by The Marais Mood | November 1, 2017 | Culture, Heritage
Until the 4th century, rue de l'Hôtel-de-Ville, in the XNUMXth arrondissement, was called rue de la Mortellerie. At the time, this name evoked the Parisian masons, called mortiers. They settled there in order to reduce the hard stone to dust, to make...
by The Marais Mood | July 10, 2016 | Culture, Heritage
Do you know the magnificent baroque Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis church? This church where Cardinal Richelieu celebrated the first mass on May 9, 1641. This church where Madame de Sévigné was baptized. This church of which Marc-Antoine Charpentier (yes, yes, the composer...
