Institutions
Here are a selection of important and interesting French institutions and cultural landmarks that figure prominently in the books The Streets of Paris and Hidden Gardens of Paris.
The Musée Curie is a historical museum focusing on radiological research. It is located in the 5th arrondissement at 1, rue Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France, and open Wednesday to Saturday, from 1pm to 5pm; admission is free
Pantheon
The Pantheon of Paris, modelled on the Pantheon of Rome, contains the remains of such distinguished French citizens as Voltaire, Rousseau, Victor Hugo, Émile Zola, Jean Jaures, Jean Moulin and Marie Curie.
Bibliothèque Sainte-Genevieve
Centre Culturel Irlandais
Heloise & Abelard: Musee National du Moyen Age: the Baths & Hotel de Cluny
Montaigne, Henri IV, & Reine Margot: The Louvre
Bibliothèque Mazarine
Chopin & George Sand: Musee de La Vie Romantique
Louis IX; Simone Weil: La Sorbonne
Louis IX: National Archives
Simone Weil: Le Jardin de L’Ecole Normale Supérieure
Poulenc: Musee Baccarat
Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
Salle Pleyel
Ben Ghabrit: Grande Mosque de Paris
Delacroix
Reine Margot: Bibliothèque Forney
Giacometti; Jean Moulin: Fondation Cartier Pour L’Art Contemporain
Colette: Eglise Notre Dame des Victoires
Gardens
Here are a collection of Parisian gardens and green spaces, enchanted areas of relaxation and contemplation that can be found in Hidden Gardens of Paris.
Le Jardin des Plantes
The Jardin des Plantes is the main botanical garden in France. It is one of seven departments of the Muséum national d’histoire naturelle. It is situated in the 5ème arrondissement, Paris, on the left bank of the river Seine and covers 28 hectares.
Colette: Palais-Royal
Jean Moulin: Musee Jean-Moulin, in Jardin Atlantique
Camus, Simone Weil, Poulenc: Luxembourg Gardens
http://en.parisinfo.com/paris-museum-monument/71393/Jardin-du-Luxembourg
Chopin: Parc Monceau
http://en.parisinfo.com/paris-museum-monument/71356/Parc-Monceau
Cinemas
The cinemas of Paris represent a network of sacred temples of what the French commonly refer to as “the 7th art”. These hallowed halls of film-making and film-watching stand as testaments to cinematic history in the country that created the motion-picture process and then developed it into a language of expression of previously unknown artistic depth and power.
Le Champo
Le Champo, in full Le Champo – Espace Jacques-Tati, is an arthouse cinema in the Latin Quarter of Paris. It is notable for being a favorite haunt of important figures in French cinema history.
Action Christine
Reflet Medicis
Cinémathèque Française
Cinema des Cinéastes
François Truffaut: The 400 blows walking tour
http://www.the cinetourist.net/les-400-coups-paris-locations.html
Restaurants, Cafes, Bistrots
It’s Paris. You gotta eat.
Voltaire: Le Procope
The Café Procope, in rue de l’Ancienne Comédie, 6th arrondissement, is called the oldest restaurant of Paris in continuous operation.
Chopin & George Sand: Cafe, Musee de la Vie Romantique
Poulenc: Polidor
Colette: Galerie Vivienne
Camus: Les Deux Magots
Lutetia Bar and Brasserie
Truffaut: Brasserie Wepler
Edith Piaf: La Bellevilloise
Bookshops
Parisian bookstores are like doorways to other worlds. Here are some of our favorites.
Shakespeare & Co.
Shakespeare & Co. is the best English-language bookstore in Paris and one of the most original and intimate literary interiors in the world. Founded in 1951 by George Whitman in honour of famed bookseller and publisher Sylvia Beach (who’d opened the original Shakespeare & Co. in 1919), this store lies at the heart of the romance between Paris and anglophone book-lovers everywhere.
Bookshop of Musee Carnavalet
Librairie Galignani
WH Smith
The bookshop of the National Office of National Monuments in the Hotel de Sully