The small but lively Beaubourg quarter , brimming with art galleries and cafés, has become a major tourist attraction since the construction of the Centre Georges Pompidou. This inside-out hulk of modern architecture has become the focus of the area and receives more annual visitors than either the Musée du Louvre or the Eiffel Tower. Les Halles was the marketplace of Paris for 800 years, its glass-covered pavilions packed with butchers, fishmongers and fruit and vegetable stalls; novelist Emile Zola called it “the belly of Paris”. In 1969, the market was demolished and moved to the suburbs to alleviate traffic congestion. Sadly, the soulless underground shopping mall, Forum des Halles, replaced it, but there are still a few old-time bistros and specialist food shops that survive to recall its former character.
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An absolutely impeccable restaurant:
http://www.au-chien-qui-fume.com/
It's amazing how many of my friends (French, English or otherwise) seem to have discovered this place and loved it!
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Museum of trades - houses Cugnot's 1770 steam wagon (fardier a vapeur) and pioneer aviator Clement Ader's 'Avion' aircraft, as well as examples of early telegraph and computer technology
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