Imagine Paris in 1800. At the former main opera house of Paris on Rue de Richelieu—located on the site of […]
Did you know that just outside the Louvois Garden, in Paris’s 2nd arrondissement, by turning left at the intersection of […]
The Louvre: A Medieval Fortress at the Origin of It All Welcome to the Louvre Museum, a place where history […]
Did you know why the Sacré-Cœur Basilica remains brilliantly white, even after decades? The secret lies in the Château-Landon stone […]
Did you know that the Phrygian cap, a symbol of revolutionaries, was born here—at Le Procope, a café steeped in […]
In 1564, Queen Catherine de Medici created the Tuileries Garden, unaware that the place would become haunted. Once, a small […]
Contrary to what its name might suggest, the Pont Neuf is actually the oldest bridge in Paris, completed in 1607 […]
July 19, 1900 remains a memorable date in Parisian history, forever etched in the minds of Parisians. On that day, […]
There once existed immense underground ice houses beneath Paris.What remains today? Long before the refrigerator, the capital stored its ice […]
You might think it’s an Halloween story… but it’s all true. For over a century, Parisians — and even tourists […]