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The 215 pages that link to Paris, each with the reason it gives.

• Simone de BeauvoirNarrower topic: Beauvoir’s education, writing, and public career were closely rooted in Paris.

• Jean CocteauNarrower topic: Cocteau’s career unfolded within Parisian literary, theatrical, and cinematic circles.

• Josephine BakerNarrower topic: Paris offered Baker the stage on which she became an international star.

• Opéra-comiqueNarrower topic: The genre arose in Paris's competing commercial and royal theatrical institutions.

• Georges BizetNarrower topic: Bizet’s education, theatrical career, and most important premieres were centered in Paris.

• 2024 Summer OlympicsNarrower topic: The city’s landmarks, neighborhoods, and transport network shaped the Games’ settings.

• Nadia BoulangerNarrower topic: The city’s musical institutions and international networks anchored Boulanger’s career.

• BohemianismNarrower topic: Nineteenth-century Paris provided the cafés, studios, and artistic networks associated with bohemianism.

• Frédéric Joliot-CurieNarrower topic: The city’s laboratories and institutions formed the setting for Joliot’s research career.

• Palais GarnierNarrower topic: The Palais Garnier is one of the city’s most recognizable cultural landmarks.

• James McNeill WhistlerNarrower topic: Whistler’s early European formation took place amid Paris’s studios, exhibitions, and artistic debates.

• Alexandre Dumas filsNarrower topic: The city’s theaters and social life provided the setting for much of his career and fiction.

• A Bar at the Folies-BergèreNarrower topic: The city’s modern entertainment culture provides the painting’s urban backdrop.

• Jean-Pierre BlanchardNarrower topic: Paris's scientific and entertainment networks fostered the ballooning boom that launched Blanchard.

• Louis Le VauNarrower topic: Le Vau was born and built much of his early career in the city.

• Eugène AtgetNarrower topic: Atget’s work grew from sustained observation of the city and its changing fabric.

• Félix FaureNarrower topic: Faure’s national political career culminated in the presidency based in Paris.

• SynchromismNarrower topic: Russell and Macdonald-Wright developed Synchromism amid Paris’s avant-garde art circles.

• Leslie CaronNarrower topic: Caron’s upbringing and early dance career were rooted in postwar Paris.

• Valentin HaüyNarrower topic: Haüy founded his school and developed his teaching work in Paris.

• Ida RubinsteinNarrower topic: The city’s theaters and artistic networks became the main setting for Rubinstein’s career.

• L'AbsintheNarrower topic: The café scene records a setting associated with rapidly changing nineteenth-century Paris.

• Musée des Arts et MétiersNarrower topic: The museum’s historic site places technical heritage within Paris’s urban history.

• Paulette NardalNarrower topic: The city’s interwar networks enabled Nardal’s salon, journalism, and encounters with Black writers.

• Pont Alexandre IIINarrower topic: The bridge’s ceremonial design expresses the ambitions of the city around 1900.

• Robert DoisneauNarrower topic: Doisneau's photographs helped make its streets, cafés, and neighborhoods a shared visual memory.