Showing posts with label Edith Piaf. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Edith Piaf. Show all posts

Thursday, December 13, 2018

MOULIN ROUGE

PARIS, FRANCE

The Moulin Rouge was immortalized by Toulouse-Lautrec and was the cradle of the music hall with the famous Mistinguett.

Since it opened in 1889, it has dazzled the whole world. Edith Piaf, Liza Minnelli, Frank Sinatra and Elton John … numerous French and international personalities have over the years become enamoured of this legendary cabaret.

The room is magnificently decorated in belle époque style and red velvet, with typical burlesque frescoes.

A wonderful place to enjoy gourmet French food by the Chef David le Quellec, served with champagne - the official drink of the cabaret.

Admire a troupe of 60 artists from all over the world who perform twice each evening in the revue 'Féerie', a show made up of four breathtaking acts: feathers, rhinestones, sequins, sparkling decor, acrobats, original music, international attractions.

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Thursday, December 6, 2018

CIMETIÈRE DU PÈRE LACHAISE

PARIS, FRANCE

The Père Lachaise cemetery takes its name from King Louis XIV's confessor, Father François d'Aix de La Chaise.

It is the most prestigious and most visited necropolis in Paris.

Situated in the 20th arrondissement of Paris, it extends 44 hectares and contains 70,000 burial plots.

The cemetery is a mix between an English park and a shrine.

All funerary art style are represented: Gothic graves, Haussmanian burial chambers, ancient mausoleums.

On the green paths, visitors cross the burial places of famous men and women; Honoré de Balzac, Guillaume Apollinaire, Frédéric Chopin, Colette, Jean-François Champollion, Jean de La Fontaine, Molière, Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, Jim Morrison, Alfred de Musset, Edith Piaf, Camille Pissarro and Oscar Wilde.

--parisinfo.com