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2 Place Igor 5 Galerie Marian
Stravinsky Goodman
79 Rue du Temple 75003. Map 13 C2.
75004. Map 13 B2. q Rambuteau.
Tel 01 48 04 70 52. q Rambuteau.
W Châtelet-Les-Halles. Open 11am–
This lively square on the south 7pm Tue–Sat. Closed between exhi-
side of the Pompidou Centre is bitions. ∑ mariangoodman.com
filled with modern sculptures
and street performers. Since This cutting-edge gallery is the
1983, it has contained the sister of two Marian Goodman
Stravinsky Fountain, which exhibition spaces – one in New
features 16 moving, water- York, the other in London – that
spraying sculptures of have played an important role in
skeletons, dragons and a pre senting European artists to
large pair of red lips. The black international audiences since the
iron and colourful polyester 1970s. Many important contem-
mechanical sculptures were porary artists, from the continent
created by husband-and-wife and the US, have been exhibited
team Jean Tinguely and Niki de in the Paris gallery, including
Saint Phalle and pay homage to Gerhard Richter, Jeff Wall, Tacita
Igor Stravinsky. Each sculpture Dean, William Kentridge, Chantal
represents one of his A Nativity scene from the stained-glass Akerman and Cristina Iglesias.
compositions, including The windows in St-Merry Housed in a beautiful 17th-
Firebird and The Rite of Spring. century mansion, the contem-
Stravinsky’s music paved the The west front is particularly rich porary works on display and
way for the pioneering work of in decoration, and the north- the Manhattan-style interior
IRCAM (Institut de la Researche west turret contains the oldest contrast in an appealing, if
et de la Coordination bell in Paris, dating from 1331. strikingly ana chronistic, way
Acoustique/Musique), which St-Merry was the wealthy parish with the period façade.
has an entrance on the west church of the Lombard money-
side of the square. Founded by lenders, who gave their name to
the composer Pierre Boulez, it the nearby Rue des Lombards. 6 Café Beaubourg
is a research centre dedicated to 43 Rue St-Merry, Esplanade du Centre
creating new technologies for 4 Fontaine Georges Pompidou 75004. Map 13 B2.
contemporary music, as well as Tel 01 48 87 63 96. q Les Halles,
a venue for concerts. Much of des Innocents Rambuteau, Hôtel-de-Ville.
the Institute is underground, Pl Joachim-du-Bellay 75001. W Châtelet-Les-Halles. Open 8am–
with an overground extension Map 13 A2. q Les Halles. 2am daily. ∑ cafebeaubourg.com
by Renzo Piano, one of the W Châtelet-Les-Halles.
Pompidou Centre’s architects. Opened by Gilbert Costes in
IRCAM runs an annual festival, This carefully restored 1987, this stylish café was
which usually takes place for Renaissance fountain stands in designed by one of France’s
up to two weeks in June. the Place Joachim-
du-Bellay, the area’s
main crossroads.
3 St-Merry Erected in 1549 on
the Rue St-Denis, it
76 Rue de la Verrerie 75004. Map 13
B3. Tel 01 42 71 93 93. q Hôtel-de- was moved to its
Ville. Open Apr–Oct: 3–7pm Mon–Sat; present location in
Nov–Mar: 2–6pm Mon–Sat. 8 after the 18th century,
concerts, 1st & 3rd Sun of month. 5 when the square
12:10pm Mon–Fri, 10 & 11:15am Sun. was constructed on
Concerts. ∑ saintmerry.org the site of a former
graveyard. Originally
The site of this church dates back set into a wall, the
to the 7th century. St Médéric, fountain had only
the abbot of St-Martin d’Autun, three sides so a
was buried here at the begin- fourth had to be
ning of the 8th century after constructed. The
he died while on pilgrimage fountain is a
in Paris. Construction of the popular meeting
church – in the Flamboyant place, and is one of
Gothic style – took place the landmarks of
between 1500 and 1550. Les Halles. Decoration on the Fontaine des Innocents

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