Photography has recently played a prominent part in the exhibition programme of the Cartier Foundation. Along with details of how to visit the gallery and a timetable of its activities there is also an online gallery with projects made specifically for the website. These can be, like the site itself, difficult to navigate but do [...]
At the initiative of Napoleon III, working with Baron Haussmann, the Parc Montsouris, the second largest park in Paris after the Buttes Chaumont, was built on Moc Souris hill, once covered with undergrowth that the market gardeners used for fuel (mineral coal) for their hothouses, which were built in the surrounding area. The quarter in [...]
The cuisine is a passion and like all passions, has to be cultivated states Joël Garault. A cuisine which pays tribute to the season’s products to offer the maximum flavor at the best time. «I would say that cuisine must have character, be nice to the eye and finally, respect the vatious components which make [...]
One of the main reasons why Paris is considered one of the most beautiful cities in the world is the continuity in its urban planning and architecture. From the early developments during the reign of Henry IV in the 16th century up to the 19th century with the large developments under Haussmann, the Prefect of [...]
Paris is divided in 20 sections called arrondissement, each arrondissement has it’s own peculiarities and differences. Below we’ve plotted some of the monuments that are related to each of these arrondissement. Now Paris also has districts, such as Saint Germain, Latin Quarter, Montparnasse and more these districts are again different, for example Latin Quarter is straddled on [...]
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