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Stained glass
PRACTICALITIES
01 53 40 60 80, concerts 01 42 77 65 65
8 bd du Palais, 1er
adult/child €8.50/free, joint ticket with Conciergerie €12.50
9.30am-6pm daily, to 9.30pm Wed mid-May-mid-Sep, 9am-5pm daily Nov-Feb
Cité
SIGHTS
Île de la Cité was the site of the first settlement in Paris (c 3rd century BC)
and later the centre of Roman Lutetia. The island remained the hub of royal
and ecclesiastical power, even after the city spread to both banks of the Seine
in the Middle Ages. Smaller Île St-Louis was actually two uninhabited islets
called Île Notre Dame (Our Lady Isle) and Île aux Vaches (Cows Island) in the
early 17th century - until a building contractor and two financiers worked out
a deal with Louis XIII to create one island and build two stone bridges to the
mainland.
MONUMENT
CONCIERGERIE
joint ticket with Sainte-Chapelle €12.50; 9.30am-6pm; Cité)
A royal palace in the 14th century, the Conciergerie later became a prison. During the Reign
of Terror (1793-94) alleged enemies of the Revolution were incarcerated here before being
brought before the Revolutionary Tribunal next door in the
Palais de Justice
. Top-billing
