Megavárosok keletkezése - Párizs DVD 2003 We built this City - Paris / Discovery Channel Series

Produced and Directed by Jeremy-Llewellyn-Jones 

Executive Producer: John Smithson, Darlow Smithson Productions

UPC 5998282103517

REGION 2 PAL DVD  

MADE IN HUNGARY

AUDIO: Hungarian 2.0, English 2.0

Playtime: 60 minutes

Hungarian Summary

A világ legszebb városai közé tartozik, és főként az eleganciájáról, művészi stílusáról ismert. Viharos történelme során sokszor menekült meg a pusztulástól, a tudománynak és a korszerű városépítési módszereknek köszönhetően. Az 1889-re felépített Eifell torony megalkotásával, amely akkoriban a világ legmagasabb építményének számított, Párizs hivatalosan is világvárossá vált. A város igazi legendája azokon a mérnöki és tudományos hőstetteken alapul, amelyekkel felépítettek egy várost ott, ahol az tulajdonképpen nem is létezhetne...

English Summary

This DVD Investigates the crucial role engineering has played in the two-thousand year history of the French capital. Eugene Houseman spearheaded the evolution of Paris in the late 18th century, producing the infrastructure, wide boulevards, and grand buildings that give the city its singular charm. Top French historians, engineers, and archaeologists analyze his work as well as the complex feats of the pre-Houseman years, from the construction of King Philippe's wall and the innovative methods of purifying the Seine in the 13th century to the "revolt of the dead" in 1785. The program also examines the existing Parisian structures at the time of the French Revolution

Paris (French pronunciation: ​[paʁi] (listen)) is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of 105 square kilometres (41 square miles) and an official estimated population of 2,140,526 residents as of 1 January 2019. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of Europe's major centres of finance, commerce, fashion, science, and the arts.

The City of Paris is the centre and seat of government of the Île-de-France, or Paris Region, which has an estimated official 2019 population of 12,213,364, or about 18 percent of the population of France. The Paris Region had a GDP of €681 billion (US$850 billion) in 2016, accounting for 31 percent of the GDP of France, and was the 5th largest region by GDP in the world. According to the Economist Intelligence Unit Worldwide Cost of Living Survey in 2018, Paris was the second-most expensive city in the world, behind Singapore and ahead of Zurich, Hong Kong, Oslo and Geneva.

The city is a major rail, highway, and air-transport hub served by two international airports: Paris-Charles de Gaulle (the second busiest airport in Europe) and Paris-Orly. Opened in 1900, the city's subway system, the Paris Métro, serves 5.23 million passengers daily, and is the second busiest metro system in Europe after Moscow Metro. Gare du Nord is the 24th busiest railway station in the world, with 262 million passengers in 2015.