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History ExhibitionHistory ExhibitionNicolas 1764 - plus vieux vieux graffiti de Paris
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An 18th-century writer nicknamed "Le Griffon" carved hundreds of inscriptions across Paris, and this 1764 graffiti is the only one that survived. Find it etched on a pillar at Place des Vosges, where Nicolas-Edme Restif de la Bretonne left his mark 260 years ago.
historical curiosity
quirky Paris history
Place des Vosges
18th century writer
Tips
🪶"he wondered if his etchings would still be in the same place the following year"
🔍look on the pillar exterior between numbers 11 and 13
đź“–author of 'Noites de Paris' about medieval city life
Nicolas 1764 - plus vieux vieux graffiti de Paris
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History ExhibitionHistory ExhibitionAn 18th-century writer nicknamed "Le Griffon" carved hundreds of inscriptions across Paris, and this 1764 graffiti is the only one that survived. Find it etched on a pillar at Place des Vosges, where Nicolas-Edme Restif de la Bretonne left his mark 260 years ago.
historical curiosity
quirky Paris history
Place des Vosges
18th century writer
Tips
🪶"he wondered if his etchings would still be in the same place the following year"
🔍look on the pillar exterior between numbers 11 and 13
đź“–author of 'Noites de Paris' about medieval city life