A succession of revolutionary factions ruled Paris until 9 November 1799 (coup d’état du 18 brumaire), when Napoléon Bonaparte seized power as First Consul. After the marshland between the river Seine and its slower ‚dead arm‘ to its north was filled in from around the tenth century, Paris’s cultural centre began to maneuver to the Right Bank. In 1137, a new metropolis market (today’s Les Halles) replaced the two smaller ones on the Île de la Cité and Place de ...
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