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Shakespeare and Co bookshop

Elisabeth Perotin

There are bookshops where you could spend hours … This is the case with Shakespeare and Co, located a stone’s throw from Notre-Dame and which has positioned itself for so long as the temple of English-speaking literature in Paris. Back on the little history of this essential Parisian bookstore! A meeting place for intellectuals In the beginning, it was Sylvia Beach, an American bookseller and publisher, who created the first Shakespeare and Company in 1919. This temple of the book first settled on rue Dupuytren and then at 12 rue de l’Odéon. Continue reading Shakespeare and Co bookshop

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Discover one of the oldest house of Paris

Elisabeth Perotin

In the Marais, rue François Miron, you can discover two superb gabled houses typical of old Paris, which date from the 15th century. They were completely restored in 1967 to bring back the half-timbered areas, the medieval-style shops and the gables.
After the gigantic fire that devastated London in 1666, an ordinance obliged Parisians to cover their facades with plaster to limit the spread of fire, and gables, which also favored fires, were banned. Covered with plaster, these facades were therefore hidden from the eyes of Parisians for 3 centuries. Continue reading Discover one of the oldest house of Paris

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Discover the oldest chocolate factory of Paris

Elisabeth Perotin

You can’t walk past it without admiring its window and wanting to buy everything there, “A la Mère de Famille” is the oldest chocolate factory in Paris. The history of À la Mère de Famille begins in 1761. The chocolate factory -confiserie has become over the centuries a real institution and also offers ice cream and pastries. The historic boutique and its listed façade, at the corner of the streets of the faubourg Montmartre and Richer, is worth a visit. Inside, it is a paradise for lovers of sweets: old-fashioned jars, nougats, bergamots, caramels, pralines or marshmallow squares. And why not let yourself be tempted, from November, to the house’s candied chestnuts, considered to be the best in the capital. A monument ! Many other addresses exist in Paris.

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