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From the start of explorations for the “New World” or South Pacific Islands, mariners brought many “souvenirs” from their trip. Europeans are passionate for this far away civilisations and the wealthier get their own cabinet of curiosities. That was how a first temporary ethnographic Museum gathering many private collections opened its doors in Paris in… Read more »

Chaque année depuis 1974, Paris met à l’honneur les artistes contemporains à l’occasion de la FIAC, la Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain. Pendant quelques jours du mois d’octobre, le Grand Palais ainsi que plusieurs sites « Hors Les Murs » accueillent des œuvres modernes et contemporaines sélectionnées par les plus grandes galeries du monde. Les visiteurs peuvent admirer… Read more »

At the 17th century, Louis XIV king of France felt concerned about giving disabled soldier a roof, he ordered the building of a vast monument to receive them. Actually, he wished mostly clear the capital city’s pavements out, which were full of old soldier who became beggars and even thief. L’Hôtel des Invalides was inaugurated… Read more »