In every city there is a well-known sights, reminiscent of the past, about any important events or prominent personalities, and there are unusual places, forget about them guides and do not always know even the old-timers. We decided to tell about ten interesting and not so famous places of Paris.Ladder Vidocq
- 2 district
Gallery Vivienne
- Rue des Petits-Champs/4, rue Vivienne, 6
- Metro Bourse
Gallery of Vivian, which is called the Queen of Parisian galleries, written in a neo-classical style, decorated with bas-reliefs and paintings on the walls, was built in 1823.
Here you can see the beautiful staircase with iron railing near her shot once the apartment of the famous detective of the nineteenth century françois Vidocq.
A former convict, sailor, king of the risk and writer, author of the famous memoirs lived here in 1840, when he organized a private police for merchants - "Bureau of investigation in the interests of trade".
The House Of Nicolas Flamel
- district 3
- Rue de Montmorency, 51
- Metro Rambuteau
For a long time in all the guidebooks wrote that the old house of Paris is rue Voltra, 3. Tourists bought the brand with his image and did not even know that this is a skillful pastiche later 1644. This is the oldest residential building appeared in the capital in 1407, built by the writer, scientist, alchemist Nicolas Flamelet.
The Stones Of The Bastille
- district 4
- Place de la Bastille square Henry-Gally
- Bastille metro or Sully-Morland
What remains of the Bastille? After the first revolutionary days, the city Council decided to demolish the prison. Built the fortress was on the glory, so it was dismantled as much as 3 years several hundred workers. Most stones went for bridge construction Consent. Some boulders someone Palua was cut layouts prison and a good podzarabotat on this. Now on the place of the prison on the pavement paved her path, and the base of one of the towers carefully, stone by stone, was moved to the square Henry-Gally.
"Medieval" home
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- district 4
- Rue des Chantres, 1/ rue des Ursins, 1-3
Station Hotel-de-Ville or Cite
A small three-storey house attracts the attention of the lovers of antiquity: old walls, first floor, lined with large, carefully adjusted to each other stones, typical tower and porch. This is one of those rare medieval buildings, which can still be found on the Sieve? Actually it was an unremarkable house up until the Fernand Pouillon not started in 1958 for his restoration. The architect decided to make this house an exact copy of the medieval buildings, and he perfectly succeeded.
Miraculous medallions
- district 7
- Rue du Bac, 140
- Metro Sevres-Babylone
In a small chapel in the heart of the city is visited by people from all over the world. on November 27, 1830, during the service, a nun Catherine saw the virgin Mary standing on a globe, and a voice advised to make with this picture locket, which will give hope to victims of disasters and hardships. After a few years, broke out in a terrible epidemic of cholera, and the sisters made the first 2,000 medallions. Since then, believers and unbelievers come to the old Church, to bring home a wonderful souvenir. The number of manufactured medallions are estimated in the billions.
Chinese pagoda in the centre of Paris
- district 8
- Rue de Courcelles, 48
Station Courcelles
Unusual house in the form of a Chinese pagoda appeared in the city centre in the early 20-ies of the last century thanks to the antiquary Loo, starting in Paris, the Asian art gallery and shop of antiquities from Burma, Tibet, Thailand. Young Chinese Loo came in the late nineteenth century in the French capital to get education and after a few years of organized trade in Eastern rarities. The interior is a work of art, made from the most expensive materials in a single, luxurious Oriental style. After the death of the owner of the shop-workshop-Museum moved to its company and therefore still works. In the gallery can manufacture furniture to order.
Toilets
- district 8
- Place de la Madeleine
- Metro Madeleine
To the left of the Madeleine Church next to the flower market in the basement are the most amazing Parisian toilets. They were arranged in 1905. The doors are decorated with fine floral stained glass in the art Nouveau style porcelain toilets and separate shower in each bathroom - all over the stylish luxury of the modern era.
Dermatological Museum
- 10 district
- l'hôpital Saint-Louis
Avenue Claude-Vellefaux
In this unique Museum, the collection of which was started in the mid-nineteenth century, collected dummies images of skin diseases. Several thousand items, among which we can find any of the ailments known to mankind! Many exhibits devoted to the manifestations of syphilis. It may seem that such things are only interested in doctors. However, among the many visitors curious and without medical education.
The narrowest house Paris
- 10 district
- Rue du Chateau D'eau, 39
- Metro Republique
In a narrow gap between two five-storey residential buildings sandwiched smallest house in the French capital. Its width is 1 meter 20 cm, height of about 5 meters. On the ground floor at his door, on the second - only one window and, as you might guess, one bathroom. Tiny dwelling was built to block the narrow passage between two streets.
Place guillotine
- district 11
- Rue de la Croix-Faubin, 16
- Voltaire Metro Station
On the road among asphalt at home 16 you can see the strange stone "patches". In 1836 on this place was built prison. Basically there is contained offenders in custody and those who soon was to be executed. The sentences were executed here, in the prison yard. These stones left from the guillotine. Penalty ended in 1899, when the prison was destroyed.
Source:
Women's information and entertainment portal WDay.ru
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