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L’Institut du Monde Arabe au cœur de Paris est né de l’initiative du président français Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, qui souhaitait rapprocher la France et les pays arabes en créant un espace dédié à la découverte et au dialogue culturel. Inauguré en 1987 sous la présidence de François Mitterrand, le bâtiment séduit par son architecture moderne… Read more »

The Rotonde opened its doors at the beginning of the 20th century at the corner of Montparnasse and Raspail Boulevards. From being a little bar full of blue-collared workers quickly it became a crucial address in Paris for writers and artists, then it was common to meet Picasso, Modigliani, Apollinaire or Jean Cocteau. The Rotonde… Read more »

During the second part of the 16th century, the Regent of France named Catherine de Medicis at the time, had the Tuileries Palace built on wilderness lands neighbouring the Louvre. Today, from that royal and imperial mansion only gardens remain. In fact, the monument was burnt during the Paris Commune of 1871, a social conflict… Read more »