Secret Paris - an unusual guide

by Thomas Jonglez

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Let Secret Paris guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step of the beaten track with this fascinating Paris guide book and let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures of this amazing city. Ideal for local inhabitantts and curious visitors alike. Winemaking firefighters, a tree in a church, an inverted phallus at a well-known entrance, an atomic bomb shelter under Gare de l'Est, unsuspected traces of former brothels, a patron saint of motorists, royal monograms hidden in the Louvre courtyard, the presentation of Christ's crown of thorns, a prehistoric merry-go-round, a sundial designed by Dali, war-wounded palm trees, bullet holes at the ministry, religious plants in a priest's garden, a mysterious monument to Freemasonry at the Champ-de-Mars, a solid gold sphere in parliament, a Chinese temple in a parking lot, the effect of the Bievre river on Parisian geography, a blockhouse in the Bois de Boulogne ... For those who thought they knew Paris well, the city is still teeming with unusual and secret places that are easily accessible.
  • ISBN10 2361955024
  • ISBN13 9782361955021
  • Publish Date 2 April 2022
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country FR
  • Imprint Jonglez
  • Edition 8th edition
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 384
  • Language English