History

Sights, museums, statues and museums aren’t simply meant to be seen but also to be understood. Behind them, whether seen or unseen, lies history, famous, infamous, intimate or obscure.

Love locks, Paris, 2011 (c) Joe Wilkins

Paris Love Locks Sold for Charity

0
This is for all the lovers out there—at least for those who attached locks to Paris bridges over the Seine and for those who are disappointed that love locks have been banned from the city center. On May 13 bunches of them will be up for auction at Paris's official pawn shop.
Caroline Hoarau-Beauval - cofounder of ArchiTrip at Bibliotheque Francois Mitterrand-GLK

ArchiTrip: Tours of 20th- and 21st-Century Paris

0
An encounter with Christine Hoarau-Beauval, cofounder of ArchiTrip, a Paris-based company offerings tours of 20th and 21st century architecture and urban planning that help travelers and residents understanding the evolution of Paris beyond the 19th-century upheavals of Baron Haussmann.

Off-Beat Touring: Paris Hospitals and Medical Museums, Part 1

0
Paris has a rich if sometimes horrific hospital and medical heritage. Hitting the medical trails of the capital allows the off-beat traveler to encounter peaceful courtyards, beautiful chapels, a magnificent crypt, troubling and enlightening history and much medical knowledge along the way.

Off-Beat Touring: Paris Hospitals and Medical Museums, Part 2

0
Part 2 of an article about hospital and medical heritage in Paris, including Louis Pasteur, Marie and Pierre Curie, military medicine and George Orwell.

A Year Ends, A Year Begins in a Hopeful Little Paris Garden

1
The year 2015 ends on a bright and hopeful day in Paris. I’m relieved to feel no compulsion to come up with resolutions for 2016; I can simply reuse those of 2015 since none of them was realized. Something about this makes me happy.

Fluctuat Nec Mergitur and the Coat of Arms of the City of Paris

0
Fluctuat nec mergitur, the motto that appears on the heraldry or coat of arms of the City of Paris, came to the forefront as Parisians and others began to rally around slogans in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of November 13, 2015. This is the occasion to recall the history of the city’s heraldry and the significance of the elements that make up the city’s coat of arms.

The France Revisited Newsletter

Stay curious. Stay informed. Sign up for the free France Revisited Newsletter.

Support France Revisited

France Revisited is an adventurous professional publication largely supported by passion, curiosity, humor... and donations.

France Revisited Newsletter

Stay curious. Stay informed. Sign up for the France Revisited Newsletter.

The France Revisited Newsletter is sent out periodically so as to keep you informed about the 4-6 new articles that we post each month along with information about festivals, events and touring opportunities.

It’s free, of course, and you can unsubscribe at any time, though we can’t imagine why anyone would want to.

Thanks you for subscribing !!

Error.

France Revisited Newsletter

Stay curious. Stay informed. Sign up for the France Revisited Newsletter.

The France Revisited Newsletter is sent out periodically so as to keep you informed about the 4-6 new articles that we post each month along with information about festivals, events and touring opportunities.

It’s free, of course, and you can unsubscribe at any time, though we can’t imagine why anyone would want to.

Thanks you for subscribing !!

Error.

France Revisited Newsletter

Stay curious. Stay informed. Sign up for the France Revisited Newsletter.

The France Revisited Newsletter is sent out periodically so as to keep you informed about the 4-6 new articles that we post each month along with information about festivals, events and touring opportunities.

It’s free, of course, and you can unsubscribe at any time, though we can’t imagine why anyone would want to.

Thanks you for subscribing !!

Error.