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The Secret Atlas
  • ISBN-13: 9782361958138
  • Publisher: JONGLEZ
    Imprint: JONGLEZ
  • By Thomas Jonglez
  • Price: AUD $81.99
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: Book will be despatched upon release.
  • Local release date: 30/01/2026
  • Format: Hardback (260.00mm X 190.00mm) 304 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Travel tips & advice: general [WTD]
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Paris - a secret atlas is a glorious celebration of all that is unusual and undiscovered in this magnificent city.

Welcome to this richly detailed and beautifully illustrated compendium of interesting, unexpected and downright bizarre places to be discovered in Paris; a treasure trove for those who love to dig beneath the surface and explore the secret and unusual locations.

Guaranteed to delight and inspire, here you can:

  • Discover the sculpture of the goddess Isis on the facade of the Louvre
  • Decipher the alchemical symbols on Notre-Dame de Paris
  • Scrutinize the tortoise-lyres at the Opera Comique
  • Climb the majestic grand staircase of the Ecole de Medecine
  • Decipher Masonic symbols in unsuspected places
  • Visit a sublime hidden library
  • Search for the enigmatic star octahedron on Andre Bretons tomb
  • Admire forgotten ceramics

Paris is full of iconic sites. But if youre more interested in the unusual and unfamiliar, turn to the Secret Atlas of Paris to uncover your new favourite location through this sumptuously illustrated guide. An ideal gift for the Paris afficionado in your life.

Thomas Jonglez was born and grew up in Paris. At the age of 22 he set out to discover the world, and spent most of 1992 backpacking around South America. After several years with the steel industry, he launched his publishing company in 2003. The first edition of Secret Paris came out in 2007. Ever since, he has regularly strolled around the capital, constantly surprised to discover new secret places in a city he thought he knew so well.

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