Louis XIII at the Place des Vosges
Louis XIII (1601-1643) has not gone down in history as one of France’s outstanding kings. He was not a popular swashbuckler like his father, Henri IV, nor was he an Read More …
Category: _4th arrondissement
Guided walking tour of Île Saint-Louis
In August 2013 I went on another guided walking tour (in French) that I found listed in the back pages of the now-defunct weekly magazine Pariscope. This was mainly a Read More …
Théâtre Espace Marais
There are several hundred lively small theaters scattered around Paris and vicinity. Some of them disappear after a few years, but this one in the Marais district has been going Read More …
Pavillon de l’Arsenal
The Pavillon de l’Arsenal describes itself as “the centre for information, documentation and exhibition for urban planning and architecture of Paris.” They say it is “a unique place, where information Read More …
Théâtre de l’Île Saint-Louis
This lovely little theater is tucked away at the end of a courtyard on the Île Saint-Louis, the smaller of the two islands in the Seine in the center of Read More …
Notre-Dame de Paris. 1482
The original title of Victor Hugo’s blockbuster novel included the year, 1482. He chose that year because it was still in the Middle Ages but was a year without any Read More …
Ninon de Lenclos and Françoise d’Aubigné
For nearly four decades in the 17th and 18th centuries, this inconspicuous building on Rue des Tournelles in the Marais district was the home of a remarkable lady called Ninon Read More …