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Hôtel Meslay République - hotel Paris
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Le Marais  |
District in narrow streets and lined with particular hotels, The Swamp is one of the rare districts protected from historic Paris. The Place of Vosges, as first Parisian place, is the witness.
Le Marais was always a district of animation and entertainment. There is an ideal place for the Sunday walks: shops being opened on Sundays for the curious onlookers. |
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Centre Pompidou |
Situated to Beaubourg in the 4th district, the Centre Pompidou contains the National Museum of Modern Art.
Of the level 0 ( the Forum) at the level 6 (the temporary exhibitions(exposures), the panoramic restaurant), the spaces of the Centre are occasions of meetings with the arts of the 20th century.
Pipes hung on the facade provoked a scandal when the centre Pompidou opened the first time in 1977.
Of the last floor, we can see the roofs of the Parisian buildings.
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The Halles |
The churches of St-Eustache and St-Germain l'Auxerrois held the first Parisian marketplace, dating from the beginning of the 12th century. In 1183, Philippe Auguste enlarged the marketplace and built a shelter for the merchants, who came from all over to sell their wares. For centuries, until the marketplace was moved to Rungis, The Halles were the "stomach of Paris". The liveliness once associated with the area has disappeared, even if the new modern shopping mall, the Forum des Halles, still attracts a large number of people. |
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Bastille |
The district of The Bastille is famous at the same moment for its History, but also for its Opera.
The Column of July dominates the Place the Bastille. It marks the site of the prison of the Bastille which was taken by assault by the crowd in 1789 at the beginning of the French Revolution. In the subway station, below the place, we can always see stones which constituted the foundations of the Bastille. |
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