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the St Petersburg Fine Arts
8 " Acad emy, financed by Tsar
Moulin Rouge Alexander II together with the
SHOP ⌂ 82 blvd de Clichy 75018 local Russian community. The
q Blanche # Shows: 9 & church also holds a place in
secular culture. In July 1918,
Maison Arnaud 11pm daily; din ner: 7pm Picasso was married to
Demontel ∑ moulinrouge.fr Russian ballet dancer Olga
Exquisite bread and Built in 1885, the Moulin Khokhlova here. The cathedral
EXPERIENCE Paris: Beyond the Centre ∑ arnauddelmontel.com immortalized the wild and Inside, a whole wall of icons
pastries at this award-
Rouge was turned into a
appears in the opening scenes
winning bakery.
of the 1956 film adaptation of
dance hall as early as 1900.
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
⌂ 39 rue des Martyrs
Marcelle Maurette’s Anastasia.
divides the church in two. The
colourful cancan shows here
Greek-cross plan and the rich
in his posters and drawings
Mesdemoiselles
Madeleine
mosaics and frescoes that
of famous dancers such as
Jane Avril and May Milton. The
decorate the interior are Neo-
All about multiple
high-kicking routines continue
Byzantine, while the exterior
varieties of madeleines.
today in glitzy, Las-Vegas-
and gilt domes are traditional
⌂ 37 rue des Martyrs
Russian Orthodox. Visits,
style revues.
∑ mllesmadeleines.com
be arranged by appointment.
Popelini
Cream-filled choux, and
nothing else – but what 9 ' including into the crypt, can
St-Alexandre-Nevsky
else could you want? 10 "=
⌂ 44 rue des Martyrs ⌂ 12 rue Daru 75008 Musée Marmottan
∑ popelini.com q Courcelles, Ternes Monet
# By appt 3–5pm Tue, Fri
& Sun ∑ cathedrale- ⌂ 2 rue Louis Boilly 75016
Henri Le Roux orthodoxe.com q La Muette # 10am– 6pm
Salted-butter caramels Tue–Sun (to 9pm Thu) ¢ 1
and chocolate fill With its five golden-copper Jan, 1 May, Aug, 25
this boutique. domes, this imposing Russian Dec ∑ marmottan.fr
⌂ 24 rue des Martyrs Orthodox cathedral bears
∑ chocolatleroux.com witness to the large Russian Featuring one of the best
community in Paris. A desig- collections of Impressionist
nated historic monu ment, it art in France, this museum
was designed by members of was created within the 19th-

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