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La Rotonde ouvre ses portes au début du 20ème siècle à l’angle des boulevards Montparnasse et Raspail. De petit bistrot fréquenté par des ouvriers, il devient très vite un lieu incontournable du Paris des écrivains et des artistes et il n’est pas rare d’y rencontrer Picasso, Modigliani, Apollinaire ou Jean Cocteau. Aujourd’hui encore, La Rotonde… Read more »
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 »
In 1937 the City of Paris organised the World Exhibition of “Arts et Techniques appliqués à la vie moderne » (« Exhibition of Arts and Techniques applied on modern life »). For this occasion, several detached houses were built both to welcome visitors and promote the French savoir-faire. Even though the majority of these houses were ephemeral others were aimed to be permanents. That’s especially the case of the Tokyo… Read more »