From ancient Lutetia to the modern metropolis : The Gallic and Gallo-Roman beginnings ; Paris: Capital of the Merovingian Empire ; The dukes of Francia become kings of France ; Conflict between the monarchy and civil self-rule ; The city of three personalities ; Paris: the greatest fortress of the kingdom ; The beginning of the Renaissance under François I ; Henri IV: the first city planner of Paris ; The city of the nobility: the Marais and the Ile St. Louis ; The "second Rome": center of the counter Reformation ; The self-display of the absolutist state ; The return of private building ; The return of classicism ; Revolution and empire: the triumphal building of Napoleon ; The expansion of the city during the restoration ; The Second Empire: the modernization of Paris under Haussmann ; Industrialization of the Banlieue and the stagnation in the Third and Fourth Republics ; The transformation of the city since De Galle

Paris : Churches, monasteries, palaces, streets, and squares

Ile de France : The great cathedrals ; Medieval castles and monasteries ; Renaissance châteaux ; Palaces from the classical period ; Other points of interest in the Ile do France

Chronology ; Rulers of France

Practical travel suggestions : Some statistics ; General information ; First contact with the city ; How to best get around Paris ; Markets ; Restaurants and hotels ; Strolls through Paris ; Museums in Paris ; Museums in the Ile de France ; Some tips for traveling in the Ile of France ; What is there to see? ; Hikes and bicycle tours ; Automobile routes in the Ile of France.