A SPECTACULAR HOMMAGE TO THE ELITES

STREET SIGNS, RARE EXAMPLES OF POPULAR ENERGY....* 

*Most are in the reserves. For a huge painting of an underclass parade that mocked the Church and the elite, please click.

Lead to a breathtaking staircase and to superb installations of salons:

        The study of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, who headed the economy in about 1660-1680.

With details like these: 

For the early 20th century, installations of a jeweler, a ballroom and evocations of Marcel Proust and Gertrude Stein: 

 

PHOTO STEIN

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A French Revolution that is almost peaceful