Some Interesting Facts about Paris

1. Some Interesting Facts about Paris As we know that Paris is very popular cities among the travelers, known as the city of love, There are many architectural and social facts related to Paris that tourists even don't know about it, so we are going to provide you some list of surprising facts about Paris. Surely It will create interest in you to know well about these facts about Paris. PARIS was roman city and was found in 3rd century BC. • The water of the Seine River is not good for health, it is suitable for the consumption. Even people did not use it for the laundry purpose as it is very toxic and dangerous. In Paris the policeman have lots of nicknames, these names can be differ from person to person but one name is common for all the policeman ie ‘the chickens’. You must be excited to know the reason behind so.... Once the city of Paris was facing the riots , lot of buildings including the police stations were burnt down so in terms of saving the life of police officers, mayor of the city sent them to the place where the Paris poultry market takes place so just because of the this the chickens name has given to the police officers. The bell of Notre Dame weighs over 13 tons and known as Emmanuel. People believed that the Paris has only one stop sign in the entire city. There are total 1083 monuments and 173 museums in Paris. It has 40,000 of restaurants. There are 450 parks and gardens in the city, occupying 1200 acres of lands. Shooting is free of cost in Paris until it is to be done in Gardens, Museums , and Monuments. On and average at least 10 films shoot takes place on the streets of Paris each day. The motto of Paris is "Fluctuat Nec Mergitur", which means tossed but sunk, ie it refers to the ship. Almost there are more than 400 stations in Paris but the these stations keep some secrets along with themselves.at least 14 stations are abandoned, means they are no longer in use,most of them are used as garage. If you think there is only one statue of liberty in the world, Then please think twice because there are three replicas of it in the Paris. The most popular one is placed in the middle of the Seine River. The main reason of attracting the visitors to the Paris is “Mickey Mouse” of Disneyland. There are 6100 streets in the Paris. Around 20 million people come to this city every year. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • The way people die does not depend on how great their life was. Here are 2 unusual deaths.. Charondas- He was a Greek lawgiver from Sicily, One day he introduced a new law that if any person is going to bring any kind of weapon into the Assembly then the punishment should be death. One day he came to Assembly a along with a knife stick to his belt so, just to follow his own law he committed suicide. William Snyder- A 13-year-old, died when a circus clown swung him around by his heels. Hence we have told you above the list of all interesting facts about Paris, I hope it will help you all in getting the idea regarding the facts about Paris.If you liked our post please like it and you can also comment in the below comment section.