{"id":3800,"date":"2025-12-15T16:33:52","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T15:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/audioguide-paris.com\/?page_id=3800"},"modified":"2026-04-03T10:22:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T08:22:00","slug":"plaine-monceau-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/audioguide-paris.com\/index.php\/en\/plaine-monceau-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Plaine Monceau"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Walk: \u201cSecrets of the Plaine-Monceau District\u201d<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
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What if you stepped away from the classic Parisian icons to explore a chic neighborhood\u2026 where Belle \u00c9poque fortunes, Resistance fighters, forgotten heroines, secret bank passages, and 18th-century chocolates all intertwine? Between\r\n Plaine-Monceau and the Batignolles, in the 17th arrondissement, this walk leads you through an elegant Paris on the surface\u2014one shaped underneath by stories of war, slavery, science, and literature.<\/p>\r\n

As you wander, you\u2019ll discover why a square was named \u201cIsrael\u201d a century after its creation, how an ocean-liner-style building hides memories of the Second World War, and in which private mansion a simple meeting between Paul Reynaud\r\n and a certain Charles de Gaulle quite literally changed the fate of France.<\/p>\r\n

Further on, a calm-looking church reveals the rapid birth of a bourgeois district and the dreams of a saint who wanted to make faith accessible to all. Along an avenue lined with grand townhouses, you\u2019ll learn what connects a scientist\r\n obsessed with seawater, a painter fascinated by redheads, a brilliant composer, and a consulate that carries an entire Caribbean history within its walls.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n

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At the heart of Place du G\u00e9n\u00e9ral-Catroux, an extraordinary trio of monuments pays tribute to three Dumas: the general born enslaved who became a hero of the Revolution, the author of The Three Musketeers, and his son, writer of La\r\n Dame aux cam\u00e9lias. Nearby, a recent garden dedicated to Solitude\u2014a Guadeloupean freedom fighter executed just after giving birth\u2014upends the district\u2019s polished image and inscribes the memory of slavery and anticolonial struggles\r\n into its landscape.<\/p>\r\n

The walk then leads you to a flawless Haussmannian boulevard, where a statue of Sarah Bernhardt recalls the legendary actress who \u201ccried on command\u201d in the name of science. You continue toward a former banking palace transformed into\r\n the Cit\u00e9 de l\u2019\u00c9conomie\u2014inside which a real secret passage leading to the vault room was uncovered.<\/p>\r\n

To end the journey, you slip into a village-like atmosphere around Place and Rue de L\u00e9vis: a lively market, old fa\u00e7ades, and a chocolate and confectionery shop open since the 18th century, selling sweet treats already enjoyed during\r\n the reign of Louis XV.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n

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