Happy Birthday, Paris!

Here again I was late with congratulations - even my beloved city did not manage to congratulate in time.
And the fault is all my talkative and lack of time. ((
But, as they say, it's better late than never.
Happy Birthday, Paris!

The date of the founding of Paris was established on July 8 - the day of the first mention of the city in the Roman annals.
Although scientists believe that not everything is so unambiguous.
According to historians, the real and official date of the founding of Paris is different for several centuries.
Archaeologists say that the city originated in the 3rd century BC. Then it was called Lutetia and was the main one in the vast settlement of one of the Celtic tribes - the parisias. In 52 BC, the Romans captured Lutetia. The city was destroyed almost to the ground, when it was rebuilt, it was called Paris - a city of parisias.
In the 6th century he moved to the Franks and became the capital of their state.
But! Do not worry, I will not go into long explorations and strain your brain, which is already boiling from the summer heat.
Let's talk about gay! Well, maybe not always about fun, but about interesting for sure.





First, let's define how the capital of the world is called - Paris, the "city of light", Panama or Pantruche!
Paris, like many other big cities, has a bunch of "nicknames.")
Everyone knows that Paris is often called the "city of light".
And many believe that this is because in Paris everything is shining and sparkling.
But!
The name "City of light" Paris, in the first place, was due to its fame as a center of education during the era of enlightenment.
And only later Paris became a "city of light" in a more literal sense, when one of the first European cities began to use gas street lighting.




Throughout its history, Paris had different names in the language of argo: Pantin (1815), Pantruche (1835), Paname (1903), Ripa (1991).
I will dwell in more detail on one name - Paname.
This is the most commonly used name for Paris, which again has mixed roots.
Most often the opinion is expressed that this name appeared due to the construction of the Panama Canal and hats - Panamas, which then captivated the whole of Europe and, naturally, Paris, as the capital of fashion, was ahead of the whole planet.
"Paname" can be heard in many French songs (for example, in the songs of the French singer Reno).
But there is also a more original version of the emergence of this name.
Mikhail Trofimenkov in his book "Murderous Paris" tells about criminal Paris.
Not a glossy city, Monsieur and Madame, but about another Paris - Paris, populated with ghosts and murderers.
About Paris, which is not at all Paris, but Panama, as they call it thieves' argot.
Here is how he characterizes in the chapter "Pigal, Heart" of Panama "(1881) one of the most famous squares in the 9th arrondissement.




"What does it seem to us at the word" Pigalle "? It's not Pigal Square at the foot of Montmartre, and not architectural monuments that are simply not there, and not even the neighborhood of the square, but an atmospheric phenomenon." Not "l'her de Paris" - " The air of Paris, "the abnormally dense air, nervous, smelling of sperm, alcohol, lies and anxiety, looms over the city, at the junction of the four districts, its area, which we call" Pigalle ", is strictly limited, from the north - by the Boulevard de Clichy, From the west - Blanche street, in the south - by the streets of Shaptal and Victor Masse, From the east - Martyr street (Martyrs) .But here, both the boulevards and the streets seem deadlocks and traps. "
If you delve into the annals of history, it turns out that Paris was called not only thieves and robbers.





By the way, there is a Pateler film based on Budar's script, which is called "Showdowns in Panama", and often spectators are surprised why "Disassembly in Panama", if the action takes place in Paris.
Whoa! I promised not to write tracts.))





Paris is, of course, not Brazil, but there are also a lot of carnivals here.
By the way, the famous music of Saint-Saens "Carnival of Animals" was written specifically for the Parisian carnival. The composer considered him a musical joke, not wishing to be regarded as the author of "non-serious" music.
All the famous performances of the "Carnival of Animals", which took place before 1921 (the year of the death of Saint-Saens), were held in private collections. So, a month after the premiere, on April 2, 1886, this work was performed in the house of Polina Viardot in the presence of Franz Liszt. The only part of the suite that Saint-Saens allowed to publish and perform is "The Swan." True, he was not dying at Saint-Saens, although he knew the number of Anna Pavlova Saint-Saens and did not object to him.

And now let's remember about a couple of monuments.





On the street Bonaparte (92, Rue Bonaparte) in front of the entrance to the Hungarian Institute sits a pensive and mysterious barefoot iron girl.
The sculpture is called Sous le Chapeau ("In a Hat" or literally "Under the Hat"), its author is Lapis Andras.
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The history of this sculpture is as follows: in the summer of 1990, a young Parisian of Hungarian descent, Piroshka walked here and was attacked and raped.
Famous in Paris, psychic Monsieur Patrick Koval recommended to put her a monument - then the rapist will certainly come to him. The monument was erected, but on the contrary, it was hidden