Paris the world famous capital of France with its Celtic origin, the tribe of the Parisii has an settlement. Then the Roman came and took over an named it Lutetia which overlapped roughly the nowadays Île de la Cité en het Quartier Latin. Around 212 they named the city after the Celtic tribe and Paris experienced centuries of prosperous times and lot of drama, alternately to each other. Since the 10th century it's France most important city to this day and i think it will be for an long time in the future. It's survived the Huns, Vikings, English, all the enemies of Napoleon and the Germans several times. Don't forget the uprisings, revolutions, riots and lately the les gilets jaunes for an better and more equality in France. Paris is one of the most visited cities in the world with tons of attractions, landmarks, restaurants, cafe's, shops and many more. Paris and all of it's suburbs has an population around 12.5 million and all roads lead to Paris. So lets take an look at the flag.
Two vertical stripes with the colors blue and red. The colors are traditional and comes from two saints. The blue comes from Saint Martin the guy cutting is cloak in half and give it to an beggar. Also Saint Genevieve the patron of Paris comes with the blue, she diverted Atilla the Hun from his siege of Paris. She cured her mother of blindness and provide the people of Paris with food during an famine. The red comes from Saint Denis an bishop of Paris in 3rd century which beheaded by the sword. But he picked up his head and walk away and still preaching on the way, were he stopped the build an church in nowadays Saint-Denis. Some said that the French national flag is created out of this flag, putting the white of the French monarchy in the middle to connect the common people with the king during the French Revolution, which didn't worked out with the poor king. Simple flag with some saints as backstory.
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