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Introducing Paris

Well informed, eloquent and oh-so-romantic, the ‘City of Light’ is a philosopher, a poet, a crooner. As it always has been, Paris is a million different things to a million different people.

Paris has all but exhausted the superlatives that can reasonably be applied to any city. Notre Dame and the Eiffel Tower – at sunrise, at sunset, at night – have been described countless times, as have the Seine and the subtle (and not-so-subtle) differences between the Left and Right Banks. But what writers have been unable to capture is the grandness and even the magic.

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Maritess' work display in permanent exhibition in Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.
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Maritess' work display in permanent exhibition in Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.

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  • Parc du Champ de Mars with Eiffel Tower in background.
  • Paintings and sofa on exhibit at Espace Dali museum.
  • Detail of Hymne a l'Amour record at Musee Edith Piaf.
  • Sunbathers on banks of River Siene at the Paris Plage (Paris beach).
  • Bread in window on Rue Ramponeau in Belleville.
  • People relaxing in cafe on Place de la Sorbonne Square in the St-Germain area.
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