Metro : Saint-Paul. 4th
arrondissement.
This is the street which best symbolises the Jewish community of Paris.
When the Parisian Jews were expelled
from the city six hundred years
ago it was here in the Marais that they settled (the Marais being just
outside the boundary at the time). The depth and diversity of their
community has grown over the years through immigration from Eastern
Europe and North Africa. The area is now characterised by its
synagogues, butchers, Jewish sweets and falafel stores, providing a
life both social and deeply spiritual for its inhabitants. The darkest
days for this community came during the second world war, when Vichy
collaboration with the Nazis resulted in the raids which dragged many
residents off to prison camps. Today, the community is an orthodox one,
extremely religious and belonging to one of the two local synagogues;
one located at 25, rue des Rosiers and the other at 10, rue
Pavée, an Art Nouveau synagogue designed by Hector Guimard,
famous for his work on the Paris Metro. In the last ten years the rue
des Rosiers has become equally notable for fashion. The quaint
boutiques of days gone by giving way to gleaming, minimalist display
rooms for some of Europe’s trendiest labels.
PARIS
MYSTERIOUS :
A Strange jewish Cemetery
Trocadero
and Palais de Chaillot history
Arc-de-Triomphe
Les Champs-Elysées
La Place de la Concorde
L'Opéra Garnier
Père-Lachaise Cemetery
Pigalle
Notre-Dame
Musée d'Orsay
Musée du Louvre
Montmartre
La Madeleine
Buttes-Chaumont
Les Invalides
Ile St-Louis
Bastille
Tuileries Gardens
Saint-Sulpice
Musée
Marmottan
Eiffel Tower
Passages and Galeries
Palais-Royal