巴黎的生日

The Birthday of Paris

1951年的7月8日这一天,法国的首都巴黎庆祝了它的2000岁的生日。事实上,生日蛋糕上严格来说还需要多加几支蜡烛,因为光明之城(巴黎的别称)很有可能是在公元前250年左右建立的。巴黎的历史可以追溯到一个叫做巴黎西人的高卢部落,大约在公元前250年左右,他们在贯穿了今天的巴黎的塞纳河中的一个岛屿(今天被称为西岱岛)上定居下来。到公元前52年前,尤利乌斯·凯撒和罗马人占领了这一地区,该地区最终被基督教化,并被称为卢泰西亚,拉丁语中意为“水中的居所”。后来,定居点扩展到了塞纳河的两岸,卢泰西亚的名字被“巴黎”所替代。公元987年,巴黎成为了法国的首都。随着城市的发展,塞纳河左岸赢得了“知识区”的美誉,而右岸则以商业闻名。

On July 08, 1951, Paris, the capital city of France, celebrated its 2,000th birthday. In fact,a few more candles would've technically1 been required on the birthday cake, as the City of Lights was most likely founded around 250 B.C.The history of Paris can be traced back to a Gallic tribe known as the Parisii, who sometime around 250 B.C. settled an island (known today as Ile de la Cite) in the Seine River, which runs through present-day Paris. By 52 B.C., Julius Caesar and the Romans had taken over the area, which eventually became Christianized2 and known as Lutetia, Latin for “midwater dwelling3”. The settlement later spread to both the left and right banks of the Seine and the name Lutetia was replaced with “Paris.”In 987 A.D., Paris became the capital of France. As the city grew, the Left Bank earned a reputation4 as the intellectual district while the Right Bank became known for business.