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Asylum

Posted on August 15, 2021 by Parisian Fields

Last month, when I learned that absinthe had been known as the “Charenton omnibus” – Charenton being the site of a famous mental hospital – I became curious about mental institutions in the Paris area. There are many interesting stories … Continue reading →

Posted in Paris history, Paris hospitals, Paris quartiers | Tagged Bicêtre, Charenton, French Revolution, Jacques Belhomme, Kremlin-Bicêtre, Maison Belhomme, Pension Belhomme, Philippe Pinel, rue de Charonne, Salpetrière Hospital, St-Lazare, Stanley Loomis | 11 Comments

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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