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"The enormous wedding cake of a building in front of you is the Hotel de Ville — the city hall of Paris. The city has been governed from this exact spot since thirteen fifty-seven. Nearly seven hundred years of mayors, uprisings, and municipal paperwork, all administered from one riverside address. And that river is the reason you know a very useful French word."

Hear the full story in the app — narrated and timed to play right where you're standing.

The Reveal

This stop is part of the tour’s larger story. An optional reveal at the end lets you revisit which details stayed perfectly honest and which got a little extra help.

Hear the full story at Hôtel de Ville

This is just one of 9 stops on the Le Marais: Mansions, Masterpieces & the Best Falafel in Europe tour. Download the app, put in your headphones, and experience it for real.

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