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Paris in Bleu Blonde Rouge

by Claudine Hemingway

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The Louvre Heist, One Year Later

October 19, 2026 · 35 min

One year ago today, the unthinkable happened. On a quiet Sunday morning, as Paris woke up, four thieves pulled off the heist that would shock the world. It was October 19, 2025, along the Quai François Mitterrand, below the window of the…
The Beginning and the End of Marie Antoinette

October 13, 2026 · 36 min

On October 16, 1793, the blade fell and ended the life of Marie Antoinette. Today, 233 years later, she remains one of the world's most popular figures. This autumn, two exhibits have opened at the Château de Versailles and Fontainebleau…
The Creation of Christian Dior

October 6, 2026 · 35 min

On April 18, 1946, Christian Dior was walking down the Rue Saint Honoré and stumbled upon a cast-iron star at the edge of the sidewalk. During WWII, Dior worked for the Lucien Lelong fashion house alongside Pierre Balmain, negotiating the…
The Meridian & Gnomon of the Eglise Saint Sulpice

September 29, 2026 · 29 min

On the first day of each season at true noon, inside the Église Saint-Sulpice, the sun hits a small hole in the window high above the south transept, and on the spring and autumn equinox, it hits a brass marker just inside the altar. But…
Anne of Austria and her Summer Apartments of the Palais du Louvre

September 22, 2026 · 32 min

Anne d’Autriche was born on September 22, 1601, 425 years ago today. The wife of Louis XIII and the mother of Louis XIV has emblazoned her story into the history books, but it’s a set of rooms within the Louvre that really makes her legacy…

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Henri Desire Landru, the Blue Beard of Gambais

September 15, 2026 · 20 min

Henri Désiré Landru was born on April 12, 1869, in Paris, near the lovely Buttes Charmant. As a child, he seemed destined for a life in the church, but his path took a sharp turn along the way. In 1912, at was the start of the Great War…
The 1792 Theft of the Crown Jewels

September 8, 2026 · 29 min

In September 1792, over five nights, thieves broke into the Garde-Meuble and stole thousands of France's Crown Jewels. Of course, there is the “Heist of the Century” that hit the Musée du Louvre on October 19, 2025, but it pales in…
Saving the Louvre

September 1, 2026 · 29 min

In 1939, as Hitler came knocking on the door of France, the keepers of the great art of Paris sprang into action. While Hitler’s art-loving henchmen headed to Paris with a shopping list of must-have pieces of art, the treasures of the…
The Liberation of Paris

August 25, 2026 · 34 min

There are many events that truly altered and changed the entire trajectory of hundreds of thousands of people's lives. Every five years, we mark the rounded anniversaries of the Armistice, VE Day, D-Day, and the Liberation of Paris. While…
The Theft of the Mona Lisa

August 18, 2026 · 24 min

Six days a week, for 115 years since her theft, more than 30,000 people a day push and shove to snap a photo or selfie with the Mona Lisa, and most have no idea why they even need to. On a hot Sunday, August 20, 1911, at around 4 pm…
The Birth of the Musée du Louvre

August 10, 2026 · 25 min

On August 10, 1793, the Musée Central des Arts de la République was opened. You may know it as the Musée du Louvre. Art was not a stranger to the Palais du Louvre and going back to the 16th century, François I first held a few of his…
The Vow of Louis XIII & Notre Dame de Paris

August 4, 2026 · 20 min

On February 10, 1638, Louis XIII officially proclaimed the Virgin as the “special protector of the kingdom of France”. After 23 years of marriage, Queen Anne d’Autriche was finally pregnant, and Louis XIII vowed his kingdom to the Virgin…