Soul of the Rive Gauche
Oct 06, 2019
2 minutes
THE ART NOUVEAU facade of Hôtel Lutetia rises like the majestic bow of a fashionable ocean liner across Boulevarde Raspail. Over the years, and especially during the time I lived in Paris, I regularly passed the building, promising myself I would one day stay there and enjoy the history of this wonderful folly.
The Lutetia was conceived in 1910 by heirs of
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