the monuments of Paris

Paris is the museum treasure; it is no secret. For many visitors it is a decisive factor to come to the city and stay here for a long time. Due to the sanitary conditions in 2020 many of them were temporally closed to the public. Some of them took an advantage of the situation by realizing titanic interior and exterior transformations. And here I’m with the good news! A number of outstanding museums in Paris will finally reopen their doors to the visitors...

Let’s suppose you’re a great admirer of the Renaissance and you’re finally in Paris. If you ask yourself a question: where to go and what to see to meet this epoch face to face, - I’m here to help. So I propose to start from the beginning...The word “Renaissance” from Italian is "la Rinascitta”, which means rebirth. The “dark” Middle Ages were changed by the new age of Intellectual and artistic revival...

Paris is wearing the autumn now. As a guide, an observer and admirer of the city, I admit – this “golden” time fits Paris very well! To see best the way this season decorates the capital I would recommend visiting its most beautiful gardens. And here, I assure you, Paris has certainly something to offer...

I invite you, dear visitor, to continue our voyage through the epochs on the way to meet the medieval Paris this time. We get somewhere between the 5th and 15th centuries. The future Paris lives hard times. The Roman Empire collapsed. The city is occupied by Francs, whose king Clovis I makes of Paris his capital and Christianizes the Parisians. Actually, the latter is considered to be “the first king of what would become later France"...

Montmartre today, like never before…Yesterday I strolled around one of my favorite areas in the north of Paris, - the charming Montmartre. That place had never stopped surprising me. This time was not an exception. Surprisingly so, I was captivated by its quiet, peaceful and so charmingly beautiful atmosphere. I caught myself on a thought that I never have known Montmartre from this side...