No one can write the definitive history of Paris, says Charles Rearick, a professor of history at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. “Paris in all its vastness and heterogeneity calls for ...

On this day in 1951, the city of Paris celebrated its 2,000th birthday. The history of the city goes back to 250 B.C., when a ...

A brief history of the world's first socialist working class uprising. The workers of Paris, joined by mutinous National Guardsmen, seized the city and set about re-organising society in their own ...

Many people love Paris, but few really know the history of the city. Now, one of the city’s museums digs deep into Parisian history unlike any other. The Carnavalet Museum – History of Paris, which ...

More than a year after France's famed Notre Dame reopened to the public, an archaeological exploration delving into thousands of years of the history of Paris and dubbed by some as the "dig of the ...

The Games will usher visitors through France’s history, with events at the Grand Palais and Versailles. But, as host, Paris is also becoming a new city. An American marching band visits the Eiffel ...

Archaeologists at Notre-Dame Cathedral are uncovering Roman relics and medieval ruins as Paris digs 4m deep to create a greener square by 2028. View on euronews ...