In the 19th century, factory and human wastewater was often discharged directly into the Seine. A revolutionary new Paris sewer system, developed during city planner Baron Haussmann’s seismic ...

and refuse carried out—through the Paris underbelly—to fertilize fields on the outskirts. Late 19th-century sewer workers labor in the main sewer beneath Boulevard de Belleville and Boulevard ...

The Bièvre – a tributary of the Seine that rises in Guyancourt, Yvelines, and flows into the city near the Gare d’Austerlitz ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

PARIS — Fire engulfed the town hall of Paris’ 12th district early Monday, causing no casualties but severely damaging the bell tower of the 19th century building. Paris police prefect Laurent ...