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Le Marais: tags: [geography]

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a historic region in central Paris located primarily in the 4th arrondissement. Today the district has many art galleries, trendy restaurants, fashion shops and is the center of Paris' LGBT culture.

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They'll perhaps put me in the Bastile for five or six years." "Well, you are a fool." "Oh, do you think that anyone may kill the Prince of Cochin-China like a little shopkeeper of the Marais. My situation is alarming. Give me some pasty, I beg of you."

Charles Paul de Kock. The Barber of Paris

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He lived in the Marais, Rue des Filles-du-Calvaire, No. 6. He owned the house.

Victor Hugo. Les Misérables