EVOLUTION OF PARIS | 3D CITY TIMELAPSE (52 BC–NOW

In 52 BC Paris was a Gaulish settlement on the Seine. Watch Roman Lutetia rise on the Left Bank, the city shrink onto the Île de la Cité, Notre-Dame and the medieval walls go up, the Bastille fall in 1789, Haussmann rebuild the city in cream stone and zinc, and the Eiffel Tower, Montparnasse, the Louvre Pyramid and La Défense change the skyline. Every building in Paris comes from the city's own records (APUR) and appears in the year it was built. The old walls of Philippe Auguste, Charles V, the Farmers-General and Thiers rise and fall along the boulevards that replaced them. ⏱️ CHAPTERS 0:00 Paris today, rewound 0:14 52 BC – Lutetia 0:26 The island city 0:36 508 – Clovis makes Paris his capital 0:42 845 – The Vikings 0:54 1163 – Notre-Dame 1:00 1190 – The wall of Philippe Auguste 1:22 1356 – Charles V's wall and the Bastille 1:46 1607 – Pont Neuf 1:58 1670 – Les Invalides 2:16 1789 – The storming of the Bastille 2:35 1836 – Arc de Triomphe 2:45 1853 – Haussmann remakes Paris 3:09 1871 – The Paris Commune burns the Tuileries 3:25 1889 – The Eiffel Tower 3:36 1900 – The Métro 3:53 1940–1944 – Occupation and liberation 4:16 1973 – Tour Montparnasse 4:41 1989 – The Louvre Pyramid and La Grande Arche 5:08 2011 – Tour First 5:16 2019 – Notre-Dame fire 5:36 2024 – Notre-Dame reopens 6:00 Paris at night Which city should we build next? Tell us in the comments 👇 📊 DATA SOURCES Buildings: Apur, DGFiP, Ville de Paris – Emprise bâtie (ODbL), construction years and heights; © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) – openstreetmap.org/copyright Terrain: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 © DLR e.V. 2010–2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014–2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA Population: INSEE and historical estimates. Heights: CTBUH Skyscraper Center, Ville de Paris. Buildings from before 1800, the routes of the old walls and the area burned in 1871 are approximate; older buildings that no longer exist are shown as generic houses. Where the Gaulish town of the Parisii stood is still debated. Music and sound effects are original, generated for this video. #Paris #Timelapse #3DAnimation #CityEvolution #France #History #EiffelTower