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archaeological dig in the Parc
de Bercy, which unearthed a p ' INSIDER TIP
Neolithic village. Maison de Victor Hugo Marais Mansions
Several of the former
 K4 ⌂ 6 pl des Vosges man sions in the Marais
75004 q Bastille # 10am–
o 6pm Tue–Sun ¢ 1 Jan, are open to the public. If
the doors are open, you
Place des Vosges 1 May, 25 Dec; May 2019 to can step in and discover
May 2020 ∑ maisonvictor what’s inside.
 K4 ⌂ 75003, 75004 hugo.paris.fr
q Bastille, St-Paul
The French poet, dramatist
A perfectly symmetrical square, and novelist Victor Hugo lived a
Place des Vosges was laid on the second floor of what
out in 1605 by Henri IV and is was once the Hôtel de Rohan­ Place de la Bastille
considered among the most Guéménée, the largest house  K5 ⌂ 75004 q Bastille
beautiful in the world. Houses, on the square, from 1832 to
nine on each side, are built over 1848. It was here that he Nothing remains of the prison
arcades that accommo date wrote most of Les Misérables. stormed by the revolutionary
antiques shops and fashion­ On display are reconstructions mob on 14 July 1789, thus
able cafés. The square has of some of the rooms in which sparking the French Revolution.
hosted many histo rical events he lived, complete with his The 50­m (164­ft) Colonne
over the centuries, including a desk, his memen tos and draw­ de Juillet stands in the middle
three­day tournament in cele­ ings from key periods of his of the traffic­clogged square
bration of the marriage of Louis life, from his child hood to his to honour the victims of the
XIII to Anne of Austria in 1615. exile between 1852 and 1870. July Revolution of 1830. On
the south side is the 2,700­
seat Opéra National de Paris
A perfectly symmetrical square, Bastille, com pleted in 1989.
Place des Voges was laid out in 1605 To the south of the square
by Henri IV and is considered among is Bassin de l’Arsenal marina,
with bars, restaurants, gal leries
the most beautiful in the world. and the Jardin de l’Arsenal.

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