Rita Crane Photography: Quai d'Orleans in Winter, Ile St Louis, Paris
There is some more information about Ile St. Louis on the first page of comments. And here is a link to a wonderful series of old maps of the historic center of Paris, showing the development around the Ile de la Cite and Ile St. Louis from the 1400's to the 1800's.
paris1900.lartnouveau.com/paris00/ile_cite_st-louis.htm
DESCRIPTION: C'etait le debut du mois de mars et je me regalais du ciel ombrageux sur cette vue classique de l'Ile St. Louis. On prendrait ce quartier - vu de la Rive Gauche - presque pour un autre village entierement diferent, sur une autre riviere, dans un autre lieux qu'au centre de Paris. L'Ile St. Louis, cette soiree la, juste apres le coucher du soleil que l'on voix legerement a gauche, me semblait absolument paisible .... une ile tranquile parmi l'activite' frenetique de Paris vers le soir quand tout le monde rentre chez eux, en toute vitesse. Ici le temps paraissait completement arrete' .... on ne voyait personne, et seulement deux ou trois petites lumieres clignotaient des fenetres. On entendait dans cette tranquilite' la Seine couler, comme elle l'a fait depuis des siecles.
DESCRIPTION: The Île Saint-Louis is one of two natural islands in the Seine river, in Paris, France (the other natural island is Île de la Cité, the Île des Cygnes is artificial). The island is named after King Louis XI of France (Saint Louis).
The island is connected to the rest of Paris by bridges to both banks of the river and by the Pont Saint Louis to the Île de la Cité. This island was formerly used for the grazing of market cattle and stocking wood. One of France's first examples of urban planning, it was mapped and built from end to end during the 17th-century reigns of Henri IV and Louis XIII. A peaceful oasis of calm in the busy Paris centre, this island has but narrow one-way streets, no métro stations and two bus stops. Most of the island is residential, but there are several restaurants, shops, cafés and ice cream parlours at street level, as well as one large church, Église St. Louis en L’Isle. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%c3%8ele_Saint-Louis
This is an authentic part of Paris like it looked in the 17th and 18th century! Pretty, elegant, narrow streets, dignified premises and picturesque interior courtyards, like in the Marais. An oasis of peace in the middle of this busy modern city. An amazing oasis full of the atmosphere of pre-modern times. www.apartexchange.com/Guide_paris3-ilestlouis.htm for an excellent short history of the island.
Rita Crane Photography: Quai d'Orleans in Winter, Ile St Louis, Paris
There is some more information about Ile St. Louis on the first page of comments. And here is a link to a wonderful series of old maps of the historic center of Paris, showing the development around the Ile de la Cite and Ile St. Louis from the 1400's to the 1800's.
paris1900.lartnouveau.com/paris00/ile_cite_st-louis.htm
DESCRIPTION: C'etait le debut du mois de mars et je me regalais du ciel ombrageux sur cette vue classique de l'Ile St. Louis. On prendrait ce quartier - vu de la Rive Gauche - presque pour un autre village entierement diferent, sur une autre riviere, dans un autre lieux qu'au centre de Paris. L'Ile St. Louis, cette soiree la, juste apres le coucher du soleil que l'on voix legerement a gauche, me semblait absolument paisible .... une ile tranquile parmi l'activite' frenetique de Paris vers le soir quand tout le monde rentre chez eux, en toute vitesse. Ici le temps paraissait completement arrete' .... on ne voyait personne, et seulement deux ou trois petites lumieres clignotaient des fenetres. On entendait dans cette tranquilite' la Seine couler, comme elle l'a fait depuis des siecles.
DESCRIPTION: The Île Saint-Louis is one of two natural islands in the Seine river, in Paris, France (the other natural island is Île de la Cité, the Île des Cygnes is artificial). The island is named after King Louis XI of France (Saint Louis).
The island is connected to the rest of Paris by bridges to both banks of the river and by the Pont Saint Louis to the Île de la Cité. This island was formerly used for the grazing of market cattle and stocking wood. One of France's first examples of urban planning, it was mapped and built from end to end during the 17th-century reigns of Henri IV and Louis XIII. A peaceful oasis of calm in the busy Paris centre, this island has but narrow one-way streets, no métro stations and two bus stops. Most of the island is residential, but there are several restaurants, shops, cafés and ice cream parlours at street level, as well as one large church, Église St. Louis en L’Isle. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%c3%8ele_Saint-Louis
This is an authentic part of Paris like it looked in the 17th and 18th century! Pretty, elegant, narrow streets, dignified premises and picturesque interior courtyards, like in the Marais. An oasis of peace in the middle of this busy modern city. An amazing oasis full of the atmosphere of pre-modern times. www.apartexchange.com/Guide_paris3-ilestlouis.htm for an excellent short history of the island.