Paris the great saga

Capital of Modernity (1x4)

Air date: Dec 11, 2014

Period that leads to the current Paris. A beginning of century that gave birth to the genius of several architects and scientists. Gustave Eiffel just completed his masterpiece, his great tower. Local population is moving around by a new kind of train the Métropolitain. Intellectuals and artists are coming massively in the capital making it their home. From Montparnasse to Saint-Germain-des-Prés through Montmartre, the city of light is at the top of creation, diversity and exchange… Even with the two wars that put a grey area around this period, Paris rose from the ashes. The look focused towards the future, we innovate and build: the center Georges Pompidou, opera Bastille, Louvre’s pyramid, Bercy area and the great arch of La Défense.