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Death and taxes

Posted on July 21, 2013 by Parisian Fields

Whenever I buy postcards or other pictures of Paris, I gravitate to anything unfamiliar. So when I was leafing through some inexpensive engravings at an antiques fair on the Place St-Sulpice in June, I was immediately drawn to this one. … Continue reading →

Posted in Paris architecture, Paris history, Paris maps | Tagged Allée des Cygnes, Anthony Vidler, Antoine Lavoisier, Arc-et-Senans, Augustus Charles Pugin, Barrière de la Conférence, Barrière de la Cunette, Barrière de Passy, Barrière des Bonhommes, Claude-Nicolas Ledoux, Fermiers Généraux, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, Jules-Adolphe Chauvet, Musée Ledoux, Napoleon III, Octroi, Parc Monceau, Paris and its Environs, patache, Place de la Nation, Place Denfert-Rochereau, Propylées, Rotonde de la Villette, rue Bruant, Salpetrière Hospital | 17 Comments
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