Jean-Christophe Argillet is a specialist in Pre-Columbian Art and director of Furstenberg Gallery. This is at Saint Germain des Pres (near the charming Place Furstenberg) that the Gallery offers enthusiasts and aesthetes alike the opportunity to discover certain works created by the peoples of the central and southern continent of America, before the discovery of the continent by Christopher Columbus in 1492. This Passionate about culture, a great lover of art, reveals to Paris Select his favorite addresses in Paris...
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A museum that you particularly like?
Le Louvre, its immensity and its mystery as soon as it opens at 9 a.m. to see 3 or 4 masterpieces there for at most an hour, go to work and come back often.
Louvre Museum, Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris
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A monument you admire?
THEConcord Obelisk, so eminently Parisian even though it comes to us from Luxor!
Place de la Concorde, 75008 Paris
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A garden to relax?
Mine but I'll never tell you where it is, it's my Secret garden.
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The Parisian places where you like to stroll?
the Seine during a dinner cruise because Paris is a city which is admired rather from below than from above.
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A restaurant where you have your habits?
At Ly Balzac Paris 8th: Thai, Hong Kong and Cantonese cuisine, only with fresh products and concocted with love by Mrs Ly.
Chez Ly Balzac, 8 Rue Lord Byron, 75008 Paris or 95 Avenue Niel, 75 Paris
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A restaurant for special occasions?
Le Relay Louis XIII for the completely classic but superbly mastered cuisine of Manuel Martinez which I will never tire of.
The Relais Louis XIII, 8 Rue des Grands Augustins, 75006 Paris
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A bar where to bask?
The intimate and very refined bar of " The hotel " , in communion of spirit with Oscar Wilde who ended his life there.
The Hotel, 13 Rue des Beaux Arts, 75006 Paris
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A pastry where to enjoy?
"The Little Mitrons" and their divine pie crusts as fine as caramelized
Les Petits Mitrons, 26 Rue Lepic, 75018 Paris
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A favorite market?
That of the Levi's Street in the 17th. Not cheap but very good products that make you want
Rue de Lévis, 75017 Paris
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A place that you find romantic?
Without hesitation the crossing of the Pont des Arts.
Pont des Arts, 75006 Paris
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An esteemed bookstore?
Since the unfortunate disappearance of the Hune, devoured by the Paris of Luxury, the Bookstore L'Ecume des Pages on the Boulevard Saint Germain which replaces it quite honorably with a fine selection of books.
Ecume des Pages bookseller, 174 Bd Saint-Germain, 75006 Paris
◊ A district that evokes the Parisian style?
For me, there are as many neighborhoods in Paris as there are styles of Parisians. Everyone actually finds the one that suits them best to fix their nest.
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