Two Letters From Paris -
Harriet Welty-Rochefort:
Weddings
Summer in Paris is wedding season. Invited to several,
we only made it to one...
School Leavings -
Summer in Paris: for
tourists, the delight of a cold drink on the terrace
of a Parisian café and seeing the sights. For Parisians,
the beginning of les vacances. For French students, the joy
of the end of the year and for their parents,
relief.
A Bit of Revolutionary History -
Thirza Vallois -
Forget about tapas and
tex-mex cuisine, which have mushroomed overnight in what has become the
trendy arrondissement of present-day Paris - the 11th is the soul, blood
and essence of Paris even if much of it -alas - is now gone. Do make time
for it on your next visit - it holds some of the city's most precious
secrets.
(This piece is excerpted from Thirza Vallois' book Around and About Paris.)
A Tapestry Factory -
Richard Erickson -
On 23. August 1443, the Flemish
Jean Gobelin rented a house at the sign of the
swan in what was then Rue Mouffetard. The property bordered
the Bièvre on the west side. Father of 13 kids,
he had success with the 'scarlet-dying,' and soon
added the surrounding properties to the works
Sunshine On Montmartre -
Richard Erickson -
I have a
feeling that I am being pulled to see what it
looks like up on Montmartre. I know what it looks
like on Montmartre, but every day is a new day,
so I will see what it is like today.
The Cemetery of Père Lachaise -
Norman Barth -
A contributed
Special Exposition about the largest
and most famous cemetery of Paris.
The Paris Kiosque 1 Year Ago:
La Salpêtrière -
Thirza Vallois -
When Princess Diana died on 31st of August 1998, her final
journey from the Ritz to La Salpêtrière had a further symbolic dimension,
for La Salpêtrière is not just any Parisian
hospital. It was built to shelter, and to shelter only, the most wretched
outcasts and rejects of society. That Princess Diana should have died there
was particulary poignant, as in recent years she had decided to
devote her time precisely to some of the less privileged members of
society.
The Paris Kiosque 3 Years Ago:
The Tuileries Gardens - A Short Dark History - Jacqueline Donnelly -
In the heart of Paris, along the Grande Ax which stretches from the Grande Arch de La Dèfense
down the Champs-Elysées and beyond to the Louvre, the Jardins des Tuileries has a
rich history much of it central to what France is today.
French History - September -
Events:
First republic declared
(1792); Lascaux Caves discovered
in southern France (1940); First
balloon flight with live creatures
(1783);
Births:
Jean-Léon Jaurès
(1859); Antonin Artuad (1896);
Louis XIV, the Sun King (1638).
Departments
Paris Postcards
French Classes of The World
The Paris Guest Book
Paris Links
Special Expositions
The Paris Pages /
Les Pages de Paris
Index/Archives
of This Volume
