Gilded bulls temporarily vanish from old butcher's facade on Paris's Rue Mouffetard

An amusing story. In Paris, on the Rue Mouffetard, the "golden" bulls that were the trademark of an old butcher's shop, which operated from the 18th century until the 1970s, vanished from its historic façade, a listed monument of architecture, in the course of restoration work. The townspeople began to sound the alarm, but it soon emerged that the reliefs had not been lost beyond recovery: a gilder had merely taken them away to give them a fresh look

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September digest: archaeological finds, exhibitions, museums, theatre and the Church

In the finale of the Strugatskys' Roadside Picnic, the Golden Ball is told: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to offend nobody, but the digest really does come free of charge. So, here is the main business of the

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Gilded bulls temporarily vanish from old butcher's facade on Paris's Rue Mouffetard

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September digest: archaeological finds, exhibitions, museums, theatre and the Church

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