Secret Paris

A priest who blesses animals, winemaking firefighters, a tree in a church, an inverted phallus at a well-known entrance, an atomic bomb shelter under Gare de l€Est, a real Breton lighthouse near Montparnasse, unsuspected traces of former brothels, a 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 Dal­, 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 Bi¨vre 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.