As inspiration for the famous paintings ... So, Paris Olympic organizers decided to invest $1.5 billion in cleaning up the river—and its image. They promised to make the Seine safe enough ...

French sports minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra took a symbolic dip in the Seine on ... start of the Paris Olympics. Oudéa-Castéra, dressed in a body suit, dove into the famous river after ...

French sports minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra took a symbolic dip in the Seine on ... start of the Paris Olympics. Oudéa-Castéra, dressed in a body suit, dove into the famous river after ...

The Seine River reopens after 100 years. Three free swimming areas launch in July, including one with Eiffel Tower views—part ...

Estimated to have cost a whopping $1.5 billion, the cleanup of the Seine river that flows through Paris is among the costliest projects the city has undertaken as it gears to host Summer Olympics ...

Swimming in the river has been banned for more than a century. But the Paris Games organizers have invested $1.5 billion to prepare the Seine for the Olympics and to ensure residents will have a ...