Le Cin̩ma La Pagode РParis

It’s amazing how things pass you by. Despite a lifelong love of all things Chinese and Chinois and many, many visits to Paris that have involved countless hours flaneuring the city’s streets I had never come across the La Pagode cinema before – an amazing cinema in a pagoda built in the 19th century (and not, as apparently local legend has it, a brick-by-brick imported pagoda from Peking) by a French architect. It was restored in the early 1990s after having fallen into some state of disuse and disrepair. Quite lovely and more pics here.

Gorgeous and easy to stroll by without noticing!!

Lovely interior….

Wonderful detail.