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Jules Verne in the Métro
As a young boy, I longed to live in the fantastic worlds of Jules Verne, to explore the depths of the ocean in the Nautilus with Captain Nemo. I had not told Philippa this, but as we set off to … Continue reading
Posted in Paris history, Paris metro, Paris museums
Tagged Antoinette Lesueur de Pérès, Benson Bobrick, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, François Schuiten, International Exposition of 1900, Jules Verne, Labyrinths of Iron, Les Cités Obscures, Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris in the 20th Century, Paul Séjourné, Pont Antoinette, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
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