The Lost Garden of a Colonial Past - Paris Live #89

*Edit: about 18 minutes in my microphone started cutting out periodically - apologies for that annoyance! Nestled deep in the Bois de Vincennes is an exotic universe frozen in time - so obscure it remains hidden to most Parisians. We’ll explore a gallery of remnants from the days of France’s colonial expansion, including the Colonial Expo of 1907. *I owe special credit to the book “Le Jardin d’Agronomie Tropicale” by Isabelle L’évêque, which was a valuable source of information & photographs while researching this episode. ———— You can support this project via Patreon:   / afrenchfryeinparis   Book a walking tour in Paris with me: https://afrenchfryeinparis.com/guided... My Instagram:   / french_frye_in_paris   My Facebook:   / afrenchfryeinparis   Image Credits: -Google Map screenshots: © 2020 Google, Inc. -Animation of French colonization: public domain via Wikipedia -Exposition Coloniale de Marseille 1906: © Collection Alain Mermier -Illustrated montage of 1907 Expo in Paris: private collection, cl. I. Levêque -Illustrated cover of Journal des Voyages: © Bibliothèque Historique du CIRAD -Map of 1907 Expo in Paris: private collection, cl. I. Levêque -Postcard of Chinese gate at the Grand Palais: public domain, photographer unknown -Installation of Chinese gate to Bois de Vincennes: © Bibliothèque Historique du CIRAD -Worshippers sat around small pagoda: postcard via Musée de Nogent-sur-Marne -Original maison cochinchinoise: © Les Monuments du Souvenir Indochinois -Back of La Maison Cochinchinoise overlooking pond: © Bibliothèque Historique du CIRAD -Women having tea along pond: postcard via Musée de Nogent-sur-Marne -Men sat in front of Tunisia Pavillon: postcard via Musée de Nogent-sur-Marne -La serre du Dahomey: © Bibliothèque Historique du CIRAD -Interiors of the Palace of Indo-China © Corey Frye