Abélard and Héloïse, Napoléon and Joséphine, Rodin and Camille, Sand and Chopin, Modigliani and Hébuterne, Sartre and de Beauvoir, Breton and Nadja, Miller and Nin, Gainsbourg and Birkin… The ghosts of Paris’s passionate lovers seem to haunt its every café, its every street corner, and even its cemeteries, where often-tumultuous romances have transmuted into peaceful shared journeys into eternity.

Telling the history of Paris one street at a time. Part four: a quiet, respectable street behind the Panthéon where words have always held special importance, but where one word in particular reveals a terrible past.

Choosing entertainment in any large city, Paris included, means investigating a wide range of options.  Whether your goal is to enhance cultural awareness, improve language, delve into pertinent artistic trends, or simply chuckle the evening away, a click to one Internet site can set you on your way.  Thanks to this site one recent Saturday evening, I thoroughly enjoyed a show at the Comédie République, Paris 3e.

In 1860 a little-known 35-year-old architect named Charles Garnier won the competition to build Paris a new opera house. Launched under the auspices of Emperor Napoleon III and his civic planner, Baron Haussmann, the contest attracted 171 proposals and was part of the duo’s plans to remake their capital.

Since France’s failed bid for the Olympics in 2007, the once-targeted area in the 17th arrondissement has become a fury of construction and renovation, promising a revitalized neighborhood that abuts some already treasured landmarks. And so, like many undertakings in this country of all things detailed and beautiful, the French commenced with the creation of a park.

Telling the history of Paris one street at a time. Part three: Rue du Rocher, an ancient Roman road leading up to the site of a forgotten cemetery, is a street that has always adapted to the times without sentiment.

Telling the history of Paris one street at a time. Part two: how a street originally situated outside of the city walls and forgotten for decades has become one of the most photographed thoroughfares in Paris.

Are you visiting Paris with children? Want your to prevent your children from going wild?  Paris offers some activities that would let your little one have fun, while you too can enjoy Paris. Here are five activities for toddlers, from a Parisian mother.

Let's take a look at the history of Paris, one street at a time. First, a street much admired by Henry Miller that hides a modern architectural gem. Are you wondering which one it is? Come, let's walk rue Laffitte and learn more about Jacques Laffitte, the man behind the street.