Ten Things You Didn’t Know About Paris
by Lily Heise for CNTraveler, Business Insider
In this post, Lily Heise shares some things that many people don’t know about Paris.
1. There’s a second, secret river.
Everyone knows about the Seine, but few have ever heard of la Bièvre. This small river once trickled through southern Paris, emptying into the Seine a few blocks east of Notre Dame, next to the tiny crooked street bearing its name today. During the Industrial Revolution, mills, tanneries, and dye-makers set up shop along the river’s banks, turning it into a toxic dump. Its polluted path within the city’s boundaries was eventually filled over in 1912, but it’s still flowing down there through underground tunnels.
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