II.1.3. LORDS STEP OUT FROM THE SHADOWS

 MENU : 2.1.3. Lords step out of shadow

 

NOBLES ARE AT THE HEART OF FRENCH CULTURE 

This walk addresses their memory. 

Magnificent door knockers emphasize the closed portals: The American by Henry James (1877) describes the restricted society within. 

Many settled on the route to Versailles to be nearer the king. Their descendants live there still. 

Follow the river.

Quai Voltaire and pont du Carrousel

Adapted from Mappy

In brief

• Recollection

• An attempt to understand them

• Push open this door

• Farther on

• Plaques reveal this river bank's prestige

• More antiquarians

• "A neighborhood of impressive appearance and noble dwellings"

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Recollection