Historic Paris

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, New Age, History, Fiction & Literature
Cover of the book Historic Paris by Jetta S. Wolff, Library of Alexandria
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Jetta S. Wolff ISBN: 9781465581662
Publisher: Library of Alexandria Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Jetta S. Wolff
ISBN: 9781465581662
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint:
Language: English
THE Louvre has existed on the selfsame site from the earliest days of the history of Paris and of France. It began as a rough hunting-lodge, erected in the time of the rois fainéants—the “do-nothing” kings: a primitive hut-like construction in the dark wolf-haunted forest to the north of the settlement on the islets of the Seine, called Leutekia, the city of mud, on account of its marshy situation, or Loutouchezi, the watery city, by its Gallic settlers, by the Romans Lutetia Parisiorum—the Paris of that long-gone age. The name Louvre, therefore, may possibly be derived from the Latin Word lupus, a wolf. More probably its origin is the old word leouare, whence lower, louvre: a habitation.
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
THE Louvre has existed on the selfsame site from the earliest days of the history of Paris and of France. It began as a rough hunting-lodge, erected in the time of the rois fainéants—the “do-nothing” kings: a primitive hut-like construction in the dark wolf-haunted forest to the north of the settlement on the islets of the Seine, called Leutekia, the city of mud, on account of its marshy situation, or Loutouchezi, the watery city, by its Gallic settlers, by the Romans Lutetia Parisiorum—the Paris of that long-gone age. The name Louvre, therefore, may possibly be derived from the Latin Word lupus, a wolf. More probably its origin is the old word leouare, whence lower, louvre: a habitation.

More books from Library of Alexandria

Cover of the book The Rose of Old St. Louis by Jetta S. Wolff
Cover of the book Lives of the Presidents Told in Words of One Syllable by Jetta S. Wolff
Cover of the book Brook Farm: Historic and Personal Memoirs by Jetta S. Wolff
Cover of the book He Who Gets Slapped: A Play in Four Acts by Jetta S. Wolff
Cover of the book Protection and Communism with a Preface by the Translator by Jetta S. Wolff
Cover of the book A Bed of Roses by Jetta S. Wolff
Cover of the book The Man Without a Memory by Jetta S. Wolff
Cover of the book The Widow Barnaby (Complete) by Jetta S. Wolff
Cover of the book The Inner Consciousness: How to Awaken and Direct it by Jetta S. Wolff
Cover of the book The Grotesque in Church Art by Jetta S. Wolff
Cover of the book The Dead Command: From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan by Jetta S. Wolff
Cover of the book The Masculine Cross: A History of Ancient and Modern Crosses and Their Connection with the Mysteries of Sex Worship; Also an Account of the Kindred Phases of Phallic Faiths and Practices by Jetta S. Wolff
Cover of the book Janet McLaren: The Faithful Nurse by Jetta S. Wolff
Cover of the book The Old Dominion by Jetta S. Wolff
Cover of the book The Outdoor Chums on the Lake: Lively Adventures on Wildcat Island by Jetta S. Wolff
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy