Funny and interesting facts about Paris

-> Paris is the capital of France and the largest country of Western Europe and the sixth largest economy in the world.

-> There used to have a first class and second class in the metro and you had to hand your ticket to a poinçonneur. The first class wagons were yellow and the second ones, light blue.

-> The last known cases of plague in Paris, is from 1920 in Porte de Clichy.

-> The Eiffel tower was build for the Paris Exhibition in 1889 and was meant to stay only 20 years. And of course “Eiffel” is from Mr. Gustave Eiffel, the designer.

-> In Paris, you sometimes need to have a guarantor to rent an apartment, even if you are not a student anymore.

-> In the same cemetery, you will find graves of Jim Morrisson, Sarah Bernhardt or Oscar Wilde.

-> No, Paris is not called the City of Lights due to the light put out from the Eiffel Tower every evening. It referrers to the intellectual residents which made Paris a world-renowned centre, drawing other artists, writers and sculptors.

-> A Buddhist temple is located in the Bois de Vincennes, near the Colonial Exhibition building in 1931. But Catholicism stays the main religion in France.

-> The Hotel-Dieu is a hospital founded in 651 by Saint-Landry and is the oldest establishment in Paris. It has been the only hospital in the capital, until XIIth century.

-> The dog dejections are considered the main pollution of Paris, with 16 tones a day. About 650 accidents – leading to emergency- a year, happen because of these dejections.

Thanks to farrisgerard for the picture.