museum of fairground arts in paris Archives - TravelsFinders.Com ® http://travelsfinders.com/tag/museum-of-fairground-arts-in-paris Tue, 28 Mar 2017 15:21:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Museum of Fairground Art of Paris http://travelsfinders.com/museum-of-fairground-art-of-paris.html http://travelsfinders.com/museum-of-fairground-art-of-paris.html#respond Fri, 17 Feb 2017 12:03:00 +0000 http://travelsfinders.com/?p=232251 In a nutshell: The area called Bercy, located in the eastern part of Paris, was settled some time before the 12th century. It became the world’s largest wine port, sitting on some 43 hectares (a hectare is a bit less than 2.5 acres) and was an exciting, lively area. In 1979 the Paris City Council voted to begin redevelopment of east Paris beginning with an arena that is home to many sports events and concerts. Most of the wine cellars were demolished, but those wine cellars or Pavillons de Bercy left standing remain as the last examples of this type

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