Private tour in Paris Ewan G
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Ewan G.
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I am a British artist and filmmaker based in Paris. For over six years, I have explored the city not just as a resident, but as a site of constant research. My background is in the academic and practical world of the arts; I hold a Master’s in the History and Philosophy of Art from the University of Kent and spent two years as a resident at Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains. When I am not directing my own film projects or engaged in independent research, I am walking. For me, Paris is a living archive—a place where the history of the avant-garde and the images of the New Wave filmmakers still define the street corners. My goal as a guide is to help you see the city not just as a collection of monuments, but as a series of layers, textures, and stories. I offer a perspective that combines deep historical context with a filmmaker’s eye for detail.
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Paris is a city that has spent centuries hiding its scars. This tour is an autopsy of the Parisian soul—an investigation into the "malefic" geography that tourists never see. We begin at the alchemical center of the Right Bank, tracing the sites of public executions, mass graves, and the medieval "underworld" of glass-blowers and secret societies. We cross the islands to uncover the legends of murdering barbers and the "Street of Hell," before descending into the gritty backstreets of the 5th arrondissement. Led by a researcher of Jacques Yonnet’s "Secret Chronique," we decode ancient shop signs as sigils, trace buried rivers of blood and acid, and visit the sites of mass hysteria and royal maledictions. This is a deep, atmospheric immersion into the grit, the magic, and the mystery of the City of Shadow. If you want to understand the dark alchemy that still pulses beneath the paving stones, join me for a journey into the Parisian underworld.
Tour Saint-Jacques (Start) Place de Grève (Execution Ground) St. Merri Church (The Baphomet) Cemetery of the Innocents (Mass Graves) Rue de la Ferronnerie (Regicide) 51 Rue de Montmorency (Flamel House) Rue Chanoinesse (Murdering Barber) Notre Dame (Alchemical Portal) Rue de Bièvre (The Cursed River) Rue Mouffetard (Yonnet’s Underworld) St. Médard (The Convulsionnaires)
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Square de la Tour Saint-Jacques, Paris, Île-de-France, 75004, France
Meet in front of the tour de Saint Jacques on Rue de Rivoli
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