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Paris, through time.

Discover Paris’s history, age reference and living heritage.

A city has many beginnings. Ages below count calendar years to 2026 from the stated milestone, not exact birthdays or the first human presence. Illustrations are AI-created artistic interpretations, not historical evidence.

Imagined Parisii riverside community beside the Seine, before Roman Lutetia.
Imagined Parisii riverside community beside the Seine, before Roman Lutetia. · AI illustration

First written mention of Lutetia

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2,078 yearsfrom 53 BCE to 2026

The Parisii lived in the Seine region before the Roman city of Lutetia. Caesar mentioned Lutetia in 53 BCE. Archaeologists still debate aspects of the Gaulish settlement's precise location; a written reference is not the city's birthday.

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