Marais District. 17th Century Paris

Program

• Hôtel de Ville (Paris City Hall). A magnificent Neo-Renaissance building.
• Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais Church. Legend of early Christian martyrs Gervasius and Protasius. One of the oldest and most beautiful organs in Paris. The Couperin dynasty of musicians.
• Rue François Miron. Antique mansions. The oldest houses in Paris. Remains of monastery warehouses. The de Bové mansion where a young Mozart stayed.
• Eglise Saint-Paul — Saint-Louis. 17th-century Paris, the Baroque era, and the Jesuits.
• Enceinte de Philippe Auguste. Remains of the late 12th-century wall with towers on rue des Jardins-Saint-Paul. Saint-Paul Village.
• Hôtel de Sens. Residence of archbishops from the late 15th century, a unique mansion from the late Middle Ages. Residence of Queen Margot.
• Bastille. History of the fortress and the outline of the fortress on cobblestones. The French Revolution and the New Opera building.
• Hôtel de Sully. The “Minister of all Affairs” under Henry IV.
• Place des Vosges, former royal square. Musketeers and duels.
• Carnavalet Mansion. The story of the most famous resident of the Marais district - Madame de Sévigné, known for her letters that became classics of French literature.
• 17th-century mansions (Hôtel d'Angoulême-Lamoignon (Paris Library), Hôtel de Soubise, Hôtel d'Eu, Hôtel de Gesvres (Hunting and Nature Museum).
• Cloître des Billettes. The only surviving galleries of a medieval monastery in Paris.

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