Esther Lachmann (French: [ɛstɛʁ laʃman]; better known as La Païva (French: [la paiva]); 7 May 1819 – 21 January 1884) was the most famous of the 19th-century...

The Hôtel de la Païva ("Mansion of La Païva") is a hôtel particulier, a type of large townhouse of France, that was built between 1856 and 1866, at 25...

December 1860. La Païva, a wealthy French courtesan, later commissioned the painting from Gérôme, intending it for display in the Hôtel de la Païva, her mansion...

Barrias was involved in the decoration of the Paris Opéra and the Hôtel de la Païva in the Champs-Élysées. His work was mostly in marble, in a Romantic realist...

(1894-1896) La Fleur blanche contained a lavishly carved mahogany bed. It was reputed to have been commissioned by French courtesan La Païva, but she never...

his mistress (later wife), Pauline Thérèse Lachmann, Marquise de Païva, known as La Païva, the most successful of 19th century French courtesans. He engaged...

L'église Sainte-Marie-Madeleine), or less formally, La Madeleine, is a Catholic parish church on Place de la Madeleine in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. It...

its trade name Adidas Arena) is a multi-purpose and modular hall located in La Chapelle neighborhood of Paris (18th arrondissement). The arena has a capacity...

The Place de la Concorde (French: [plas də la kɔ̃kɔʁd]; lit. 'Concord Square') is a public square in Paris, France. Measuring 7.6 ha (19 acres) in area...

1930) to create a shimmering semi-translucent interior wall. The Hôtel de la Païva in Paris is noted for its yellow onyx décor, and the new Mariinsky Theatre...

such as posting indiscreet photos on Twitter, have earned her the nickname la scandaleuse ("the scandalous one") in the French press. Dehar achieved celebrity...

remains from most of Paris's cemeteries to a mine shaft opened near the Rue de la Tombe-Issoire  [fr]. The ossuary remained largely forgotten until it became...

Fisher (died 1767), British courtesan and model La Belle Otero (1868–1965), Spanish courtesan La Païva (1819–1884), French demimonde-courtesan ('Grande...

Paris brothels, including Le Chabanais, Le Sphinx, One-Two-Two, La Fleur blanche (fr), La rue des Moulins, and Chez Marguerite, were reserved by the Wehrmacht...

causes, described by Italian psychiatrist Graziella Magherini in her book La sindrome di Stendhal. Although the BBC reported in 2006 that the Japanese...

Paris were built for "cocottes", such as that of Esther Lachmann, known as la Païva, on the Champs-Élysées. Rudorff, Raymond. "Courtesans and Prostitutes"...

La Défense (French: [la de.fɑ̃s]) is a major business district in France's Paris metropolitan area, 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of the city limits. It...

Valtesse de La Bigne Anne Françoise Elisabeth Lange Geneviève Lantelme Méry Laurent Ninon de l'Enclos Léonie Léon Marie-Louise O'Murphy La Païva Justine Paris...

company designed and built the tower from 1887 to 1889. Locally nicknamed "La dame de fer" (French for "Iron Lady"), it was constructed as the centerpiece...

Paris Fashion Week (French: Semaine de la mode de Paris, commonly [la] Fashion Week) is a series of designer presentations held semi-annually in Paris...

22 January 2019 "Paris perd ses habitants, la faute à la démographie et aux... meublés touristiques pour la Ville." Le Parisien, 28 December 2017 "Statistics...

replied "no, she left through the back door". "La tragédie del'Impasse Ronsin : Mme Steinheil au seuil de la Cour d'Assises". Le Petit Parisien. 1 November...

the Hôtel-Dieu hospital and an estate of the Brothers of Charity (frères de la Charité). During this time monks built a windmill that later became a Guinguette...

La Grande Arche de la Défense (French: [la ɡʁɑ̃d aʁʃ də la defɑ̃s]; "The Great Arch of the Defense"), originally called La Grande Arche de la Fraternité...

June 2014). "La réouverture des salles d'objets d'art du Louvre, de Louis XIV à Louis XVI". La Tribune de l'Art. "Elias Crespin, l'art de la ligne au Louvre"...

The Place de la Bastille (French pronunciation: [plas də la bastij]) is a square in Paris where the Bastille prison once stood, until the storming of the...

Île de la Cité (French: [il də la site]; English: City Island), 22.5 hectares (56 acres) in size, is one of two natural islands in the Seine, in central...

Valtesse de La Bigne Anne Françoise Elisabeth Lange Geneviève Lantelme Méry Laurent Ninon de l'Enclos Léonie Léon Marie-Louise O'Murphy La Païva Justine Paris...

was exiled from France after a duel. When Ninon's mother, Marie Barbe de la Marche, died ten years later, the unmarried Ninon entered a convent, only...

and entertainer, caused a sensation at the Folies Bergère in a new revue, La Folie du Jour, in which she danced a number Fatou wearing a costume consisting...