July 26, 2024
Tag: Place du Carrousel
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The Bird Charmer at Tuileries Gardens
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Being a bird charmer is not a normal profession but, if you live in Paris, there is a much greater chance that you could actually make a living charming mankind’s feathered friends. The Tuileries Gardens near the Louvre was the perfect place for Henri Pol to ply this trade.
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An event in Chicago of October 1871 is often called the Great Chicago Fire. Why? It was tragic in terms of lives lost and property damaged. People were forced to live in tents. The city was in chaos for years. Interesting how such happenings are remembered.