Welcome to the Marais district of France. First stop on this walk is Hotel de Sans. Once home to the archbishop of Paris, and at one point the wife of Henry IV, today this 1519 building is now the Fine Arts Library of Paris.
Around 1200, Philippe Auguste had this wall built to enclose all of Paris. However, this is all that remains of the wall since Paris has grown much larger since the reign of Auguste.
This little passage was off to our left on the main street. The chasses roues (post like structures) along the side of the wall were meant to keep carriages from hitting the wall. This idea seemed rather strange to me. Do carriages often run into the walls?
More carriage saving stones.
At the end of the passageway is this church, l'eglise Saint-Paul Saint-Louis. Louis XIII laid the cornerstone for this church, and Cardinal Richelieu held mass here after it's completion in 1641.
Inside the church
Front door of the church
This pretty building is an entrance to...
This cool square! La Place Royale is a square that Henry IV had built in Marais for the royal court to hold private and public celebrations, parades, and even weddings. Some famous people lived in the square including Cardinal Richelieu and Victor Hugo. I loved this square. It had a very fun atmosphere.
Cardinal Richelieu had this statue of Louis XIII erected
in the middle of the square.
Victor Hugo's home!!! I was sooooo excited to see this! I LOVE Victor Hugo! It was so amazing to walk through his house where he lived and wrote. Some of the greatest literature masterpeices were penned here! Ah! I just love it!
Sooooooo happy!
On the first floor of Victor Hugo's apartment they had
displays of some of his writings.
Inside the apartment now...
And last but not least...his writing desk! I wanted to touch it so badly, but unfortunately it was ropped off. I could almost feel his muse radiating!
This is the end of Marais walk one. There is a second half to this walk that I will be doing later. . .
Front door of the church
This pretty building is an entrance to...
This cool square! La Place Royale is a square that Henry IV had built in Marais for the royal court to hold private and public celebrations, parades, and even weddings. Some famous people lived in the square including Cardinal Richelieu and Victor Hugo. I loved this square. It had a very fun atmosphere.
Cardinal Richelieu had this statue of Louis XIII erected
in the middle of the square.
Victor Hugo's home!!! I was sooooo excited to see this! I LOVE Victor Hugo! It was so amazing to walk through his house where he lived and wrote. Some of the greatest literature masterpeices were penned here! Ah! I just love it!
Sooooooo happy!
On the first floor of Victor Hugo's apartment they had
displays of some of his writings.
Inside the apartment now...
And last but not least...his writing desk! I wanted to touch it so badly, but unfortunately it was ropped off. I could almost feel his muse radiating!
This is the end of Marais walk one. There is a second half to this walk that I will be doing later. . .
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