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Old May 24, 2003 | 4:50 am
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Help! WHO named Paris the City of Light?

This sounds like a very basic question, but I have looked and looked but I just cannot find the answer:

Who named Paris the City of Light (or is it the City of Lights), and when was it so named?
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