II.5.4. NEW HORIZONS

VISITS THAT LET THE YOUNG SEE BEYOND THE FAMILIAR

The royal heritage, the Jewish neighborhood and immigrant vitality 

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The royal heritage at the Saint-Denis Basilica, 

with its tombs and leading to it, 

France's first straight street.

• This knight is not dead but awaiting resurrection.  

• To reach the church, walk through the medieval fair ground next to the métro. It is now a vast market and kids love its raucous energy (on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday mornings).

The Schoolbook (in French)

Harald Wolff 

 

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The traditional Jewish neighborhood 

on a Sunday afternoon 

(At and around des Rosiers, 4e)

• Before the Occupation the district spread as far as Île Saint-Louis, midway across the river. Deportations reduced it to a few streets, where synagogues, restaurants, bookstores and kosher shops multiplied after the war. 

• Today brands have mostly taken over. These photos taken toward 2015 are of sites that have disappeared:

But one comes from all Paris and the suburbs for the tradition that remains... 

(Prices have risen.)

And exhibits at the Mémorial de la Shoah make the visit memorable.

PHOTO  

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Immigrant vigor at La Goutte d'Or  

Anonymous, Echomusée

 

• Children will like the barbershop signs and young tailors, adults the "wax" prints.

  Balandou Coiffure, 42 rue de la Goutte d'Or, near the rue Dejean market

Ibo
27 rue Richomme

End at square Léon... 

After visiting the excellent bakery

at its edge. 

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Introduction to the Louvre