Apartments in the famous neighbourhoods of Paris

The building of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France in a formerly rundown, Seine-side part of the 13th arrondissement, was the most expensive of an array of hugely ambitious projects whereby President Mitterand left his indelible stamp on modern Pais. Whatever you ...

The neighbourhood between Raspail and Denfert-Rochereau, which features in Puccini’s La Bohème, has quietened down in recent years. Only the edgy Cartier Foundation, in its glass cocoon on Boulevard Raspail, livens up the neighbourhood on exhibition opening nights. ...

Ménilmontant was once a solidly working class district known for its incendiary politics and its lively music halls. It still retains its working class roots and has been home to successive waves of immigrants, but it’s become increasingly popular with artists, ...