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The two had seven children that were later legitimized. Check out the podcast next week for a bit more on Montespan and her role in the Poisson Affair, but you can also hear her life story in a past episode. No 9 Colette lived until her death and was often seen being carried down to the Grand Vefour for dinner. No 15 Jean Cocteau lived and was often seen in the garden with Edith.
For Napoleon fans check out the official Napoleon store at number The first-of-its-kind wine bar that served food opened in and still going strong. The rue Vivien was named for Louis Vivien mayor of Paris in and the family that owned the portion of land to the east of the Bibliotheque Nationale.
Rue Viviene was the first roman road that went through Paris to Saint-Denis and would have seen the king venturing past from the Palais du Louvre. Mazarin built the large palace in to hold his art and books that went to Louis XIV after his death.
His book collection is just over the Seine in the Institut de France. In the building was turned into the national collection of books and other treasures in the French state.
