Paris Began on One Small River Island — 2,000 Years in 8 Minutes

Paris wasn't built in a day. Watch it being built from 250 BC to 2026: the Parisii on the Seine, Roman Lutetia, the walled island, Notre-Dame, Philippe Auguste's wall and the Louvre fortress, the Bastille, the Pont Neuf, Les Invalides, the Revolution, the Arc de Triomphe, Haussmann's boulevards, the Eiffel Tower, the Métro, Sacré-Cœur, La Défense, Tour Montparnasse, the Pyramid, the 2019 fire and Notre-Dame's reopening. It ends with a tour from golden hour into the night. Chapters 0:00 Paris wasn't built in a day 0:07 The Parisii and Roman Lutetia 0:40 The island city and Clovis 1:01 Notre-Dame and Philippe Auguste's wall 1:25 The Sainte-Chapelle, Charles V and the Bastille 1:46 The Pont Neuf and Place Royale 2:08 Les Invalides 2:19 The Bastille falls 2:30 The Panthéon and the tax wall 2:51 The Arc de Triomphe and the Thiers wall 3:13 Haussmann rebuilds Paris 3:27 The Palais Garnier 3:38 The Eiffel Tower 3:50 The Métro and the 1900 World's Fair 4:11 Sacré-Cœur and the Palais de Chaillot 4:33 La Défense and Tour Montparnasse 4:55 Pompidou, the Pyramid and the new library 5:27 Towers return 5:48 Notre-Dame burns and rises again 6:22 Paris today 6:33 Night tour: the Eiffel Tower at dusk 7:01 The Louvre and the historic axis 7:30 Montmartre, and the Eiffel Tower sparkles Animated with custom code. History researched and checked (every date, height and name). Landmark positions are approximate; ordinary buildings are illustrative. Which city should we build next? Comment below. #Paris #History #CityFromScratch #EiffelTower #NotreDame #Architecture