by Le Marais Mood | November 12, 2019 | Culture, Cultural heritage
Place de la Bastille, Theodor Josef Hubert Hoffbauer, 1841 The storming of the Bastille is one of the major events in our history. This is the starting point of a total and new “Revolution” which, let us remember, gives birth to our very first “...
by Le Marais Mood | November 4, 2019 | Culture, Cultural heritage
Tomb of Henry II and Catherine de Medici at the Cathedral Basilica of Saint-Denis On June 26, 1574, the crowd gathered in Place de Grève to witness the beheading of one of the leaders of the Protestant clan, Gabriel de Lorges , Earl of Montgomery. It is...
by Le Marais Mood | October 21, 2019 | Culture, Cultural heritage
The Enfants Rouges market, in the heart of Haut-Marais, is one of the “spots” of the district, known to both locals and tourists. Everyone flocks there, from Tuesday to Sunday, to do some “shopping” and to eat there – “street” trend...
by Le Marais Mood | September 16, 2019 | Culture, Cultural heritage
Extract from the Quesnel plan – 1609 Everyone knows the Place des Vosges, its galleries, its square. But who knows – still in the Marais – the Place de France? Also wanted by Henry IV, remaining unfinished after the latter's death, it nevertheless...
by Le Marais Mood | February 25, 2019 | Culture, Museums, Cultural heritage
Portrait of Victor Hugo by Léon Bonnat, Château de Versailles, 1879 In a few weeks, the House of Victor Hugo, Place des Vosges, will close for work for a year. Until mid-April, there is still time to discover the apartment of the “grantwriter”...
