There are almost 200 entries in the addictive Everything (or almost everything) About Paris,?/i>a witty and sophisticated treasure trove of facts, histories, lists, records, quotations,nd miscellaneous oddities that go well beyond trivia to include significant culturalnlightenment and a below-the-surface glimpse of what it means to be Parisian.mong the thousands of facts that most certainly haven been assembled in onelace anywhere else: ?The number of brothels, massage parlors and laces of pleasure?listed in a?922 guidebook; ?Famous poisonings that occurred in Paris; ?Addresses of the ten vineyards within the city limits; ?Ten vintage aperitifs to order in bistros; ?Imaginary Parisian streets that appear in novels; ?Fines charged for municipal infractions (from feeding pigeons [35E] to appearingude in a public place [35,000 E and imprisonment]); ?The history of the bikini, the cobblestones, the rooftops, and the trashcans of Paris; ?Exploits staged at the Eiffel Tower from 1891 through 2010; ?Innovative (unadopted) ideas proposed through the years to improve the qualityf life in Paris: shut down museums and put the paintings in bars, turn churchesnto housing for the poor, and more. nd that just for starters.
Everything or Almost Everything About Paris
- 作者： Napias, Jean-Christophe
- 出版社： Little Boo
- 出版日期： 2016-10-04
- ISBN碼： 9781681371023
- 編號： 203c607547494
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