Come with me as I celebrate the life of one of
the greatest writers and poets in France: Baudelaire. Given that Thursday 31
August 2017 marked the 150th anniversary of his death in 1857, I wish to delve deeper into the architectural
and social history that Baudelaire would have experienced in 19th century
Paris.
I’ve noticed that MyFrenchLife™ magazine has
published more than 400 guides – all different ways of experiencing or seeing
the French capital. Yet, in Baudelaire’s lifetime, he saw only three faces of
Paris: –
- the ancient Paris,
- the era of its transformation, and, finally,
- Haussmann’s Paris
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