Sadly a dispute between the owners of the building and the operator of the cinema Etoile Cinemas arose over unpaid rent and repairs, which was brought to a head in October 2015 after a previous court hearing sided with the building owner and an appeal against this ruling was not granted. The Pagode closed on 10th November 2015 with Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel in “Youth” playing in Screen 2 and the French film “Marguerite” playing in the main Japanese style auditorium. During World War II when Paris was under Nazi occupation, the theater closed again; yet the place still buzzed with activity. Secret activity. French Resistance members were using the underground passages that connected La Pagode to neighboring mansions to move people around. Le style de l'architecture chinoise traditionnelle a été aussi utilisé dans la construction de la pagode. Les fentes sur chaque côté de la pagode sont clairement visibles. L’architecture de la pagode avec son apparence solennelle, son style simple et sa haute structure est un bon exemple d'architecture traditionnelle chinoise. Histoire La fontaine contient, dans sa totalité, 1360 ensembles de pompes, 1124 ensembles de transducteurs, 3300 séries de lanternes chinoises et plus de 2000 jeux d’embouts. La Pagode looks sad and forlorn these days. More than three years have passed since its closure. It seems like we’ve seen this movie before. But La Pagode is a mythical place and seems to have a mysterious hand guiding its destiny because…

Walk along the Promenade Maurice Boitel around the Daumesnil Lake and stop at the intersection with the path leading to the islands. Couvrant environ 110,000 mètres carrés, la fontaine musicale située au nord de la place de la grande pagode des Oies Sauvages est la plus grande d’Asie.From then on Amandine plunges into organizing lavish banquets, balls, thematic evenings, concerts, and plays. One after the other. La Pagode becomes the focal point of Paris’ upper class, crazy social life and Amandine reigns over these extravaganzas dressed in elaborate Japanese costume as Empress of the Rising Sun. Zoological Park of Paris – intersection of Avenue Daumesnil and Route de Ceinture du Lac Daumesnil, Paris 12th

This story continues on from my previous post about one of the three Paris pagodas, the Japanese-style pagoda, known as La Pagode, which was converted to a much-loved cinema. The other two are equally fascinating, with their own surprising stories to tell.

Le spectacle possède le plus de bancs, la plus longue ceinture de lumière et le plus important complexe acoustique du monde. It’s located in one of the two remaining buildings from the Exposition Coloniale de 1931, designed by the architect Louis-Hippolyte Boileau as the Pavilion de Cameroun. The original Pavilion de Togo at the 1931 Exposition. It was originally a h ôtel particulier, constructed in 1880 in the Louis Philippe style of classic 19 th century Haussmann buildings. But by the 20 th century, things were changing. In 1903 a wealthy art dealer named Ching Tsai Loo moved to Paris. He had galleries in New York and Paris supplying American museums with Chinese artefacts—these activities earned him widespread criticism for removing culturally valuable artworks from China and selling them to the West. Bois de Vincennes Bois de Vincennes, 75012 Paris, France Patrimoine de l'Exposition coloniale de 1931