As is known, Dumas “played” in the Lyon library the diaries of a certain D’Artagnan, captain of the royal musketeers who served under Louis XIV.
As a result of artistic processing, D'Artagnan was transferred to the time of Louis XIII, the father of Louis XIV, and the names of his friends and enemies, found in various memoirs and diaries, acquired features and biographies that in no way corresponded to their prototypes. Dumas settled his heroes around Paris, indicating the addresses of their meetings, residences, duels...
And these addresses are today located in the most interesting areas of Paris. Traveling through them – this is a journey through a centuries-old city with all its history, culture and beauty.
So, the place where Milady lived - both in the 17th and 21st centuries - is one of the most beautiful and fashionable squares in Paris, and D'Artagnan himself lived next door to the Senate, the Luxembourg Gardens and Catherine Deneuve's apartment... The Palace of Anne of Austria &ndash ; and today one of the most elegant places in Paris, and Buckingham lived between Notre-Dame Cathedral and one of the castles of the 15th century, which still flaunts its towers and battlements...
There are two zoos and two aquariums in Paris.
The ancient aviary-type zoo is located in the Bois de Vincennes (Bois De Vincennes). The cage-type zoo is located in the area of Austerlitz Station (Gare d'Austerlitz).
It is located on the territory of an ancient botanical garden, founded before the French Revolution. A paleontology museum was also built on the territory of this botanical garden.
Poitiers (Poitiers, ancient Limonum) is a city in France, on the Maple River (Loire basin) - the main city of the historical region of Poitou and the administrative center of the Vienne department, a fairly large and busy city. On the site of a fortress of the Celtic tribe of Pictavia, the city of Limonum arose in the Gallo-Roman era. It was one of the most important Roman metropolises in Aquitain...
Père Lachaise - literally Father Lachaise, confessor of the royal chair, i.e. king. The confessor of Louis XIV, Père Lachaise, was buried here, after whom the cemetery is named.
In this cemetery, in ancient, exquisite crypts decorated with statues of famous sculptors, celebrities are buried - the pride of France:
Jean-Baptiste Moliere, Jean de La Fontaine, Honoré de Balzac, Oscar Wilde, Edith Piaf, ...