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Paris: 'Archaeologist of erotica' uncovers lost world of brothels

Thu, 2009-11-05 10:29 — Robyn

The sign hung at 12, rue Chabanais, in the days when the building housed the most prestigious of Paris's infamous bordellos, read 'Welcome to the Chabanais: The House of All Nations'.

The brothels closed down 60 years ago and nowadays the skinny eight-storey building on a tiny street near the Louvre houses an employment agency and a bunch of flats. But right across the road, at number 11, a gallery is keeping its memories alive.

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