Perrault, Claude. 1613-88. French architect. Louvre Colonnade. Observatory.

Philippe Auguste Wall. 1210. First defensive wall around Paris.

Philoctetes. Mythical Greek warrior. Killed Paris at Troy.

Picard, Jean. 1620-82. French astronomer. Founded Paris Observatory. Computed size of earth.

Place de Grève. -1830 Meeting place for Paris unemployed in Middle Ages.

Place de la Concorde. 1775. Paris. Designed by Gabriel 1755. Site of guillotine 1793.

Pompidou Centre. Beaubourg. 1972-7. Architects: Rogers and Piano. Paris modernistic art and activity center.

Pont de la Concorde. Paris. Built 1787-91 from stones of Bastille so people could forever trample ruins.

Pont Neuf. 1578-1607. Oldest surviving Paris bridge.

Pont Notre-Dame. Originally the Great Bridge in Roman Paris. Rebuilt in 1413 by Normans. First numbered houses in Paris.

Poor Laws. 1597, 1601, 1834. British parishes to aid poor, establish workhouses, abolish slavery. Replaced 1930-50.

Porte St-Denis. Paris. 1672. Celebrates Louis XIV’s victories on the Rhine.

Porte St-Martin. Paris. 1674. Commemorates the capture of Besançon.

Priam. Last king of Troy. Father of Paris, Hector.

Quadruple Alliance. 1718. Austria, France, Britain, Dutch Republic. Defeated Spain’s attack on Sicily. 1813,15. Austria, Britain, Russia, Prussia. Enforced Treaty of Paris. 1834 France, Britain, Portugal, Spain. Supported Isabella II vs Carlist claims.

Rambouillet, Marquise de. 1588-1665. First Paris literary salon.

Registers, Parish. 1308 France. 1538 England.

Robert, Charles. Paris balloonist 1783.

Rollo. 860-932. Norse pirate. Colonized Normandy 911. 885 Rolled boats around Paris when seige failed.

Sacre Coeur. Paris basilica built 1873-1910 by Abadie, at a cost of FF40 million.

Salpêtrière. 1656. Established by Louis XIV to care for the 55,000 beggars on the streets of Paris. Pinel.

September Massacres. 1792. Paris. 1200 prisoners killed by revolutionaries in 4 days. French Revolution.

Shelburne, 2nd earl. 1737-1805. English statesman. Prime Minister 1782-3. Treaty of Paris.

Sorbonne College. c1257. Founded by Robert de Sorbon. Seat of University of Paris.

St-Germain-des-Prés. Paris church. 990-1021 on the site of 542 monastery by Childebert.

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