by The Marais Mood | December 9, 2019 | Culture, Heritage
The church and cloister of Billettes, rue des Archives, are two architectural treasures worth knowing. If the church is only open for services, the cloister on the other hand often serves as a place of exhibition. So you just have to enter, from the street, to discover one...
by The Marais Mood | November 12, 2019 | Culture, 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 The Marais Mood | November 4, 2019 | Culture, 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 The Marais Mood | October 21, 2019 | Culture, 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 The Marais Mood | September 16, 2019 | Culture, 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...
