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PRIVILEGED ENTRIES INTO FRANCE is a non-profit organization whose local members are specialists, artists and other residents, delighted to show you our country. "Privileged entries" into French culture are our personal contributions. They let PEF's visitors perceive the country in fresh ways and open doors that are often unknown to Parisians themselves.
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... by presenting Paris thoughtfully and with imagination. |
- As well, we reveal the little-known
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they were created for a small group of Parisians, many of whom had highly demanding professions... and standards to match. As well, Paris is both an international Mecca for the arts and cultural capital of an exceptionally centralized State. Our members were solicited by dozens of cultural events each night - we were obliged to be exceptional.
We succeeded because Parisians helped. Members, or people who simply liked what we were doing, suggested leads and opened private doors: "priviliged entries". That's how we came to produce several completely original events a month... for 20 years. |
We take the most interesting to propose:
•Inside access to the worlds of elegance, cuisine and wines, art history, châteaux, landscaping... •New ways of viewing world-known monuments and legendary neighborhoods... or explorations of little-known places •Personal receptions in galleries, private collections and artists' studios •Discoveries of religious, ethnic and national minorities •Excursions that combine the publicized and the private •After dark... •For groups, soirées that feature almost any kind of music or original performances in which artists look back to their heritage and renew it. |
- A personal network is at "privileged entries' " heart
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- Another strength, presenting France's planet-shaking history - which draws in almost everything
and explains so much
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- For specific information on...
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Going beyond it does. That's one reason why these pages are detailed.
France's legendary civilization is changing... in a direction that is unique.
That is what these suggestions' explore.
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Catherine Loveland Aubin Vassar B.A., Harvard M.A., Columbia PhD All in History |
Photo credits: Unless otherwise said, photos are by Claude Abron©.
Insurrection / schoolbook; soirée / Harald Wolff Webmaster / David Worms; banner / Julien Debure
Most photos and drawings are copyrighted, but we may give you permission to use them if you ask. |






