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Let Secret Paris guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off 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 inhabitants and curious travellers alike. The places included in our guides are unusual and unfamiliar, allowing one to step off the beaten track. Now in it's sixth edition, Secret Paris features 330 secret and unusual locations. Inside Secret Paris : A priest who blesses animals, winemaking firefighters, a tree in a church, an inverted phallus at a well-known entrance, an atomic bomb shelter under Gare de l'Est, a real Breton lighthouse near Montparnasse, 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 ...
1. A STRANGE IMAGE OF NAPOLEON 17 2. ROYAL MONOGRAMS HIDDEN IN THE LOUVRE COURTYARD 20 3. EVIDENCE OF THE SITE OF CHARLES V'S DONJON 21 4. RAT BALL OF SAINT-GERMAIN-L'AUXERROIS 22 5. TOWN HALL OF THE 1ST ARRONDISSEMENT 24 6. CARILLON, 1ST ARRONDISSEMENT TOWN HALL 24 7. VISIT THE COMEDIE-FRANCAISE 25 8. GALERIE DOREE OF THE BANQUE DE FRANCE 26 9. COLONNE MEDICIS 28 10. CERCLE SUEDOIS 30 11. STANDARD METRE: 13, PLACE VENDOME 31 12. COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE OF THE TEXAS EMBASSY 31 13. CERAMIC TILES OF THE COCHON A L'OREILLE RESTAURANT 33 14. MEDALLION OF THE CRYPTE SAINTE-AGNES 33 15. MUSEE DU BARREAU DE PARIS 33 16. MURDER OF HENRI IV BY RAVAILLAC 33 17. THE ELEPHANT AT 3, RUE DE LA COSSONNERIE 33 18. SECRETS OF THE BIBLIOTHEQUE NATIONALE DE FRANCE 36 19. EX-VOTOS OF NOTRE-DAME-DES-VICTOIRES 38 20. TROMPE-L'OEIL JUST BESIDE PLACE DES PETITS-PERES 39 21. RUE REAUMUR FACADES 40 22. CAFE CROISSANT: ASSASSINATION OF JAURES 41 23. DIFFERENCES IN LEVEL OF THE LAND AROUND SENTIER 43 24. PASSAGE DU CAIRE 44 25. STAINED-GLASS WINDOW OF THE SOCIETE IMMOBILIERE 26. DE LA CHARCUTERIE FRANCAISE 50 27. LA TOUR DE JEAN SANS PEUR 51 28. STAINED-GLASS WINDOW: 21, RUE NOTRE-DAME DES 29. VICTOIRES 53 30. EIFFEL WINDOW, FORMER HEADQUARTERS 31. OF CREDIT LYONNAIS 53 32. THE ANGEL OF 57, RUE DE TURBIGO 56 33. THE OLDEST HOUSE IN PARIS? 57 34. HOUSE AT 3, RUE VOLTA 57 35. ARTS-ET-METIERS METRO STATION 58 36. THE AMAZING ACOUSTICS OF CNAM 59 37. VESTIGES OF THE TEMPLARS IN PARIS 59 38. MUSEE DES POUPEES 59 39. POTAGER DES OISEAUX 60 40. LEGEND OF THE MARCHE DES ENFANTS-ROUGES 61 41. TEMPLE OF HUMANITY 63 42. HOTEL DE MARLE 64 43. DELACROIX' PIETA 65 44. THE ELECTRONIC NIGHTINGALE OF GEORGES-CAIN SQUARE 65 45. THE PRESENTATION OF RELICS AT NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS 68 46. THE MOCK MEDIEVAL HOUSE OF FERNAND POUILLON 70 47. TRACES OF THE FIRST WALL SURROUNDING PARIS 48. 6, RUE DE LA COLOMBE 71 49. ADAM-MICKIEWICZ, CHOPIN AND BIEGAS MUSEUMS 72 50. THE TOMBSTONES AT 26, RUE CHANOINESSE 73 51. 9 AND 11, QUAI AUX FLEURS: THE MEMORY OF HELOISE 52. AND ABELARD 73 53. THE ELM TREE ON THE PARVIS OF 54. SAINT-GERVAIS-SAINT-PROTAIS 74 55. STALLS AT SAINT-GERVAIS SAINT-PROTAIS CHURCH 75 56. MONT-DE-PIETE 76 57. CLOITRE DES BILLETTES 78 58. MARIAGE FRERES TEA MUSEUM 79 59. REMAINS OF PHILIPPE AUGUSTE'S WALL 80 60. MAISON DES COMPAGNONS DU DEVOIR 82 61. SARAH BERNHARDT'S DRESSING ROOM 83 62. MAISON D'OURSCAMP 83 63. THE EMBEDDED CANNONBALL 84 64. JAPANESE GARDEN OF THE MAISON EUROPEENNE 65. DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE 85 66. SQUARE DE L'AVE-MARIA, THE SQUARE OF THE YEAR 2000 85 67. SYNAGOGUE IN RUE PAVEE 86 68. CLOITRE DU VAL-DE-GRACE 90 69. GARDEN OF THE ECOLE NORMALE SUPERIEURE 91 70. MUSEE DES ECLAIRAGES ANCIENS - LUMIERE DE L'OEIL 91 71. MUSEE CURIE 92 72. THE JUBE OF SAINT-ETIENNE-DU-MONT 94 73. THE RIGHT FOOT OF MONTAIGNE'S STATUE 95 74. SALVADOR DALI'S SUNDIAL 96 75. CHARNIER SAINT-SEVERIN 97 76. MUSEE DE L'ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE - HOPITAUX DE PARIS 97 77. THE INNER COURTYARD OF THE FORMER SEMINAIRE DES 33 98 78. A VESTIGE OF THE CROSSING-POINT OF THE BIEVRE IN 79. PHILIPPE AUGUSTE'S WALL 98 80. THE FORMER HORSE MARKET AT 5, RUE 81. GEOFFROY-SAINT-HILAIRE 98 82. MUSEE DE MINERALOGIE 99 83. FACADE AT NO. 1, PLACE JUSSIEU 99 84. THE DODO RIDE 100 85. MICROCLIMATE IN THE ALPINE GARDEN AT THE JARDIN DES PLANTES 101 86. BONNIER DE LA MOSSON'S "CABINET DE CURIOSITES" 103 87. FORMER ECOLE COLONIALE 106 88. MUSEE DE LA MATIERE MEDICALE 108 89. JARDIN BOTANIQUE OF THE FACULTE DE PHARMACOLOGIE 110 90. THE ELEPHANTS AT 1, AVENUE DE L'OBSERVATOIRE 111 91. BUILDING AT 26, RUE VAVIN 112 92. MUSEE DE MINERALOGIE AT THE ECOLE DES MINES 113 93. REID HALL 113 94. MUSEE ZADKINE 113 95. CHAPEL OF THE SOEURS AUXILIATRICES DU PURGATOIRE 114 96. RELICS OF SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL 115 97. CRYPT OF SAINT-JOSEPH-DES-CARMES CHURCH 116 98. THE LAST "STANDARD METRE" 118 99. CLOISTER OF THE FORMER SEMINAIRE DE SAINT-SULPICE 119 100. MUSEE EDOUARD-BRANLY 119 101. GNOMON IN THE CHURCH OF SAINT-SULPICE 120 102. VISITING THE FRENCH SENATE 122 103. MUSEE D'HISTOIRE DE LA MEDECINE 124 104. MUSEE DES COMPAGNONS DU TOUR DE FRANCE 125 105. STAR ON THE BUILDING AT 12, RUE DE BUCI 125 106. COUR DE ROHAN 125 107. MUSEE DUPUYTREN 126 108. STATUE OF DEATH 128 109. REFECTORY OF THE MONASTERY OF LES CORDELIERS 129 110. HOUSE OF AUGUSTE COMTE 129 111. SECRETS OF THE ECOLE DES BEAUX-ARTS 130 112. LECTURE HALL OF THE ACADEMIE DE MEDECINE 132 113. VESTIGE OF PHILIPPE AUGUSTE'S CITY WALLS IN AN 114. UNDERGROUND CAR PARK 133 115. A SURPRISING CONCRETE BUILDING: 1, RUE DANTON 133 116. HOTEL DES MONNAIES PYRAMID 134 117. BIBLIOTHEQUE MAZARINE 135 118. THE GIANT PHALLUS AT 29, AVENUE RAPP 138 119. THE "RIGHTS OF MAN" MONUMENT 140 120. CHIMNEY OF THE EIFFEL TOWER 143 121. GARDEN OF THE LUTHERAN CHURCH 143 122. THE PORCUPINE AT 82, BOULEVARD DE LA TOUR-MAUBOURG 143 123. WORKS OF ART AT UNESCO 144 124. TINTORETTO'S LAST SUPPER 146 125. RELIGIOUS PLANTS IN THE GARDEN OF 126. SAINT-FRANCOIS-XAVIER PRESBYTERY 147 127. LA PAGODE CINEMA 148 128. THE INDULGENCES PLAQUE IN THE CHURCH OF 129. SAINT-FRANCOIS-XAVIER 148 130. MUSEE VALENTIN-HAUEY 149 131. 23, RUE OUDINOT AND 50, RUE VANEAU 149 132. GARDEN OF THE SAINT-JEAN-DE-DIEU CLINIC 149 133. SHRAPNEL MARKS 150 134. GARDEN OF THE MAISON DE L'AMERIQUE LATINE 151 135. PROTESTANT LIBRARY 152 136. HOUSE OF DOCTOR DALSACE, ALSO KNOWN 137. AS "THE HOUSE OF GLASS" 153 138. SQUARE RECAMIER 153 139. GARDEN OF THE ECOLE DES SCIENCES POLITIQUES 155 140. GARDEN OF THE FOREIGN MISSIONS INSTITUTE 155 141. DEYROLLE 156 142. THE OBELISK-SUNDIAL 160 143. MAXIM'S MUSEUM 162 144. THE GENERAL MOBILISATION ORDER, 2 AUGUST 1914 163 145. THE LOCATION OF ALPHONSE ALLAIS'S HOME 163 146. FACADE OF 40, COURS ALBERT I 165 147. FACADE OF 30, AVENUE MARCEAU 165 148. HOTEL CERAMIC 165 149. ALEXANDER NEVSKY CATHEDRAL 166 150. THE GALLERY OF C.T. LOO AND CO. 168 151. THE PYRAMID OF PARC MONCEAU 170 152. MUSEE NISSIM-DE-CAMONDO 171 153. CITE ODIOT 171 154. LIEGE METRO STATION 172 155. BOUNDARY MARKER AT 4, RUE DE LABORDE 173 156. EXPIATORY CHAPEL 174 157. HAUT-RELIEFS AT 34, RUE PASQUIER 177 158. GLASS ROOF OF THE CENTRAL OFFICES OF 159. THE SOCIETE GENERALE 180 160. FRAGONARD PERFUME MUSEUM 183 161. THE VINES OF RUE BLANCHE FIRE STATION 184 162. THE CLICHY-MONTMARTE GAMING CLUB 186 163. HANDS AT 82, RUE BLANCHE 187 164. STAIRWELL IN MUSEE GUSTAVE-MOREAU 188 165. SQUARE D'ORLEANS 189 166. MUSEUM OF ROMANTICISM 190 167. HOTEL DOSNE-THIERS - BIBLIOTHEQUE THIERS 191 168. HOTEL DE LA PAIVA 191 169. AVENUE FROCHOT 192 170. CITE MALESHERBES 193 171. GARDENS AT 41-47, RUE DES MARTYRS 193 172. PRIVATE COLLECTION AT THE "PHONOGALERIE" SHOP 194 173. THE OWL AT 68, RUE CONDORCET 194 174. CITE NAPOLEON 195 175. MUSEE DU GRAND ORIENT DE FRANCE 195 176. CITE DE TREVISE 195 177. BRANCH OF BANQUE NATIONALE DE PARIS 195 178. CHURCH OF SAINT-EUGENE-SAINTE-CECILE 196 179. THE BUNKER AT GARE DE L'EST 203 180. ASSOCIATION FRANCAISE 181. DES AMIS DES CHEMINS DE FER 204 182. MUSEUM OF DERMATOLOGICAL CASTS 206 183. THE SQUARE COURTYARD OF HOPITAL SAINT-LOUIS 208 184. ATELIER HOGUET - FAN MUSEUM 210 185. GARDEN OF HOPITAL FERNAND-WIDAL 211 186. ART NOUVEAU FACADES AT 14 AND 16, RUE D'ABBEVILLE 211 187. PETIT HOTEL DE BOURRIENNE 212 188. AN OLD FAIENCE SHOP: HIPPOLYTE BOULANGER 189. DE CHOISY-LE-ROI 213 190. THE TOMB OF LOUIS XVII 216 191. MOSAICS AT 1, PASSAGE RAUCH 217 192. STROLLING AND EXPLORING THE ALLEYS AND COURTYARDS 193. OF FAUBOURG-ST- ANTOINE 218 194. COUR DU COQ 219 195. MUSEE EDITH-PIAF 220 196. GARDEN OF DOCTOR BELHOMME 221 197. SITE OF THE GUILLOTINE 222 198. RUE DES IMMEUBLES-INDUSTRIELS 223 199. CERAMICS AT 4, RUE PIERRE-LEVEE 223 200. PICPUS CEMETERY 226 201. CARYATIDS AT 199-201, RUE DE CHARENTON 228 202. ALIGRESSE COMMUNAL GARDEN 229 203. THE GIANT SLIDING GATE AT 94-96, QUAI DE LA RAPEE 229 204. THE EGYPTIAN COLUMNS OF VIADUC DAUMESNIL 229 205. CINEMATHEQUE FRANCAISE 230 206. BASTION NO. 1 233 207. CHURCH OF SAINT-ESPRIT 234 208. VILLA PLANEIX 239 209. SQUARE DES PEUPLIERS 241 210. TEMPLE FOR RESIDENTS OF CANTONESE ORIGIN 242 211. TEMPLE OF THE TEOCHEW ASSOCIATION 243 212. THE ZOUAVE OF GENTILLY 244 213. THE ANTOINIST TEMPLE 248 214. CITE FLORALE 249 215. CITE FLEURIE 250 216. CITE VERTE 251 217. CHATEAU DE LA REINE BLANCHE 251 218. HOTEL DE LA REINE BLANCHE 251 219. 3 BIS, RUE DES GOBELINS 251 220. LITTLE ALSACE 252 221. VILLA DAVIEL 253 222. LITTLE RUSSIA: HOMES FOR RUSSIAN TAXI-DRIVERS 253 223. TEMPLE OF HUMAN RIGHTS 254 224. FACADE OF 19, CITE BAUER 258 225. THE MENHIR AT 133, RUE VERCINGETORIX 259 226. 126, BOULEVARD DU MONTPARNASSE 260 227. 9, RUE CAMPAGNE-PREMIERE 260 228. 31, RUE CAMPAGNE-PREMIERE 260 229. FACADE OF 7, RUE LEBOUIS 261 230. THE ATLANTIQUE HANGING GARDENS 261 231. CHURCH OF NOTRE-DAME-DU-TRAVAIL 262 232. PLACE DE L'AMPHITHEATRE AND PLACE DE SEOUL 263 233. HEADQUARTERS OF THE KING'S HYDRAULIC ENGINEER 264 234. THE PEEPHOLE IN AVENUE RENE-COTY 265 235. CLOISTER OF HOPITAL COCHIN 266 236. THE CAPUCHIN QUARRIES 268 237. VILLA ADRIENNE 270 238. MUSEE SAINTE-ANNE 272 239. MUSEE SINGER-POLIGNAC 273 240. THE SOUTHERN MARKER 274 241. A BRETON LIGHTHOUSE 278 242. VILLA SANTOS-DUMONT 279 243. LA RUCHE 280 244. MUSEE PASTEUR 282 245. THE OLD ARTESIAN WELL AT GRENELLE 283 246. MUSEE DU MONTPARNASSE AND ESPACE KRAJCBERG 284 247. MUSEE BOURDELLE 285 248. CHURCH OF SAINTE-RITA 287 249. CHURCH OF SAINT-SERAPHIN-DE-SAROV 288 250. THE CAVALERIE PELOTA COURTS 290 251. 15, SQUARE DE VERGENNES 291 252. GARDEN OF CLINIQUE BLOMET 291 253. CITE MORIEUX 291 254. THE CROW AND THE FOX 291 255. FRESCOES IN THE CHURCH OF SAINT-CHRISTOPHE DE JAVEL 292 256. EIFFEL AERODYNAMICS LABORATORY 296 257. VILLA MULHOUSE 298 258. HAMEAU BOILEAU, VILLA MOLITOR, VILLA DE LA REUNION 299 259. CHURCH OF TOUS-LES-SAINTS-DE-LA-TERRE-RUSSE 299 260. CASTEL BERANGER 300 261. 45, RUE RIBERA 301 262. THE ARTESIAN WELL IN SQUARE LAMARTINE 307 263. RUE MALLET-STEVENS 308 264. VILLA LA ROCHE 309 265. ENTRANCE TO PORTE-DAUPHINE METRO STATION 310 266. SQUARE DES POETES 311 267. A BLOCKHOUSE IN THE BOIS DE BOULOGNE 311 268. MAISON DE BALZAC 312 269. A WINE MUSEUM IN ... RUE DES EAUX 313 270. VILLA BEAUSEJOUR 314 271. HAMEAU DE PASSY 315 272. VEGETABLE GARDENS IN RUE DE LA MANUTENTION 315 273. THE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN OBELISK 316 274. THE CHINESE SALON OF THE MONA BISMARCK FOUNDATION 316 275. THE GARDEN OF THE BUDDHIST PANTHEON 316 276. POLONIA 322 277. THE FLOWER TOWER IN HAUTS-DE-MALESHERBES GARDENS 324 278. CHAPELLE ROYALE SAINT-FERDINAND 326 279. VILLA DES TERNES 327 280. CITE DES FLEURS 328 281. MUSEUM OF FREEMASONRY 329 282. COUR SAINT-PIERRE AND CITE LEMERCIER 329 283. SQUARE NICOLAY 329 284. SRI MANIKA VINAYAKAR ALAYAM HINDU TEMPLE 332 285. VILLA POISSONNIERE 333 286. VILLA DES PLATANES 334 287. 7, IMPASSE MARIE-BLANCHE 335 288. CITE DU MIDI 335 289. CERAMIC DECORATION AT 43BIS, RUE DAMREMONT 336 290. LES FUSAINS 337 291. PISCINE DES AMIRAUX 338 292. MOSAICS IN THE RUE RAMEY FISHMONGER'S 341 293. AN UNCULTIVATED GARDEN AT SAINT-VINCENT 341 294. CERAMIC DECORATION AT 59, RUE CAULAINCOURT 341 295. CALVAIRE CEMETERY 342 296. MONTMARTRE CALVARY 343 297. MUSEE DES COMPAGNONS CHARPENTIERS DES 298. DEVOIRS DU TOUR DE FRANCE 348 299. PORTUGUESE JEWISH CEMETERY 349 300. MASONS AT 97BIS, RUE DE CRIMEE 350 301. BUTTE BERGEYRE: AN ISLAND IN THE MIDST OF THE CITY 351 302. JEAN-JAURES GYMNASIUM 351 303. 13, RUE DES FETES 351 304. RUES EMILE-DESVAUX AND PAUL-DE-KOCK 351 305. CHURCH OF SAINT-SERGE-DE-RADOGENE 354 306. CRIMEE BRIDGE: THE LAST DRAWBRIDGE IN PARIS 355 307. LA MOUZAIA 356 308. CITE DU PALAIS-ROYAL-DE-BELLEVILLE 357 309. KITCHEN GARDENS 360 310. THE NATURAL GARDEN 362 311. VILLA RIBEROLLE, VILLA GODIN AND CITE AUBRY 363 312. LE MUR DES FEDERES: GHOSTS OF THE PARIS COMMUNE 364 313. LA CAMPAGNE A PARIS 365 314. REGARDS IN EAST PARIS 367 315. AFRICAN PLANTS AT NO. 10, RUE DU JOURDAIN 371 316. THE ONLY LEVEL CROSSING IN PARIS 371
