Shaped like a boat, with the Square du Vert-Galant as its prow, the Ile de la City is the ancient heart of Paris, settled by the Celtic Parisii people as early as the third century b.c.
The  Ile de la City was the region settled first.
mnli hypothesis: The  Ile de la City was the region settled first. premise: Shaped like a boat, with the Square du Vert-Galant as its prow, the Ile de la City is the ancient heart of Paris, settled by the Celtic Parisii people as early as the third century b.c.