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Le Marais |
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In between Centre Pompidou and Place des Vosges, Le Marais is today Paris most trendy district. Le Marais became very aristocratic after King Henry IV build the magnificent Place des Vosges in 1605. Many nobles built there magnificent urban residences. The Place des Vosges (right), the Picasso museum and Carnavalet museum, among many other residences, are beautiful testimonies of the glory of that time. |
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Le Marais is also the traditional Jewish district of Paris. Many jews from Eastern Europe settled there during the first half of the last century. Jewish shops and bakeries (right) share Rue des Rosiers (below) with trendy French fashion stores. Le Marais is also Paris' gay area. Close to rue des Rosiers, rue Veille du Temple is the heart of this community with shops, restaurants and cafes. |
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Rue des Rosiers in Le Marais |
The rue des Francs-Bourgeois close by is perhaps Paris most trendy
shopping street. Many shops there sell incredible stuff you will only
find in Paris.
Old streets, urban landscape and churches (Saint-Gervais, Saint-Paul Saint-Louis), museums, communities, trendy shopping, a human size and lively city district where most people walk or ride bicycles, this is Le Marais, Paris city life at its best.
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