Davide Sora Posted February 13 Report Share Posted February 13 3 hours ago, Jul said: astonishingly visiting the Sainte Chapelle is not so popular within Parisian. Probably because it is (was) always clogged with tourists... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Televet Posted February 13 Report Share Posted February 13 It is true that when you live you somewhere you tend not to visit the places that are the reasons tourists come to your city. During the short lifting of restrictions in Europe last summer many friends were tourists in their own countries for the first time in many years: going to galleries and museums, visiting historic places, that would normally be filled with foreign tourists. That is one of the glories of Cremona, not that many tourists, but still a beautiful and historic place, famous I understand for the dairy farms in the surrounding countryside. I believe it also has a museum of some kind and someone famous made violins there long ago? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jul Posted February 14 Report Share Posted February 14 21 hours ago, Davide Sora said: Probably because it is (was) always clogged with tourists... absolutely, but Notre Dame was also as the Louvre or the Musée d'Orsay. Those 3 are very popular within Parisian, the Sainte Chapelle is not. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Televet Posted February 14 Report Share Posted February 14 11 hours ago, Jul said: absolutely, but Notre Dame was also as the Louvre or the Musée d'Orsay. Those 3 are very popular within Parisian, the Sainte Chapelle is not. I wonder why? It is a magical venue for live music. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael_Molnar Posted February 15 Author Report Share Posted February 15 On 2/8/2021 at 1:28 PM, Davide Sora said: Le Musée de la Musique, an enviable collection of musical instruments, with several Stradivari and also some finds (some forms), and among other violins also the 1742 Alard violin by Del Gesù, probably the best preserved (although not very well exhibited ...). A ne pas manquer!! https://philharmoniedeparis.fr/en/musee-de-la-musique/collection/pathway-through-the-collection https://collectionsdumusee.philharmoniedeparis.fr/cordes-incontournables.aspx https://collectionsdumusee.philharmoniedeparis.fr/doc/MUSEE/0130508 https://collectionsdumusee.philharmoniedeparis.fr/0157816-violon-le-alard-de-guarnerius-del-gesu.aspx You could also ask for an appointment to meet Jean-Philippe Echard, he seems very willing to show "his" collection, as he states here: I will contact Echard and see if I can visit him. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jul Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 On 2/14/2021 at 8:50 PM, Televet said: I wonder why? It is a magical venue for live music. absolutely. no idea why... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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