Winemaking firefighters, a tree in a church, an invertedphallus at a well-known entrance, an atomic bomb shelterunder Gare de l'Est, unsuspected traces of former brothels,the patron saint of motorists, royal monograms hidden inthe Louvre courtyard, the presentation of Christ's crown ofthorns, a prehistoric merry-go-round, a sundial designedby Dalí, war-wounded palm trees, bullet holes at theministry, religious plants in a priest's garden, a mysteriousmonument to Freemasonry at the Champ-de-Mars, a solidgold sphere in parliament, a Chinese temple in a parkinglot, the effect of the Bièvre river on Parisian geography, ablockhouse in the Bois de Boulogne .For those who thought they knew Paris well, the city isstill teeming with unusual and secret places that are easilyaccessible.Cover photo credit: Celine Ylmz on Unsplash.
Secret Paris