Paris
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Paris is the capital of France. It is a leading global cultural center and is renowned for its defining neo-classical architecture as well as its unrivaled influence in fashion and the arts. Nicknamed "the City of Light" or "Gay Paree" since the 19th century, Paris has a reputation as a "romantic" city.
Walter Benjamin called Paris "the capital of the 19th century". Indeed, Paris was the birthplace of modern art and from the 1860s to the 1940s it was also the art capital of the world.
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Artistic Montparnasse - France - Baron Haussmann - Paris, May 1968 revolt - Paris Commune - Centre Pompidou - Notre Dame cathedral - La Vie Parisienne - Montmartre - Arcueil
Nineteenth century Paris
- Haussmann's renovation of Paris
- Arcades Project
- History of subcultures in the 19th century
- Montmartre
- Montparnasse
- French art of the 19th century
- French literature of the 19th century
- French culture
- The Arcades Project (1927 - 1940)
- The Mysteries of Paris'
Further reading
- The Secret Paris of the '30s (2001) - Brassai, Richard Miller