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 »
It was in 1957 that the signed Léonard Bernstein West Side Story musical show has been played for the first time in a Broadway’s theatre. The play which takes Romeo and Juillette’s subject over transposed in a popular district of Manhattan remains displayed at almost 1000 shows before to be deported in Europe, success has… Read more »
Parmi les nombreux musées implantés dans la capitale, le Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris se distingue par la qualité de ses collections permanentes retraçant l’histoire de l’art européen, du fauvisme à nos jours, et de ses expositions temporaires. Le musée est installé dans une aile du Palais de Tokyo, un bâtiment construit pour l’Exposition internationale… Read more »