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Parisii

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Parisii 

a Celtic tribe that lived along the Seine River and whose center was Lutetia, which was located in what is now Paris.



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The Romans, having defeated the Parisii ( the indigenous tribe from which the city takes its name ( quarried stone from the area to gather the building blocks of their new settlement, resulting in a warren of caves far underground.
DAY ONE Ile de la Cite: Take the Metro to the Ile de la Cite, the island in the Seine where Paris began around 250 BC, when the Parisii tribe of fishermen made it their home.
It was originally inhabited by a Gallic tribe known by the Romans as the Parisii, hence the city's name today.
 
 
 
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