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During the second part of the 16th century, the Regent of France named Catherine de Medicis at the time, had the Tuileries Palace built on wilderness lands neighbouring the Louvre. Today, from that royal and imperial mansion only gardens remain. In fact, the monument was burnt during the Paris Commune of 1871, a social conflict… Read more »

From the start of explorations for the “New World” or South Pacific Islands, mariners brought many “souvenirs” from their trip. Europeans are passionate for this far away civilisations and the wealthier get their own cabinet of curiosities. That was how a first temporary ethnographic Museum gathering many private collections opened its doors in Paris in… Read more »

Célèbre dans le monde entier, l’avenue des Champs-Élysées s’étire sur près de deux kilomètres, de la Place de la Concorde à la Place Charles de Gaulle. Véritable centre névralgique de la capitale, elle est bordée de nombreuses et luxueuses boutiques, mais également des plus célèbres salles de spectacle et restaurants de la capitale. Nous vous… Read more »