La Rotonde ouvre ses portes au début du 20ème siècle à l’angle des boulevards Montparnasse et Raspail. De petit bistrot fréquenté par des ouvriers, il devient très vite un lieu incontournable du Paris des écrivains et des artistes et il n’est pas rare d’y rencontrer Picasso, Modigliani, Apollinaire ou Jean Cocteau. Aujourd’hui encore, La Rotonde… Read more »
So youngly Guccio Gucci developed competences within the fashion field and came nearer the luxury world working into palaces. In 1921 Gucci’s brand was founded and a first shop opened in Florence offered saddlery products, luggage and riding accessories. This first shop was followed by many others and the brand branched out quickly.
The French president Valéry Giscard d’Estaing was behind the project of the Arab World Institute construction at the heart of Paris. Thus, he wanted to lighten the relations between France and Arab countries bringing the two cultures closer. The building was inaugurated in 1987 under the chairmanship of François Mitterrand. The Institute shelters permanent collections… Read more »