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very close to the city limits at that time, and then there
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is the Tuileries, and then the edge of Paris there,
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the Arc de Triomphe,
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which was begun by Napoleon and completed during the
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July Monarchy.
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So Paris, a tremendously overcrowded place--and the most
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densely populated parts of Paris until mid-century were the Ile
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of Cite, that is the Island of Cite, c-I-t-e;
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there's Notre Dame, and the Marais, m-a-r-a-I-s,
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the sort of central Right Bank districts;
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and their population density is three times what it is today.
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And, so, the population of Paris,