failed experiments in urban renewal.
about me :)
My name Nisa Nurzanah ,
I was born in subang, 4 December 1995,
I'm Muslim | I'm love photography | I'm like adventure | I'm like to dream | I'm Strong | I don't like cry =)
I was born in subang, 4 December 1995,
I'm Muslim | I'm love photography | I'm like adventure | I'm like to dream | I'm Strong | I don't like cry =)
Story Telling “Cinderella”
Once upon a time, there was a young girl named Cinderella. She lived with her step mother and two step sisters.
The step mother and sisters were conceited and bad tempered. They treated
Cinderella very badly. Her step mother made Cinderella do the hardest works in
the house; such as scrubbing the floor, cleaning the pot and pan and preparing
the food for the family. The two step sisters, on the other hand, did not work
about the house. Their mother gave them many handsome dresses to wear.
One day, the two step sister received an invitation to the ball that the king’s son was going to give at the palace. They were excited about this and spent so much time choosing the dresses they would wear. At last, the day of the ball came, and away went the sisters to it. Cinderella could not help crying after they had left.
One day, the two step sister received an invitation to the ball that the king’s son was going to give at the palace. They were excited about this and spent so much time choosing the dresses they would wear. At last, the day of the ball came, and away went the sisters to it. Cinderella could not help crying after they had left.
“Why are crying, Cinderella?” a voice asked. She looked up and saw her fairy
godmother standing beside her, “because I want so much to go to the ball” said
Cinderella. “Well” said the godmother,”you’ve been such a cheerful,
hardworking, uncomplaining girl that I am going to see that you do go to the
ball”.
Magically, the fairy godmother changed a pumpkin into a fine coach and mice
into a coachman and two footmen. Her godmother tapped Cinderella’s raged dress
with her wand, and it became a beautiful ball gown. Then she gave her a pair of
pretty glass slippers. “Now, Cinderella”, she said; “You must leave before
midnight”. Then away she drove in her beautiful coach.
Cinderella was having a wonderfully good time. She danced again and again with the king’s son. Suddenly the clock began to strike twelve, she ran toward the door as quickly as she could. In her hurry, one of her glass slipper was left behind.
A few days later, the king’ son proclaimed that he would marry the girl whose feet fitted the glass slipper. Her step sisters tried on the slipper but it was too small for them, no matter how hard they squeezed their toes into it. In the end, the king’s page let Cinderella try on the slipper. She stuck out her foot and the page slipped the slipper on. It fitted perfectly.
Finally, she was driven to the palace. The king’s son was overjoyed to see her again. They were married and live happily ever after.
Cinderella was having a wonderfully good time. She danced again and again with the king’s son. Suddenly the clock began to strike twelve, she ran toward the door as quickly as she could. In her hurry, one of her glass slipper was left behind.
A few days later, the king’ son proclaimed that he would marry the girl whose feet fitted the glass slipper. Her step sisters tried on the slipper but it was too small for them, no matter how hard they squeezed their toes into it. In the end, the king’s page let Cinderella try on the slipper. She stuck out her foot and the page slipped the slipper on. It fitted perfectly.
Finally, she was driven to the palace. The king’s son was overjoyed to see her again. They were married and live happily ever after.
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