Blog articles on French History and Heritage

Invitation to Château...

The Christmas atmosphere is also lived in the castles. Loc'Hall presents its Christmas 2022 selection of the most beautiful castles in its collection.

by Diane
December 15, 2022
History and Heritage

Our venues speak to you about love

There are venues that touch you more than others, venues with a strong personality, marked by the imprint of those who lived there and shaped them. Private mansions, bourgeois houses, country manors that have become palaces, in turn refuges or sources of inspiration, they all have in common that they let us penetrate into the heart of the city.

In Sèvres, the secrets of an exceptional craft

The end of the year is always a great opportunity to honor gastronomy and table arts. Today we take you to discover an extraordinary place where for nearly 300 years an exceptional craft has been brought to life, first for the royal tables and then for those of the great ones of this world, a place where [...]

Hotel Le Marois: elegance and refinement of the Second Empire

At the end of this summer, we take you to discover a nugget of the VIIIth district of Paris, the hotel Le Marois. Located on avenue Franklin Roosevelt and facing the Grand Palais, the hotel Le Marois is in the heart of the glittering Paris, but it is a residence known only to the initiated, an elegant place, rich of its history and [...].

by elisabethbarbier
September 1, 2021
Architecture and Heritage, Events, History and Heritage

The museum of Parisian life is back!

In the frenzy of openings and reopenings of this late spring 2021, there is one particularly dear to the heart of Parisians, the reopening of the Carnavalet museum. Closed since 2016 for renovation, the museum dedicated to the history of the city of Paris welcomes back the public since the end of the month.

by elisabethbarbier
July 8, 2021
Events, History and Heritage, Portrait & Interview

Dive into the heart of the 18th century at the Hôtel de la Marine

The Hôtel de la Marine reopened its doors on Saturday, June 12, to the delight of visitors eager to discover the splendors and secrets of this palace, so familiar and so mysterious in the heart of Paris, which had not been accessible to the public since ... 1789! Four years [...]

The Château of Rosa Bonheur, a story of women

Today, March 8th, on the occasion of the International Women's Rights Day, we wanted to honor a place which, because of the nonconformist personality who shaped it, by its history and by its unique atmosphere, has particularly touched us. It is the Château of Rosa Bonheur located in [...]

The Nissim de Camondo Museum or the 18th century dream of a collector

Today, we invite you to an extraordinary journey through time, on the edge of the 8th Arrondissement and the Parc Monceau, in a place that is out of time and out of the way of the traditional tourist routes and often unknown to Parisians themselves, the Nissim de Camondo Museum. It is a place to discover the work of a life and a devouring passion, [...]

The Domaine de Madame Elisabeth in Versailles

The Domaine de Madame Elisabeth or the happy days of a princess with a tragic fate. Today we take you to discover a place particularly dear to Loc'Hall, an 18th century jewel in a sea of greenery very close to an illustrious neighbor, the Château of Versailles ! It's a charming 18th century property composed of a house and a small garden....