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Histoire de Paris

Le Café de Flore
Fonde à la fin du Secend Empire, son entrée se sie situe alors rue St-Benoit; elle s’ome d’une statue de la déesse qui donne son nom au café, avant de disparaitre dans les travaux du bd St-Germain. Les premiers habitués sont Huysmans et Rémy de Geurmonte. Charles Maurras y crée son mouvement en pleine aftaire Dreyfus et y rédige les premiers numéros de l’«Action francaise». C’est ici qu’Apollinaire, venu en voisin, présente Philippe Soupault à Andre Breten, avec cette consigne: «Vous deviendrez amis». De nombreux écrivains et peintres, des hommes politiques Trotsky et Chou En-Lai, le fréquentent durant l’entre-deux guerres. Pendant les années 30, Jacques Prévert et ses amis du groupe Octobre y établissent bruyamment leur quartier général. En 1930, son entrée passe à l’angle de la rue St-Benoit et du bd St-Germain et il prend l’aspect Art déco conservé au rez-de-chaussée, tandis qu’en 1950 P. Pinsard donne au premler étage un certain style britannique. Durant la guerre, Jean-Paul Sartre et Simone de Beauvoir prennent l’habitude de venir travailler près du gros poêle qu’a fait installer Paul Boubal, patron du café depuis 1939. Après la guerre, il devient le café des «existentialistes».

One of the series of signs describing historical places in Paris. The signs were placed starting in 1992 and are also called sucettes Starck (Starck’s Lollipops) after Philippe Starck who designed them.

The sign stands in front of the famous cafe "Cafe de Fleur" which is the oldest cafe in Paris. A series of intellectuals such as Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir and others were among the regular visitors of the cafe.

The cafe was photographed on the same day Click for a larger image

Translation of the text on the sign:

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History of Paris

Café de Flore
Founded at the end of the Second Empire, its entrance was located on rue St-Benoit; it is overlooked by a statue of the goddess who gives its name to the café, before disappearing into the works on Boulevard St-Germain. The first regulars are Huysmans and Rémy de Geurmonte. Charles Maurras created his movement there in the midst of the Dreyfus affair and wrote the first issues of “Action francaise”. It is here that Apollinaire, who came as a neighbor, introduced Philippe Soupault to Andre Breten, with these instructions: “You will become friends”. Many writers and painters, politicians Trotsky and Chou En-Lai, frequented him during the interwar period. During the 1930s, Jacques Prévert and his friends from the Octobre group noisily established their headquarters there. In 1930, its entrance passed at the corner of rue St-Benoit and bd St-Germain and it took on the Art Deco appearance preserved on the ground floor, while in 1950 P. Pinsard gave it to the first floor. a certain British style. During the war, Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir got into the habit of coming to work near the large stove installed by Paul Boubal, owner of the café since 1939. After the war, it became the café of the “existentialists”.