Paris History - part 2

-Around 250 A.D.: Lutetia is christianized. The first churches are built.
- 4th-9th centuries: Frankish and Norman invasions.
Clovis I pronounces the kingdom of Gaul and renames Lutetia Paris.
-1163: Construction of the Notre Dame Cathedral begins.
It would take almost two centuries to complete the masterpiece of early gothic architecture.
- 12th and 13th century: Other important monuments and sites are built, including the Sorbonne and the Sainte-Chapelle cathedral.
The swamp (Marais) on the right bank of the Seine is drained and the city expands north of the Seine. Around 1200, construction of a fortress that

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Epernay - north of France

Épernay is a commune in the Marne department in northern France.
Épernay is located 88 miles ENE of Paris on the main
line of the Eastern railway to Strasbourg.
The town is situated on the left bank of the Marne
at the extremity of the pretty Cubryvalley which crosses it.

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