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j Square du
Temple
75003. Map 13 C1. q Temple.
A quiet and pleasant square
today, this was once a fortified
centre of the medieval Knights
Templar. A state within a state,
the area contained a palace, a
church and shops behind high
walls and a draw bridge, making
it a haven for those who were
seeking to escape from royal
jurisdiction. Louis XVI and Marie-
The Hôtel de Soubise Antoinette were held here after
their arrest in 1792 (see pp32–3).
f Hôtel de Soubise Henri de Guénégaud des Brosses, The king left from here for his
who was Secretary of State and execution by the guillotine.
60 Rue des Francs-Bourgeois 75003.
Map 13 C2. Tel 01 40 27 60 96. Keeper of the Seals. One wing
q Rambuteau. Musée de l’Histoire now contains the Musée de la
de France Open 10am–5:30pm Mon, Chasse et de la Nature (Hunting
Wed–Fri, 2–5:30pm Sat & Sun. 8 Museum) inaugur ated by André
Tel 01 40 27 60 96. & ∑ archives- Malraux in 1967. It holds the
nationales.culture.gouv.fr collections of Francois and
Jacqueline Sommer; exhibits
This imposing mansion, built include a fine collection of
from 1705 to 1709 for the hunting weapons. There are
Princesse de Rohan, is one of also drawings and paintings
two main buildings housing the by Oudry, Rubens (including
national archives. (The other is Diane and her Nymphs Preparing
the Hôtel de Rohan.) The Hôtel to Hunt) and Rembrandt.
de Soubise displays a majestic
courtyard and a magnificent h Musée des Arts The exterior of the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire
interior decora tion dating du Judaïsme
from 1735 to 1740 by some et Métiers
of the most gifted painters 60 Rue Réaumur 75003. Map 13 B1-C1. k Musée d’Art
and craftsmen of the day: Carl Tel 01 53 01 82 00. q Arts et Métiers. et d’Histoire
Van Loo, Jean Restout, Charles Open 10am–6pm Tue–Sun (to 9:30pm
Natoire and François Boucher. Thu). Closed 1 May & 25 Dec. & 8 du Judaïsme
Natoire’s rocaille work on the 7 - = ∑ arts-et-metiers.net Hôtel de St-Aignan, 71 Rue du Temple
Princess’s bedroom, the Oval 75003. Map 13 C2. Tel 01 53 01 86 60.
Salon, forms part of the Musée de Housed within the old Abbey of q Rambuteau. Open 11am–6pm
l’Histoire de France. Other exhibits St-Martin-des-Champs, the Arts Mon–Fri, 10am–6pm Sun (last admis-
include Napoleon’s will, in which and Crafts Museum was founded sion at 5:15pm). Closed 1 Jan, 1 May,
he asks for his remains to be in 1794. After major renovations Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur. & 8
returned to France, and letters in the 1990s it reopened in 2000 7 9 - = ∑ mahj.org
by Joan of Arc and Voltaire. as a high-quality museum of
science and industry displaying Housed in an elegant Marais
g Hôtel de 5,000 items (it has 75,000 other mansion, the museum unites
collections formerly scattered
artifacts in storage available to
Guénégaud (Musée academics and researchers). The around the city, and commem-
de la Chasse et de theme is man’s ingenuity and orates the culture of French
la Nature) the world of invention and Jewry from medieval times to
the present. There has been a
manufacturing, covering such
62 Rue des Archives 75003. Map 13 topics as textiles, photography sizeable Jewish community in
C2. Tel 01 53 01 92 40. q Hôtel de and machines. Among the most France since Roman times, and
Ville Museum. Open 11am–6pm Tue– entertaining displays are ones of some of the world’s greatest
Sun (to 9:30pm Thu). Closed public musical clocks, mechanical Jewish scholars were French.
hols. & = ∑ chassenature.org musical instruments and Much exquisite craftsmanship is
automata (mechanical figures), displayed, with elaborate silver-
The celebrated architect François one of which, the “Joueuse de ware and Torah covers. There are
Mansart built this superb man- Tympanon”, is said to represent also historical documents, photo-
sion in the mid-17th century for Marie-Antoinette. graphs, paintings and cartoons.

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