This weekend is Les Journées du Patrimoine, French Heritage Open Days, and one of the buildings involved is Le Corbusier’s masterpiece the Villa Savoye in Poissy, northeast of Paris. We were there last weekend. It is a splendid Modernist building, constructed around 1930 as a weekend home for a wealthy family. By all accounts, it [...]
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Modern heritage with a capital ‘M’
Posted in France outside Paris, Gardens, Ile de France, Modern design, tagged Heritage Open Days, Journées du Patrimoine, Le Corbusier, Modernism, Poissy, roses, Villa Savoye on September 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The world’s first rose garden?
Posted in France outside Paris, Gardens, Ile de France, Parks, tagged Edouard André, ile de France, rose garden, roseraie, roses, world's first on June 21, 2010 | 4 Comments »
La Roseraie de l’Haÿ is a glorious summer garden, just a few kilometres south of Paris. Dedicated to the queen of flowers, it is the oldest rosarium in France and claims to be “the world’s first rose garden.” It was created in 1890 by Jules Gravereaux, who spent his career working for Aristide and Marguerite [...]
Roses and Rodin
Posted in Gardens, Paris, Secret Paris, tagged café, gardens, Hotel Biron, paeonies, Paris, playground, Rodin, roses, secret on June 6, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Someone asked me the other day about “secret” places in Paris, where it would be fun to take visitors. One of my suggestions was the garden of the Hôtel Biron in the 7th arrondissement. OK, so the building is not exactly a secret, as it currently serves as the musée Rodin, which receives about half [...]
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