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Walking Tour
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Latin Quarter

Hunt for the only surviving mark of an 18th-century eccentric. Nicolas-Edme Restif de la Bretonne, nicknamed "Griffon" for his habit of engraving nightly messages on Parisian walls, left just one trace you can still see: "1764 NICOLAS" carved on a pillar of Place des Vosges.

Literary pilgrimage
Hidden Paris secret
18th century graffiti
Tiny urban curiosity

Tips

📍look between numbers 11 and 13
🖋️he signed "Griffon" on hundreds of walls

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2 Rue de la Bûcherie, 75005 Paris, France