Saint-Germain-Des-Prés,
magical word.
It is a unique district of Paris, where various movements of
artistic and literary creation kept close and intermingled in
a universe of freedom.
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The
Café de Flore appeared at the beginning of the third Republic, probably
in 1887. Its name comes from small divinity sculpture which was
on the other side of the boulevard.
At the end of the nineteenth century, Charles Mauras, who, lived
at the second floor, wrote his book entitled "Under the Flore
sign".
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The
Birth of surrealism at the Café de Flore
Apollinaire, Aragon, André
Breton…
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1939-
The Occupation
Jean-Sartre
and Simone De Beauvoir
got warm at the Café
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Paris,
after the War
Existentialism
became incarnate in the Youth,
who was mad with freedom,
Juliette Gréco, Boris Vian...
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The 60's
The New Wave
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From
the 80's to nowadays
Saint-Germain-des-Prés
became the most famous village of France
in the World!
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What could we say about the Flore, perhaps that he has known how to be and remain a unique and protected place or that it has become the place for the exchange fashions and thoughts, that it pertains to each one and to everybody at the same time...
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