Tag: Rue Aubriot
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Helmut Newton, Kissing Rue Aubriot 01 Photograph, Streets of Paris, by the artists of their time, Part 64 – With Footnotes
Rue Aubriot is named after Hugues Aubriot, provost of Paris under Charles V. The latter is known to have taken measures of leniency with regard to the Jews of Paris. For this, he was accused of impiety, imprisoned in the Bastille, then released by mutineers. He is also the builder of the Bastille, on which he…