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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Rue de L’école de Médecine – a street of many names
Rue de L’école de Médecine – a street of many names. Rue de L’École de Médecine – School of Medicine Street – is a street of many names. It is located in the Odéon and Monnaie districts of the 6th arrondissement of Paris. It meets at Rue Dupuytren and ends at the Boulevard Saint Germain. AmericanContinue reading “Rue de L’école de Médecine – a street of many names”
Odeon Theatre – two fires and from local hall to European theatre
Odéon Theatre – two fires and from local hall to European theatre. Irish author James Joyce visited the Odéon Theatre on the rue de Corneille in the 6th arrondissement of Paris quite often. If not inside, then outside on the cloisters. He said of the Odéon Cloisters in 1903, ‘It was an appropriate enough meetingContinue reading “Odeon Theatre – two fires and from local hall to European theatre”