{"id":31677,"date":"2019-11-19T05:30:07","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T04:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=31677"},"modified":"2019-11-12T02:37:03","modified_gmt":"2019-11-12T01:37:03","slug":"la-place-dauphine-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/la-place-dauphine-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"La Place Dauphine – Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been to Paris so often that sometimes I think I must have seen it all (even though I know I have so much more to discover!) On my recent trip, I got to discover one of those little hidden gems that make Paris so wonderful … and I had been walking right by it for years!<\/p>\n

La place des Vosges<\/a> will always be one of my favorite\u00a0place<\/strong> (public square)<\/em> in Paris. But after watching un reportage<\/strong>1<\/a><\/sup>You can watch the reportage<\/em> – including people playing boules<\/em> – on YouTube here.<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>(a story\/news story)<\/em> recently from Des racines et des ailes<\/a>, I knew that on my next trip to Paris I needed to make my way to la place Dauphine.<\/p>\n

La place Dauphine\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Dating back to the 17th century (1607), la place Dauphine, like la place des Vosges, was built under Henri IV<\/a>. Originally called place Royale, it was renamed in honor of the king’s son, the future Louis XIII, and dauphin de France<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Dauphin<\/strong> (which also means\u00a0dolphin)<\/em> is the name traditionally attributed to the heir to the throne of France (at least as far back as the 14th when it was a condition of France’s absorption of a neighboring principality)2<\/a><\/sup>A little bit like Prince Charles in England is the Prince of Wales<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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Stepping into la place Dauphine is like stepping out of the city … and out of time. While you are just steps away from the Seine, and the traffic of the \u00cele de la<\/b> Cit\u00e9,it feels a world away from the cares of today. When we were there, there were even people playing p\u00e9tanques\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>(or\u00a0boules<\/strong>) right in the middle of the park.<\/p>\n

Situated at the end of the \u00cele de la Cit\u00e9,\u00a0<\/b>la place Dauphine is situated between the Palais de Justice<\/strong> (home to the highest court in France) and the parc du Vert-Galant<\/a> (and a statue of Henri IV).<\/p>\n

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My only regret is that I didn’t have more time to sit and enjoy. I know that on my next trip to Paris, I’ll be making some time to\u00a0fl\u00e2ner <\/strong>(stroll, wander)<\/em> around la place and enjoy myself.<\/p>\n

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