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In 1899 Paris city has organised a World’s fair, a true showcase of the French expertise. It represented an opportunity for Gustave Eiffel to imagine and devise the famous tower which became a symbol for the capital. At the end of the 19th century the Eiffel Tower is an architectural and technological achievement and the… 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 »
Le restaurant 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,… Read more »