Paris is the capital city of France and is located in ฮle-de-France region, on the Seine river, with an estimated population of 2,153,600 inhabitants. The Paris region is the France's center of economic activity and also in paris are located the main offices of important organizations such as: UNESCO, NATO, the OECD, the ICC. Paris is not only an economic center but also a learning and cultural city, the fashion of Paris is well known around the world, many famous fashion designers make their events in this city. During the first to fifth century Paris was called Lutetia but after this period it adopted its actual name. Paris is sometimes called 'The City of Light' because its cultural life and intellectual preeminance and also for its beautiful appearance. The French capital is one of the most wonderful cities around the world, a metropolis that satisfied all tourist's expectation and more, Paris has a seductive atmosphere. Paris territory was firstly habitated by a sub-tribe of celtic Senones, the Parisii, settled the area near the Seine River from around 250 B.C. In 1190 was constructed a wall for enclosing Paris, this wall had the Louver as its western fortress. During the late 17th and the 18th cent. Paris acquired further glory as the scene of many of France's greatest cultural achievements: the plays of Moli่re, Racine, and Corneille; the music of Lully, Rameau, and Gluck; the paintings of Watteau, Fragonard, and Boucher; and the salons where many of the philosophes of the Enlightenment gathered. At the beginning of 1968, Paris was the scene of serius disorders such as a student strike, in 1971 the Paris's famous central market was dismantled, but there is now located the Paris new metro hub. In 1977 was constructed the Georges Pompidou National Center for Art and Culture, which includes the National Museum of Modern Art. In 1992 it was built Eurodisney in the Parisian suburbs, and the Louver was renovated this year too. Modern Paris is the result of many remodeling and ordering process, at the middle of 19th century occured an urbanisation, new wide roads, neo classical stone buildings, and no more narrow streets, part of this Paris is what we see nowadays, also were constructed higher buildings but there are laws that try to preserve the city historic making difficult the construction of modern edifications within city limits.
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