We have driven and walked in my eternal Paris, and would like to have an imprint in my blog on the wonderful family times we had there, There is so much to see , doing my best, and glad found me these older pictures in my cd rom vault ,which now transposing in my blog for you and me, This was my former worked city, so glad to post more memorable spots on it, Therefore, here is my take on curiosities of Paris , part XIX !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.
The Maison de Balzac where he wrote the La Comédie humaine. You see his work office partially recontructed and his manuscripts. Located at 47, rue Raynouard, By 42 Rue Raynouard you see a stair that takes you to no 47 and the maison-musée Balzac, yes ! By the Rue Berton you think you are in medieval Paris and at the end a plaque tells you that in 1731 here were the limits of Passy and Auteuil ! Honoré Balzac lived in it from 1840 to 1847, It has two entrances one by rue Raynouard and another one by rue Berton where he only opened this latter door to friends that knew the password « i bring lace from Belgium »! Location exact is 47 Rue Raynouard upper section and 24, rue Berton lower section. The access to the public is done by Rue Raynouard. The pic is by rue Berton back of house Official Maison de Balzac: https://www.maisondebalzac.paris.fr/en
The rue d’Auteuil begins at 2, rue Verderet, at the level of 68 on avenue Théophile-Gautier, opposite the Church Notre-Dame-d’Auteuil ; my guide driving by here to Paris ! . And ends at 1, boulevard Murat. It was the main street in the old village of Auteuil, attached to the City of Paris only in 1860, This building at 28 rue d’Auteuil has 6 stories and was built in 1890, Another of my series of cariatides and atlantes deco on buildings of my eternal Paris, The Paris tourist office on the village of Auteuil : https://parisjetaime.com/eng/transport/village-d-auteuil-p2030
The Atelier of René Quillivic, 73 Avenue de Montmorency, 16éme arrondissement or la maison aux statues or the house of statues done in 1925, Built for the Breton sculptor René Quillivic the facade on the street is a manifesto of the Breton origins of the artist and his sculptor status. It is decorated with bas-reliefs in molded cement, representing on one side the fish and the earth and, on the other, the boats and the sea. The figures of Ploaré and Audierne stand on each side of the entrance to the workshop. René Quillivic was born in Plouhinec in Finistère no 29 Brittany in 1879 , and began his sculptor training, without anything predestined him, at the carpenter workshop in his village. Already, before the Great War or WWI, he knew the funeral commemoration. But it is especially in the context of the Great War or WWI that he became one of the most famous sculptors in Brittany. Almost all of Quillivic’s commemorative monuments are located in Finistère.
The Isbas of the villa de Beauséjour are a set of four pavilions located in the 16éme arrondissement of Paris near the Jardin de Ranelagh (see post), The Isbas came from the Russian pavilion of the Universal Exhibition of 1867. One of the datchas was built by Russian carpenters in Saint -Petersburg, provided in spare parts for the exhibition and returned once again in 1872 to the villa of Beauséjour. The other three are brick and stone pavilions coated with wood recovered from the exhibition buildings. The Isbas are traditional Russian residences resembling our chalets , This set was sold in 1881 to the widow of Isaac Pereire. Indeed, it was more profitable for the exhibiting nations to sell their pavilions rather than bringing them back to their country, where it was a common building, The Isbas of the villa de Beauséjour, however, remain relatively unknown, because of their location in the heart of a private road at 11bis Boulevard de Beauséjour, Permission was granted for the pic below,
Several personalities have lived there, like François d’Aix de la Chaise, Juliette Récamier, the poet François-René de Chateaubriand (who wrote some of his memories from beyond the grave), Gioachino Rossini (who organized music evenings), the princess of Talleyrand, Princess Dorothea von Benckendorff, the Marquise d’Aguesseau, or the historian Jean-Jacques Ampère. Others too moved there such as the couple of singers Michel Berger and France Gall, who houses the Quebecois (Canada) Fabienne Thibeault for a time.
The Paris tourist office on the 16éme arrondissement or district : https://parisjetaime.com/eng/article/a-la-decouverte-du-16e-arrondissement-de-paris-a830
There you go folks, a dandy city to explore and enjoy with the family, Memorable moments in my eternal Paris, driving and walking all over in my road warrior trails brings out sublime awesome spots with nice memorable family visits of yesteryear always remember and always looking forward to be back, eventually. Again hope you enjoy the post on curiosities of Paris, part XIX !!! as I.
And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!
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