Top 10 Interesting Facts About Paris 2022

 

     Paris, the capital city of France is fondly called as the city of love and the fashion capital of the world. It is a city with hundreds of museums and 1,803 other monuments. The city is also regarded as a literary Paradise, as there are numerous outstanding Universities and other educational institutions within city of France. There are lot more interesting facts about Paris that you might don't know, here are the top 10 interesting facts about the City of Paris:

1. Paris was a Roman city and it was originally called as "Lutetia" back at that time.

2. In December 1895, the first public screening of of a movie was done by French brothers Louis Lumiere and Auguste. They named their invention as "The cinematography".

3. The city of Paris has only one stop sign in the entire city.

4. The motto of the city of Paris is " fluctuate nec mergitur". It is a Latin phrase whose meaning in english is " Tossed by the waves but never sunk".

5. Paris is also known as the Fashion Capital of the world.

6. The City of Paris was under the occupation of the Germans from 1940 to 1944.

7. Paris is known as "The City of lights".

8. The name of the city of Paris was taken from  the name of its early Celtic Parisil tribe.

9. The Louvre Museum is the most famous and the most visited museum in the world. It is situated in the Louvre Palace.

10. Paris became the Capital of France in 987 AD.