Giancarlo Liguori
Today on Bastille Day, one of France’s most important national observances, let me take you to the chunk of real estate where it all began. On the Right Bank of the Seine several blocks away from the Place des Vosges, the Bastille neighborhood has for a number of years now a favorite destination for Parisians (and increasingly for visitors as well) for various reasons.
Named for the infamous medieval prison whose storming on this date in 1789 was a key moment in a world-chang
