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‘The city of Paris offered a diamond necklace as an engagement present to Empress Eugénie, future bride of Napoleon III. She refused it and asked for its sale to fund a house for orphans, the building for which still exists today. The architect designed it in the form of a diamond necklace!
(Doesn't this true story beat the diamond story in the film Titanic?)’
— Mar 23, 2023 02:16AM
(Doesn't this true story beat the diamond story in the film Titanic?)’
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Charlie Fenton
is on page 132 of 192
‘With around 400 stations, Paris's metro network holds hidden secrets. One of those is that at least 14 of them were either never used, abandoned or no longer in use.
The Porte des Lilas station is rented out as a film set.’
— Mar 28, 2023 01:36PM
The Porte des Lilas station is rented out as a film set.’
Charlie Fenton
is on page 57 of 192
‘With its 440,000 square metres, the Père Lachaise cemetery feels like a city within the city. It is the most visited cemetery in the world with an impressive A-list of tomb owners.
One of its most famous grandiose tombstones is that of Oscar Wilde.
The tradition is to kiss it with red lipstick for good luck in love.’
— Mar 23, 2023 02:48AM
One of its most famous grandiose tombstones is that of Oscar Wilde.
The tradition is to kiss it with red lipstick for good luck in love.’
Charlie Fenton
is on page 28 of 192
‘24-29 August 1572 were among the deadliest nights of Paris' history, with several thousand Protestant leaders massacred by surprise after attending the wedding ceremony of Marguerite de Valois and the future
King Henry IV.’
Basis for the Red Wedding in Game of Thrones maybe?
— Mar 23, 2023 02:14AM
King Henry IV.’
Basis for the Red Wedding in Game of Thrones maybe?
