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beneath paris; A tour through the catacombs is delightfully chilling
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Paris has deservedly earned the reputation of the capital city of
Europe. But after taking in its world-renowned icons like the Eiffel
Tower, Notre Dame Cathedral and other highlights on your next trip
there, consider seeing some of its lowlights - literally! Unbeknownst
to many tourists, 75-100 feet below the Left Bank lie 6-7 million
former residents, some of whose skeletal remains can be seen as part
of the Paris Catacombs self-guided tour.
The catacombs of Paris are vast and comple...
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beneath paris; A tour through the catacombs is delightfully chilling
Concord Monitor
; Paris has deservedly earned the reputation of the capital city of Europe. But after taking in its world-renowned icons like the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame Cathedral and other highlights on your next trip there, consider seeing some of its lowlights - literally! Unbeknownst to many tourists, 75-100
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Paris through enemy eyes: the Wehrmacht in Paris 1940-1944.
Journal of European Studies
; ... Deutscher Wegleiter fur Paris magazine -- many German soldiers stationed on the Eastern front wrote to him, not for photographs or news from Germany, but rather for subscriptions to Deutscher Wegleiter because it offered a daily listing of all tours and cultural ...
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Rising to the challenge: historians and the "impossible" history of Paris.(Paris: Deux mille ans d'histoire)(Seven Ages of Paris)(Paris: Capital of Modernity)(Planning Paris Before Haussmann)(Paris: Biography of a City)(Book review)
Canadian Journal of History
; Paris: Deux mille ans d'histoire, by Jean Favier. Paris, Fayard, 1997. 1007 pp. 32.00 [euro] (paper). Seven Ages of Paris, by Alistair Home. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2002. 480 pp. $35.00 US (cloth), $16.00 US (paper). Paris: Biography of a City, by Colin Jones. London, Allen Lane, 2004. 592 pp.
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Le gai savoir.(Americans in Paris: a Literary Anthology)(Book Review)
The Nation
; AMERICANS IN PARIS: A Literary anthology. Edited by Adam Gopnik. Library of America. 613 pp. $40. Paris is a very old story, Henry James wrote in 1878--so old, in fact, that it's hard to write about it without falling into cliches about chestnut trees, couture, freedom and l'amour. But making the
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FAMILY FORTUNES As a new documentary explores the glamorous lives of Paris and Nicky Hilton, Precious Williams reveals how the sisters' outrageous antics have helped to transform the fortunes of their family's hotel empire
Mail on Sunday
; Since Paris and Nicky Hilton made their debut on the New York social scene just a few years ago, the Hilton name has come to symboliseparties, paparazzi and beautiful people. In the past, the Hilton family was synonymous only with its worldwide hotel chain, which provides bland, basic rooms to
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`Bonjoor Paree!' The First AIF in Paris, 1916-1918(1).(Australian soldiers)
Journal of Australian Studies
; By 1914 the attraction of Paris for travellers and tourists was world renowned. As the political, cultural and artistic centre of Europe, it was the excitement and fullness of la vie Parisienne that mesmerised its visitors. In 1916 the first Australian soldiers arrived in the French capital,
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BORN AGAIN IN PARIS: THE CITY OF LIGHT TURNS UP THE WATTAGE.(Paris vies to again become the center of fashion)
WWD
; PARIS -- Shoppers are lined up every morning outside the Louis Vuitton shop on the Champs Elysees here, patiently waiting to buy a piece of French luxury. Marc Jacobs just sold his Manhattan apartment and moved his cat and dog into his home in the 7th arondissement here, where he now lives,
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Vive la difference for our Paris Towns not too similar--but 'we have French onion soup sometimes'
Chicago Sun-Times
; PARIS--Oh, how they love to take to the streets here. They'll march for 2, 21/2 hours at a time, sometimes. The mayor of Paris leads the mob from atop a three-wheel motorcycle. "I'd say we had 150 units last summer," he says. "It was pretty good." See, Memorial Day is a big day here in Paris . . .
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Buyers like Paris, despite prices. (Paris fashion shows)
WWD
; ... animal print around. It's a continuing trend that showed up on the runways in London and Milan, too. But for Kaner, the real news in Paris was a sportswear attitude in dressing. At Montana, the fur coats over jackets and blouses in sober and pastel colors ...
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Paris: Capital of the World.(Book Review)
Canadian Journal of History
; Paris: Capital of the World, by Patrice Higonnet. Translated by Arthur Goldhammer. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2002. 493 pp. $35.00 US (cloth), $19.95 US (paper). This is a large book on a large topic, supremely self-confident in its judgments, and supported
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