Historical record · From Lutetia to a living city

Paris

Trace Paris through ancient settlement, medieval building, revolution, urban transformation, liberation and restoration.

Primary topic: Places

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Scope of this guide

Ten selected milestones in the city and its built environment. Ancient settlement is not given an invented birthday; archaeological interpretations remain provisional. The modern endpoint is Notre-Dame’s reopening in December 2024, not a live account of every subsequent development.

Actual source-review status

10 completed · 0 partial · 0 pending chapter reviews in this subject.

The factual audit is unfinished. These counts come from recorded chapter reviews, not legacy “reviewed” wording, confidence labels or image checks. A completed source review retains scientific and historical uncertainty.

Key chapters

c. 25–1 BCE
A Roman town develops on the left bank →
The Augustan town lays out streets across the river from the older settlement.
Chapter source review completed: 2026-10-12 · Codex expansion source review. Scientific uncertainty is retained in the evidence note.
1853
Haussmann begins remaking the city →
Boulevards, parks and infrastructure reshape Paris—and displace residents.
Chapter source review completed: 2026-10-12 · Codex expansion source review. Scientific uncertainty is retained in the evidence note.
7 December 2024
Notre-Dame reopens after restoration →
The cathedral returns to public life after the 2019 fire.
Chapter source review completed: 2026-10-12 · Codex expansion source review. Scientific uncertainty is retained in the evidence note.

Connected roads

These are authored connections in the existing catalogue, not an automatically inferred family tree.

Related city story: London’s earlier Underground (related topic) · Subject guide

All chapters & review records

Lutetia appears in the written recordcompleted2026-10-12 · Codex expansion source review
A Roman town develops on the left bankcompleted2026-10-12 · Codex expansion source review
Notre-Dame’s long building story beginscompleted2026-10-12 · Codex expansion source review
The Bastille is takencompleted2026-10-12 · Codex expansion source review
Haussmann begins remaking the citycompleted2026-10-12 · Codex expansion source review
The Eiffel Tower is inauguratedcompleted2026-10-12 · Codex expansion source review
The first Métro line openscompleted2026-10-12 · Codex expansion source review
Paris is liberatedcompleted2026-10-12 · Codex expansion source review
The Seine’s historic banks gain World Heritage statuscompleted2026-10-12 · Codex expansion source review
Notre-Dame reopens after restorationcompleted2026-10-12 · Codex expansion source review

Sources

Sources cited by the existing chapters. Listing a source does not mean every claim has been verified.