Place de l’Odéon: A Cultural Gem in Paris. Nestled in the heart of the 6th arrondissement, just steps from the Luxembourg Gardens, Place de l’Odéon (Odeon Square) and Le Théâtre de l’Odéon (Odeon Theatre) form one of the most historic and charming corners of Paris. Marie-Antoinette commissioned the Odeon Theatre in 1779. Architects Charles De Wailly and Marie-Joseph Peyre designed it, completing it in 1782.Continue reading “Place de l’Odéon: A Cultural Gem in Paris”
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The French café: open ‘like a lighthouse in the night’
The French café: open ‘like a lighthouse in the night.’ A photography exhibition in Paris is a tribute to the women and men across France who keep cafés open ‘like a lighthouse in the night.’ Along the railings of the park next to the Town Hall of the 14th arrondissement in Paris is a photographyContinue reading “The French café: open ‘like a lighthouse in the night’”
France’s Covid-19 ‘health pass’ mandatory on 9 August 2021
France’s Covid-19 ‘health pass’ mandatory on 9 August 2021. France has made it obligatory to show a “passe sanitaire” (health pass) – proving that you are vaccinated or have tested negative for Covid-19 – for access to public venues for more than 50 people since 21 July 2021. On 9 August, the health pass requirementContinue reading “France’s Covid-19 ‘health pass’ mandatory on 9 August 2021”
Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris will become an “extraordinary garden”
Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris will become an “extraordinary garden” The “most beautiful avenue in the world” – the famed Avenue des Champs-Élysées – is not seen as beautiful to many Parisians. They view it as an overcrowded tourist attraction that is now drab and unexciting. According to the architects commissioned to revamp the Avenue,Continue reading “Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris will become an “extraordinary garden””