Step Into History
Walk Paris in 1250
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Step Into History · City walk
Saint Louis' Paris, 1250
This is Paris under King Louis IX at the height of the Gothic boom: the west front of Notre‑Dame stands newly finished and the Sainte‑Chapelle shimmers within the royal palace. The walk follows the Seine across the island and through the bustling Right Bank markets to the learned streets of the Left Bank, ending on the high ground that overlooks the medieval city.
34 scenes — 22 streets, squares and views, 12 interiors to step inside. Planned from the Wikipedia record of Paris as it stood in 1250 (“Paris in the Middle Ages”).
The route, scene by scene
- 1. Seine near the Louvre
- 2. Louvre Fortress Quay
- ↳ Louvre Keep Great Hall · interior
- 3. Right Bank Riverfront
- 4. Grand Pont
- ↳ Goldsmith's Bridge-house · interior
- 5. Approach to Île de la Cité
- 6. Palais de la Cité
- ↳ Royal Audience Hall · interior
- 7. Sainte-Chapelle Exterior
- ↳ Upper Royal Chapel · interior
- 8. Parvis of Notre‑Dame
- ↳ Cathedral Nave · interior
- 9. Street by the Cloister
- ↳ Cloister Scriptorium · interior
- 10. East Quay of the Island
- 11. Palais Courtyard
- 12. Right‑Bank Market Street
- 13. Place de Grève
- 14. Rue Saint‑Honoré
- 15. Rue Saint‑Denis
- 16. The Central Market
- ↳ Grand Market Hall · interior
- 17. Rue des Lombards
- ↳ Bankers' Counting House · interior
- 18. Bridge‑side Money Quarter
- ↳ Money-changers' Counting Room · interior
- 19. Bridge toward Left Bank
- 20. Rue Saint‑Jacques
- ↳ Sorbonne Lecture Hall · interior
- 21. Montagne Sainte‑Geneviève
- ↳ Abbey Refectory · interior
- 22. Montmartre Hill View
- ↳ Montmartre Pilgrims' Chapel · interior