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Section of the Philippe Auguste city walls, near the Jardins Saint Paul, in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. These are the oldest city walls whose layout is known, and were built built during the struggles between Philip II of France (Philip Augustus) and the House of Plantagenet. The Right Bank was fortified 1190-1209 and the Left Bank 1200-15. The walls are over 5km long and 5-8m high, with 77 towers integrated along their length. In the distance is the Eglise Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis, designed by Etienne Martellange and Francois Derand and built 1627-41. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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7087px × 4724px
Photo Credit
Manuel Cohen / Art Resource, NY
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12TH CENTURY
13TH CENTURY
17th century
4th arrondissement
Architecture
belief
blue skies
BOUNDARY
building
capital city
Child
Christian
Christianity
Church
CITY WALL
Cityscape
COLOR IMAGE
colour image
Construction
COURT
Cross
DAY
Defense
DEFENSIVE
Dome
Etienne Martellange
EUROPE
EUROPEAN
Exterior
Faith
Fence
Fortification
French
HERITAGE
History
HORIZONTAL
Ile de France
ILE-DE-FRANCE
Marais
Medieval
Outdoors
OUTSIDE
PARIS
PARISIAN
Philip II of France
Philippe Auguste
Playing
religion
Religious
SACRED
SAINT PAUL
SUNNY
Tower
Town
URBAN
Wall
WALLED
Western Europe
Western European