around Mobilier National 8 Fondation Jérôme Seydoux – Pathé Behind a facade sculpted by Auguste Rodin, the architect Renzo Piano has designed an ultra-contemporary 5-storey building made of wood, glass and steel. This Foundation preserves and makes available to the pub- lic the vast heritage of the Pathé Company: Mobilier posters, photos of film shoots, models, as well as a collection of 150 cinematographic National devices illustrating the history of cameras and projectors since 1896. The Charles Pathé lesgobelins movie theatre offers an exceptional pro- gramme of silent films, screened as in the The Mobilier National, a former furniture past with a piano accompaniment! storage unit for the monarchy created 73 av. des Gobelins (13th). M Place d’Italie.o in 1663 by Louis XIV and Colbert, is now in 01 83 79 18 96. Salle Charles Pathé and charge of furnishing the official palaces exhibitions: daily, except Sun, Mon, 1 Jan and of the French Republic: the Élysée Palace, 25 Dec. Tues, 1pm-8pm; Wed to Fri, 1pm-7pm; ministries ... The Manufacture Nationale des Sat, 11.30am-7pm. Combination ticket (1 film Gobelins, whose history dates back to the + access to exhibition spaces)/full rate: €6.50. 15th century, has occupied the current site www.fondation-jeromeseydoux-pathe.com since the 17th century. It is open for guided 9 Street art in the 13th arrondissement tours. Production in these workshops has Since 2009, prominent French and for- never stopped, and in 1937, the two enti- eign street artists — Shepard Fairey, C215, ties were grouped together on the historic Seth, Pantónio, Stew, Vhils, Invader, Conor Gobelins site. Other factories and prestig- Harrington — have been covering the 13th ious workshops were put under the man- arrondissement with monumental murals. agement of the Mobilier National: the Man- This joint initiative of the Galerie Itiner- ufacture de Beauvais, the Manufacture de rance and the 13th arrondissement town la Savonnerie de Lodève as well as the lace hall has turned the district into an open-air workshops of Alençon and the Puy-en-Velay. museum. More than fifty or so urban works Some 130,000 pieces make up this incredibly are to be seen in the course of a walk or on rich collection. They can be admired in the a guided tour. Galerie des Gobelins (1914) during tempo- www.streetart13.fr rary exhibitions that showcase works from the past and contemporary creations. 10Cité Internationale Universitaire 42 av. des Gobelins (13th). de Paris M Les Gobelins.o The various student residences are well worth 01 44 08 53 49. seeing for their original architecture and www.mobiliernational.culture.gouv.fr huge park. Situated in the south of the capi- • GALERIE DES GOBELINS: tal, the campus extends over 34 hectares, has During temporary exhibitions: daily, 11am- 37 pavilions (two of which were designed by 6pm, except Mon, 1 Jan, 1 May and 25 Dec. the architect Le Corbusier) and houses 12,000 Individual visit/full rate: €8. students and researchers of 140 different • MANUFACTURE DES GOBELINS: guided tours nationalities. Every weekend, L/Oblique offers of the workshops by appointment only. a themed guided tour (architecture, land- scape heritage ... ) of this unusual place. 17 bd Jourdan (14th). RER B Cité Universitaire. 01 76 21 26 96. www.ciup.fr 70 IN AND AROUND MONTPARNASSE