Behind the large gate which overlooks the narrow Passage de Dantzig, in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, trees decorate the front courtyard, at the foot of a remarkable building.
Behind, the top of a rotunda can be seen.
A quiet place in the capital, perched slightly higher in the Convention district.
Here hides La Ruche, a city of artists, a group of workshops founded at the beginning of the 20th century and whose roofs and facades are listed as Historic Monuments.
Exhibitions are also regularly presented there.
This Thursday, March 14 in the evening, the tenants of this refuge which has seen Chagall, Soutine and Fernand Léger pass through, come and go between the three-story building and the outside, bags and paintings in hand.
“They are taking out their things,” comments a resident.
There, it is a painter who transports his canvases.
» This sudden agitation within this peaceful plot of 5,000 m2 is not trivial: a risk of collapse discovered during the day threatens the building, the tenants of the premises must evacuate.
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