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Located in the 13th Arrondisement, la Buttes aux Cailles is a hilltop village within Paris. It isn't crowded with tourists and tacky shops as is Montmartre and still maintains that local feeling where only Parisians live, eat, and play. In fact I had lunch in a restaurant there and the man sitting next to me was very surprised that I was there. He said that very few tourists come into that area.
It gives the feeling that you are not in Paris.
Very close to Place d'Italie. Leave a Comment
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My six months in Paris were spent living in the 14th arrondissement. My apartment was right at Place Denfer Rochereau which is unfortunately where most of the demonstrations started. It is a fabulous location as far as transportation is concerned because, in addition to several bus lines, there are the Metro lines 5 and 6 and the RER B. It is also an easy walk to Montparnasse, Saint-Germaine de Pres, Boulevard Saint Michelle, Jardin du Luxembourg, and many other locations.
On the map it looks like it is pretty far from the center. It isn't. I often walked from here to le Marais, les Halles, the Eiffel Tower, and many other places. Just get yourself a good pair of walking shoes or take public transportation.
There are fewer tourists here so you will experience more of a flavor of normal Paris life. Leave a Comment
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While I would not tell you to go out of your way to see Rue Daguerre, I would say that if you want a break from the touristy areas and would like to see a real French neighborhood that is not too far out of the way then this would be a good place to go. This is a wonderful street which, for one block, is a pedestrian street. Here is where you will find the "true" Parisians, as I have heard some say. They go about their daily lives shopping at the fromagerie, or the several boucheries. On this street you will also find, a poissonerie, a couple of boulangeries and patisseries, several vegetable and fruit markets, two wine caves, as well as restaurants, and various other shops. You can stop in at my favorite neighborhood café, Café Daguerre, for a glass of wine, an express, or even a meal. They actually serve very good food at Café Daguerre.
Though there are a number of hotels in the area, you don't find very many tourists walking about, probably because they have headed in to the tourist areas. So you will get a real taste of normal life for the middle class Parisian.
METRO: Denfert Rochereau
BUS: 38 and 68
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Claude Monet (1840-1926) completed the painting La Rue Montorgueil à Paris. Fête du 30 juin 1878 (The Rue Montorgueil in Paris. Celebration of June 30, 1878). The celebration was actually the end of the World's fair that was held in the city that year.
The painting is one of the highlights of the Musée d'Orsay. The painting is a swirl of the countries colours - red, white and blue. Monet apparantly painted it from a window, so although there is the very 'immediate' reportage feel to it, because it is composed froma high level it also feels strangely detached from the festivities as well.
You can still visit the street, its in the 2nd arrondisment and compare the scenes. Nowadays it is an area well worth visting itself witha good mixture of shops, cafes and a street market. Leave a Comment
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If you approach Rue Mouffetard from rue L' Hommond you will cut across the 17th century old rue du Pot de Fer. It's got a very memorable name meaning "iron pot". It's a small street that still has cobblestones. Nothing interesting occurred on this street, I just thought it looks so quaint, medieval although both sides of the street are lined with restaurants. Leave a Comment Phone: Photo: www.pagesjaunes.fr
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The poem is by Yves Bonnefoy and is painted on a wall on rue Clovis in the Latin Quarter.
I have walked by this wall several times, always pleased that it remains.
You can read more about Yves Bonnefoy on the website listed below. I have not been able to find a translation into English -- but here's one into Italian ;)
Passante
può bastare
questo grande albero
e attraverso lui-
guardare
Fosse anche rovinato, insudiciato
l’albero delle strade
è tutta la natura
il cielo per intero
l’uccello vi si posa
il vento vi si agita, il sole
la stessa speranza
vi racconta
malgrado la morte
Filosofo,
tu hai fortuna di avere l’albero
nella tua via
saranno meno ardui i tuoi pensieri
più liberi i tuoi occhi
più desiderose di meno notte
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The sidestreets of Paris are amazing. It's worth risking getting lost to see the beautiful architecture, balconies etc. I snapped this incredible doorway on a very ordinary little street on our first day in Paris. I think it was near Montparnasse , but not sure. Even small side streets offered wonderful shops, balconies with beautiful iron railings and flowers and interesting sites. The only city I know of that makes getting lost a wonderful adventure.
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One of the things I found myself doing these past two trips was taking photos of old street signs in Paris. My favorites were the ones showing the old street names & the new ones or the ones where the old signs & the new signs were almost on top of one another. I especially like the old signs that were carved into the sides of the buildings.
Some of these aren't maybe ancient but are definitely old such as the Avenue Victor Hugo sign (16th arrondissement).
But some of the ancient signs include the ones for the "Ancienne rue des Fosses Monsieur-le-Prince" which was the old name, obviously, for rue Monsieur-le-Prince, which I believe used to continue to rue des Fosses St-Jacques, having the original name of rue des Fossez St-Jacques. This sign you'll see in the accompanying tip.
Of course, one of my favorites are the old & new signs for Rue St-Sulpice (ancient name: Rue du Petit Bourbon) & Rue de Seine (ancient name: Rue du Brave).
I've added 2 new signs, one for rue Haute-Feuille in the 6th arrondissement.
The other is for rue Tournefort which was previosuly named rue Neuve Ste-Geneviève. This was the name of the street when Victor Hugo wrote Les Miserables. The building on which I found the dual signs once housed the convent of the Benedictine nuns of the Holy Sacrament. Victor Hugo mentions this convent in his book, The Petit-Picpus, of his classic, Les Misérables, in contrast to the Bernardine-Benedictine nuns housed on the rue Petit-Picpus.
If you could gain entry to this building (I was lucky enough to have a passerby take me inside to show me) you could see the original heavy wooden door of the convent hanging as a centerpiece in the courtyard. Really cool and a lovely piece of history!
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when in Paris, walk as much as you possibly can. You will miss out on so much if you take the easy way out - the Metro. you will be delighted by what you see, be it murals and other artwork, flowers, flowers and flowers, great architecture, a random cat sunning himself here and there, or youngsters out for a roller-skate. Leave a Comment
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This is the Rue Chanoinesse, an historic, ancient cobblestoned street exemplary of the medieval period, which runs off the street that borders Notre Dame, Rue du Cloitre Notre-Dame on the Ile de la Cite. This is the area that once held the cloisters of Notre Dame.
At 10 rue Chanoinesse lived Canon Fulbert, whose 17-year-old niece, an example of intelligence & intellectualism, was tutored by & famously fell in love with 39-year-old Abelard. A most brilliant Latin scholar & philosopher of his age, heo drew students away into his own school in the Latin Quarter from all over Europe. A poet & musician, he played the harp and his love songs to Heloise were played around town. As often happens in these cases, she became pregnant by him & went to his sister’s home in Brittany. Her uncle, fearing Abelard had her put away had Abelard castrated on the streets of Paris; however, it’s been intimated that he was jealous of Abelard’s genius & popularity (after all, he’d drawn the students away to his own school).
Around the corner Abelard & Heloise once lived at 9 Quai aux Fleurs.
Other sites for Heloise & Abelard include 12 rue des Barres in the Marais behind the church St-Gervais-St-Protais which was formerly the women’s abbey of Maubisson, where they are believed to have stayed for a time, considering that Heloise eventually became an abbess. The other site is Cimetiere Pere Lachaise where they repose. For nearly 1,000 years their dusty bones have lain in the same coffin although at present the bones are separated by a lead barrier. Once they were placed in the cemetery it ensured its popularity.
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