1 Stop 1 of 9 on The Islands & the River

Introduction

Île de la Cité, Paris

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"You're standing a few steps from the spot where Paris began. Not the Eiffel Tower. Not the Louvre. A muddy island in a river, where a Celtic tribe pulled their boats ashore more than two thousand years ago. Everything else grew outward from here. And the island never stopped being strange. In nineteen eighty-four, sewer workers found a live crocodile under the Pont Neuf."

Hear the full story in the app — narrated and timed to play right where you're standing.

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This is just one of 9 stops on the The Islands & the River tour. Download the app, put in your headphones, and experience it for real.

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