Why was the Place de la Nation

formerly called la Place du Trône ?

Has the Panthéon always been the resting

place of great men ? Who exactly decided where

the Hôtel de Ville should stand ? What saved the Eiffel Tower from destruction ? Whose idea was it to turn the Tuileries into the capital's first public garden ? What is the difference between

the Assemblée Nationale and the Palais

Bourbon ? Complete with period engravings,

this small album tells the history of Paris

through its twenty arrondissements and

its main monuments.