by The Marais Mood | February 25, 2019 | Culture, Museums, 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”...
by The Marais Mood | February 18, 2019 | Culture, Heritage
It is a lovely, discreet and original statue. It represents Turenne, but Turenne as a child, with wavy hair, a sword in his hand and his shoe treading a cannon barrel. At the intersection of Rue Debelleyme, Rue de Normandie and Rue de Turenne, this bronze moves with its...
by The Marais Mood | February 11, 2019 | Culture, Heritage
Rue Saint-Antoine, right opposite the Monoprix, the Hôtel de Sully, named after its most illustrious owner, is undoubtedly one of the most remarkable buildings in the Marais. But, unfortunately, a thousand times, this jewel cannot be visited: since 1967, it has housed the headquarters of the Center for...
by The Marais Mood | Jan 21, 2019 | Culture, Heritage
All traces of his presence have been erased, but Louis XVI (executed on January 21, 1793, exactly 226 years ago today) spent the last days of his life in Le Marais. More precisely in the sinister dungeon of the Temple, an integral part of the enclosure...
by The Marais Mood | March 15, 2018 | Culture, Heritage
You know it, it is one of the most majestic gates in the Marais. It is decorated with a Gorgon, this jellyfish with the head of a woman with hair intertwined with snakes, which is said to have the power to petrify any mortal who looks at it. As saying that...