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Les Frigos
warehouse studios
19 rue des Frigos, 13ème • 01 44 24 96 96
www.les-frigos.com
After years of struggle, this huge artists community
has won the right to stay in the old refrigerated
warehouses of the SNCF. Call for details of the
twice-yearly official open days, usually organized
in May and September. Otherwise, impromptu
individual visits are usually permitted.
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Louise Weiss Galleries
art central
The vibrant art scene on rue Louise Weiss has not
looked back since 1997, when a project was hatched to
group a number of galleries (mostly open 11-7
Tue- Sat) on this small street in the developing 13th
arrondissement. Try Galerie Praz-Delavallade
(www.praz-delavallade.com, at No. 28), with its focus
on US artists, or Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin (at No.
30), a showcase for European and Japanese talent.
Cité Universitaire
campus buildings
Boulevard Jourdan, 14ème • 01 43 13 65 96
www.ciup.fr •
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Cité Universitaire
These wildly eclectic residences were built from
1925, and still house foreign university students.
The Asian and Armenian colleges follow their
respective national architecture; the Swiss (by Le
Corbusier) and Dutch (by Willem Dudok) express
these notable architects individual styles.
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Manufacture des Gobelins
tapestries
42 avenue des Gobelins, 13ème • 01 44 08 52 00
Visits Tue-Thu at 2pm & 2:45pm
Founded in 1662 to supply Louis XIV with royal furn-
ishings, the Gobelins factory still uses 17th-century
techniques to produce tapestries that are now hung
in state buildings and embassies. Conducted in
French, guided visits take in the factory, the Beauvais
tapestry and Savonnerie carpet workshops.
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