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    Why is Paris called the City of Light?

    Question #129850. Asked by nochoices. (Mar 06 13 7:23 AM)


    cardsfan_027

    		Its fame as a centre of education and ideas during the Age of Enlightenment, and later to its early adoption of street lighting.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris

    Mar 06 13, 7:37 AM
    diade68

    		Paris was nicknamed the "City of Light" (not City of Lights) originally because it was a vast center of education and ideas during the Age of Enlightenment. In 1828, Paris began lighting the Champs-Elysées with gas lamps. It was the first city in Europe to do so, and so earned the nickname "La Ville-Lumière" or The City of Light.
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    Mar 06 13, 2:51 PM

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