Saint Louis, the island secret

Paris is a town of artist. In front of you, musicians, jugglers, painters, storytellers express their feelings, their pain and love of life.

Nothing stops the bearings not D " hesitation to leave a piano hastringue and it is on an air of Ragtime that you will begin your walk in the Saint-Louis island.

Marvellous Saint-Louis island, alive in withdrawal of any agitation. The life is so different from the island of the City, all is calmer there. As if the island of the City were only one lure, deriving crowd and the walkers from a highly historical and prestigious place. You here thus on the Saint-Louis bridge, existing since only 1627. Misfortune seemed to be baited on this bridge which did not have of cease to be destroyed then rebuilt.

You will thus arrive on other side, on the second island parisienne.
If you look at old charts of Paris, you will discover many small islands. Today, there is not more but trois  of it: the island of the City, the Saint-Louis island and the island of the Swans close to the district of Beaugrenelle. Note that derière the Saint-Louis island was the Louvrier island, which was used in XVème century of deposit as wood and which was attached to Right Bank in 1841.

The island of the city measured only 8 hectares of the time of lutèce, but by attaching all the islands neighbourhood, it makes 17 now of them. The island of the Swans opposite Field-of-March was attached to left bank under the empire. Another island of the Swans was built in an artificial way in 1825, it is that which proudly carries the counterpart of the statue of Liberté.
The Saint-Louis island bears this name since 1725, it was called before Notre-Dame and was cut by a channel in 1360 with the site of the street Poulletier. The other part was called the island with the cows, ground being used as grazing ground at the time with some vaches.
It is only at the XVIIème century that the island covers many hotels. What could be more royal than the name of Bourbon? The quay where you are, precisely bears the name of What of Bourbon, directly drawn from the royal family.

Which silence, few people and few cars. The entries of each hotels are well closed by heavy doors. Many commemorative plaques jonorent the prestigious inhabitants of the island: here lived Marthe, Bibesco princess, French writer born in Bucharest. It ya so much of plates, that some became illegible with the wear of time. It would be quite difficult of all to quote them.

A small first impression is offered to us to number 21 of the street Saint-Louis in the island. Old stables were at the bottom of the court, refinement, the luxury and the calm one is released from this hotel built in 1637. Nicolas Gaillard was in was the owner at the time and his/her son was nothing less than the adviser roi.
For in love ones with the policy, with numbers 25, Leon Blum lived during the years of the Popular front. This hotel belonged in 1662 to the secretary of king Antoine Moreau.
In front of the hotel of Jassaud, with number 19, posts itself into large the plate honouring itself with the presence of Camille Claudel, the sculptor.

But the Saint-Louis island wants to show only its frontages well. Thus one saw here. If you come on the island, it remains much to make before discovering of advantage. The secrecy of the places lies in its prestige and its silence. To bore its mystery, it is necessary to admire the interior of its courses. As everywhere on the island, all occurs in the courses.

To visit this island with the miles wonders. With inter alia wonders, the famous Bertillon ices. Taste them by offering a pretty sight to you on the quay of Orléan of the terrace of the Flora in the island…