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Best Library: Biblioteque Mazarine, St. Germain-des-pres

Posted by Kathleen Clare Waller on Friday, October 12, 2012,


The Mazarine Library in Paris is a hidden, beautiful spot.  If you've been to Paris, you've probably walked right by it and didn't even know it existed.  This is part of its charm.  It seems like a place reserved for Kings, but visitor passes are free for a couple of days or you can purchase yearly passes.  It is a public library; it just looks like a palace. 

History from the website:

La bibliothèque personnelle du cardinal Mazarin (1602-1661), principal ministre de la minorité de Louis XI...
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François-René Duchâble Concert & Poetic History of the Refuge de la Rosary

Posted by Kathleen Clare Waller on Thursday, August 2, 2012,
The helicopter drop...


The concert & poetic history of the refuge, including a century old murder story of an Italian immigrant...

At Refuge de la Rosary, La Tournette, near Thones, France.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois-Ren%C3%A9_Duch%C3%A2ble



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