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...
by The Marais Mood | May 13 | Culture, Heritage
But what happened in September 1792? Discover the rest of the story of Pierre, a marsh resident since 1980. Text: Katia Barillot Photos: ©Anaïs Costet FOR HISTORY ENTHUSIASTS No results The requested page could not be found. Try...
by The Marais Mood | May 11 | Culture, Heritage
It is here, at 56 rue de Turenne, right next to the Turenne primary school, that the writer, poet and playwright Paul Scarron, squire and lord of Fougerest, Beauvais and La Rivière, lived. Contemporary with the reign of Louis XIII and the beginning of that of Louis XIV, his...
by The Marais Mood | April 29, 2016 | Culture, Heritage
The day Louis d'Orléans was assassinated in Le Marais, told by Pierre, a Marais resident since 1980. Text: Katia BarillotPhotos: ©Anaïs Costet FOR HISTORY ENTHUSIASTS And the king drove out the Templars... On March 18, 1314, the Great -Master of the Order of...