. Paris and its story, by T. Okey; illustrated by Katherine Kimball & O. F. M. Ward . would be the theatre of Lutetia, and further on the imposingand magnificent palace of the Cassars, with its gardens slopingdown to the Seine, The turbulent little stream of theBievre flowed by the foot of Mons Lutetius on the east,entering the main river opposite the eastern limit of the Of some 10,000 ancient inscriptions found in Gaul, only twenty arein Celtic, and less than thirty words of Celtic origin now remain in theFrench language. ^ The water supply of Paris is even now partly derived from thesesourc
. Paris and its story, by T. Okey; illustrated by Katherine Kimball & O. F. M. Ward . would be the theatre of Lutetia, and further on the imposingand magnificent palace of the Cassars, with its gardens slopingdown to the Seine, The turbulent little stream of theBievre flowed by the foot of Mons Lutetius on the east,entering the main river opposite the eastern limit of the Of some 10,000 ancient inscriptions found in Gaul, only twenty arein Celtic, and less than thirty words of Celtic origin now remain in theFrench language. ^ The water supply of Paris is even now partly derived from thesesources, and flows along the old repaired Roman aqueduct. 6 PARIS AND ITS STORY civitas of Lutetia, gleaming white before them and girdled byAurelians wall and the waters of the Seine. A narrow eel-shaped island, subsequently known as the Isle de Galilee/ laybetween the Isle of the Cite and the southern bank ; twoislands, the Isles de Notre Dame and des Vaches, divided bya narrow channel to the east, and two small islets, the Islesdes Juifs and de Bussy, to the west. Another islet, the. REMAINS OF ROMAN AMPHITHEATRE. Isle de Louviers, lay near the northern bank beyond thetwo eastern islands. Crossing a wooden bridge, where nowstands the Petit Pont, they would enter the forum (Placedu Parvis Notre Dame) under a triumphal arch. Herewould be the very foyer of the city ; a little way to the left Traces of the Gallo-Roman wall have been discovered, and aremarked across the roadway opposite No. 6 Rue de la Colombe. ^ The Isle de Galilee was joined to the Cite during the thirteenthcentury. GALLO-ROMAN PARIS 7 the governors palace and the basilica, or hall of justice ;to the right the temple of Jupiter. As they crossed theisland they would find it linked to the northern bank byanother wooden bridge, replaced by the present Pont NotreDame.^ In the distance to the north stood Mons Martis(Montmartre) crowned with the temples of Mars andMercury, four of whose columns are preserved in thechurch
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