PARIS STORY AND PARIS STYLES

Thanks to Paris-Story, visitors will rediscover, almost relive, the highlights of Parisian history. They will see how the heritage of the capital was gradually formed, and how architecture, lifestyles, music, etc, developed over the centuries, from the Roman period to present days.
Paris-Story is an exclusive musical show in multivision shown on a panoramic screen. In 45 minutes it retraces the joys and dramas of 2000 years of the capital's history, from its foundation to the present. A thousand and one pictures of Paris succeed each other, exploring the rich architecture of its monuments, set against the kind of music which gave rhythm to Parisian life. An ultra-modern cinema theatre, specially designed for the show, with a digital sound system and headphones for simultaneous interpretation in eleven languages, enables visitors to enjoy in great comfort the spectacular effects of this panoramic audiovisual show, screened by 25 projectors : multivision, superposition of images, reminder of dates, special graphic effects.

• A variety of illustrated topics
Paris-Story is not a documentary but an educational and highly entertaining show focusing on a variety of topics : the daily life of days gone by, the fashion and architectural styles of different periods, the socio-economic context ...
• A moving programme
This ballet of images is accompanied by musical excerpts illustrating the various periods : from the organ music of Saint-Saens to Jacques Dutronc, and including, of course, Verdi, Lully and Edith Piaf. Thanks to its digital sound system and sophisticated equipment to amplify low keys, the organs of Notre Dame and the canons of the Revolution are reproduced to perfection. These musical excerpts, selected on the advice of the Baroque Music Centre of Versailles, help visitors to appreciate music, whether it is from classical repertories, church choirs or French variety shows.
Paris-Story has set up in the reception hall an exhibition, open to everyone, on the evolution of architectural styles in Paris, starting from the founding of the capital.