Memorial plaques in Paris - Tours?

Can anyone recommend any tours of the memorial plaques in Paris? Alternatively, does anyone know of a guide listing these plaques, and the background to each? Thank you.

|||

I don%26#39;t know of any tours but if you stroll around Paris you will see many of these plaques.

They are very poignant and if you have an interest in the history of Paris they are facinating. ( My wife nearly thinks so now !)

There are two good sites that I know of but both are in French .

…gilles-primout.fr/epp01.htm

This one allows you to search by arrondissement:

http://www.plaques-commemoratives.org/plaques

This particular one we stumbled accross and I just had to do some research on as it marks an incredible event during the liberation:

plaques-commemoratives.org/plaques/…view

It is at the start of the quay at Concord as you head towards down towards Pont Alexandre.

Particular poignant when you see the view that these courageous men had when faced with this ordeal.

Hope this helps

Neal

|||

Many of the schools have plaques outside saying that children from this school died in WWII and we must remember!

This is a great post.

|||

This IS a great post. Keep the info coming, I would like to do such a tour in my upcoming trip.

|||

Are these the historic markers that look like oars with the paddle at the top and set in front of a building?

Pjk

|||

www.paris-walks.com do guided walks about Paris under the Nazi Occupation.

|||

There are also a couple of specialty historic ..routes..%26#39; across or around Paris that are marked by plaques--

ARAGO MEDALIONS--Representing the Paris Prime Meridian--

parissweethome.com/parisrentals/art_uk.php…

PHILIPPE AUGUSTE WALL--Old Roman Wall remnants--

http://www.philippe-auguste.com/uk/

|||

There is a memorial plaque on the building at 6 Quai de Grenelle. It memorializes a rather dark part of Parisian history. It is called the Place Martyrs Juifs du Vel%26#39;d%26#39;Hiv. A wonderful historical fiction was set around the story. It%26#39;s called Sarah%26#39;s Key. I urge anyone with an interest in Paris during WWII to read it. Metro: Bir Hakeim (Ligne 6)

|||

Thank you SO much, Nealrover and KDKSAIL: the %26#39;plaques-commemoratives%26#39; site is exactly what I was looking for (I have already printed out a list of addresses in the 7e, which is where we%26#39;ll be staying)! And the site on the Philippe Auguste wall also looks good - I%26#39;ll be more aware of this wall, when we visit Paris next week!

|||

I think you should do one of the two hour walks on the Occupation of Paris, whichever group happens to fit your schedule. I personally have taken one with

Classic Walks and it was very illuminating.

While not specifically related to any of the individual plaques...it will give you an impression of the conditions which existed that caused them to appear.

classicwalksparis.com/tour/walking-tours/the…

|||

This is%26#39;nt directly related to a tour but I was at Barnes and Nobel and came across a book called Walks through lost Paris by Leonard Pitt. The book details what the streets of Paris were like before Haussmann revamped the city in the 19th century. Each page shows pictures comparing each street and how it changed and interesting stories behing different areas of the city. The book gave alot of information I had not come across before, it is a very interesting read for those interested in the history of the city.