Winemaking firefighters, a tree in a church, an inverted phallus at a well-known entrance, an atomic bomb shelter
under Gare de l Est, unsuspected traces of former brothels, the patron saint of motorists, royal monograms hidden in
the Louvre courtyard, the presentation of Christ s crown of thorns, a prehistoric merry-go-round, a sundial designed
by Dalí, war-wounded palm trees, bullet holes at the ministry, religious plants in a priest s garden, a mysterious
monument to Freemasonry at the Champ-de-Mars, a solid gold sphere in parliament, a Chinese temple in a parking
lot, the effect of the Bièvre river on Parisian geography, a blockhouse in the Bois de Boulogne . . .
For those who thought they knew Paris well, the city is still teeming with unusual and secret places that are easily
accessible.
