VISITS THAT LET THE YOUNG SEE BEYOND WHAT IS FAMILIAR...
The royal cemetery, 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 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. But people come from all Paris and the suburbs for the traditional establishments that still exist, especially on Sunday afternoons:
(Prices have risen)
- For teens, the outstanding exhibits of the Shoah Memorial make this visit memorable.
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
27 rue Richomme
These suggestions are meant
to lead kids to want
to see and know more.
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