Paris

The secret atlas

For those who thought they knew Paris well, the city is still teeming with unusual and secret places that are easily accessible.

A mysterious monument to Freemasonry at the Champ-de-Mars, an inverted phallus at a well-known entrance, an atomic bomb shelter under Gare de l'Est, unsuspected traces of former brothels, royal monograms hidden in the Louvre courtyard, a sundial designed by Dali, a sublime secret library, a Chinese temple in a parking lot, the effect of the Bièvre river on Parisian geography, the alchemical symbols on Notre-Dame de Paris...