Ile de la Cité and Ile Saint-Louis, The larger Ile de la Cité is home to the Gothic splendour of Notre Dame cathedral and the old prison, La Conciergerie, where Marie Antoinette was held.

Dominique Perrault's proposal features 35 interventions of different scales and aims to regeneratre the Île de la Cité's architecture and public space.

I have lived on Paris’s Ile de la Cité for 30 years and always considered my home to be in the Notre Dame ... where I saw hundreds of tourists taking photos from the Pont de l’Archevêché.

Image: 11.75 x 17.63 in. (29.84 x 44.78 cm.) Facing the Pont Neuf and Square du Vert-Galant, Henri Cartier-Bresson photographed the iconic Ile de la Cité in Paris, France with his small, Leica camera.

From Roman times to the 1850s, the Île de la Cité was an active and evolving residential and commercial area, with its gradual, organic urbanization fueled by river trade and militarism.

Parisians gathered at the Pont de la Tournelle near Notre Dame Cathedral to sing hymns, after a huge fire destroyed much of the structure’s roof and spire. Image: AFP/Getty.

Facing the Pont Neuf and Square du Vert-Galant, Cartier-Bresson photographed with his small, Leica camera, the iconic Ile de la Cité in Paris, France. A hazy, tranquil image, the island appears to be ...