Napoleon in Paris, Episode 58
Join Us in France Travel Podcast
Annie Sargent
4.6 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 7 March 2015
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Today we talk about Napoleon in Paris. Specifically how Napoleon changed Paris physically and how he left his mark on all French institutions. Under Napoleon France transformed itself from the "Ancien Régime" to a "modern" society. We don't discuss the Napoleonic conquests, but rather his long-lasting influence on France. Ariane Vilette has been a tour guide for 5 years, she's originally from the Champagne region, but she went to Paris to study art history at the Louvre and Nanterre and has been working there ever since.
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| 0:00.0 | Before we start this episode about Paris, let me take a second to tell you that I now offer |
| 0:05.6 | audio tours of different Paris neighborhoods via a smartphone app called Voicemap. |
| 0:11.5 | I wish I could show all of my listeners around in person but unfortunately |
| 0:16.4 | there is not enough of me to go around so I hope you'll find taking me |
| 0:20.6 | around in your phone to be an acceptable compromise. |
| 0:24.1 | If you'd like to try a self-guided tour where I show you Paris and tell you some amazing |
| 0:29.4 | stories exactly where they happened, download the Voicemap app on your phone and look for |
| 0:35.7 | tours in Paris by Annie Sergeant. You can order tours through the app on your |
| 0:41.5 | phone but if you'd like to enjoy a special discount for |
| 0:44.7 | podcast listeners visit join us in France.com forward slash audio tours to order your |
| 0:51.4 | tour activation codes and I'll see you in Paris. |
| 0:57.0 | This is join us in France episode 58. |
| 1:00.0 | Hello, I'm Annie, and today we take a look at what Napoleon did to Paris, some of the |
| 1:06.7 | institutions he started and the way he transformed France into a modern society. This episode was particularly interesting to me because I |
| 1:16.8 | don't know a lot of the background information about Napoleon. I know that he went on a lot of battles and I'm not all that fond of battles so I |
| 1:27.5 | probably ignored too much of the Napoleon history lessons but today we concentrate on the positive changes he made in France |
| 1:36.1 | and there are many actually. Arian Villett guides us through this Napoleon tour. She's a lovely young French licensed |
| 1:45.5 | tour guide who has been working in Paris for five years. She also gives us an |
| 1:50.4 | intriguing restaurant recommendation at the end of the show, a place where you can |
| 1:54.5 | eat French regional dishes that our grandparents used to love, and I have to admit I still love |
| 1:59.7 | of myself, so I've added it to my must visit list. The show notes for this episode are on |
| 2:05.8 | Join us in France.com forward slash 58 and while you're there click on the |
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