Photograph Chatelet square

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It refers to the "Types of monuments, architectural and other noteworthy places in France" catalog is now available, "Detroit Publishing Company" (1905). This area is located in a place where previously there was a medieval fortress Grand Chatelet, built around 1130 by King Louis VI on the Ile de la Cite, the island in the Seine River, which forms the historic center of Paris. Later, in the XII century the castle was converted into a prison and has been used in that capacity until 1802. Pont-a-Shanzh shown in this picture, connects Ile de la Cité to the right bank of the Seine. In the center is a fountain "Palmyra", built in 1808 in honor of Napoleon's victories in Italy, Germany and EgipteInformatsiya about izdaniiDetroyt Publishing Company, Detroit, Michigan