Which is the most famous building on the Ile de la Cite in Paris?
Paris in the Middle Ages rule. The "drapers" had their shops on the Rue de la Vieille-Draperie on the Ile de la Cité, while the "pelletiers" were just north of them; the "armorers" north of the Châtelet fortress and east of the Rue Saint-Denis. The vendors of parchment, illuminators and book sellers were found on the Left Bank, near the University, on the Rue de la Parcheminerie, Rue Neuve-Notre-Dame, Rue Eremburg-de-Brie, Rue Écrivains, and Rue Saint-Séverin. The manufacture of cloth was important until the 14th century, but it lost its leading role to competition from other cities and was replaced by crafts which made more
Paris during the Second Empire make traffic circulation easier, and making it the most beautiful city in Europe. Haussmann worked on his vast projects for seventeen years, employing tens of thousands of workers. He rebuilt the sewers of Paris so they no longer emptied into the Seine and built a new aqueduct and reservoir to bring in more fresh water. He demolished most of the old medieval buildings on the Ile de la Cite and replaced them with a new hospital and government buildings. In the city center, he conceived four avenues in a huge cross: a north-south axis connecting the Gare de Paris-Est in