Cité Island

For centuries of existence of the island of Cite, it managed to live different tribes and peoples. In the III century BC, a Celtic tribe lived here, and around 52 BC Roman conquerors settled on the island. But the importance of the island began to acquire only with the accession to the throne of the Merovingian dynasty.

This oldest part of Paris is connected to the two banks of the Seine by a network of nine bridges. Ironically, the oldest of them is still called the New Bridge. In the XIX century, great changes took place on the island. City planner Baron Osman ordered to demolish everything that stood between the royal palace and the cathedral. The police prefecture and commercial tribunal buildings were built on this site, which are connected by three straight streets crossing into bridges.

There is a huge number of the most visited attractions that attract tourists at any time of the day: These are Notre Dame, Ver Galan Square, the Conciergerie or the Palace of Justice, and the New Bridge, and Sainte-Chapelle, and the statue of Henry IV, etc.