The Marchioness Paiva and her dizzying career as a Parisian courtesan

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"Nothing can resist a beautiful woman!" Marcel PREVOST "Courtesan" in French means courtier, in Russian it is almost exclusively in the feminine gender: a courtesan is a lady-in-waiting, more often in a special sense, the beloved of a person in power, and then in general a lady of easy virtue, accessible only to rich people. (Encyclopedic Dictionary, published by "Br. A. and I. Granat and Co., vol. XXVI). "Nothing can resist a beautiful woman!" Marcel PREVOST From the depths of centuries the names of Cleopatra, Messalina and Theodora have come down to us. Many have probably read Efremova's "Thais of Athens" - the priestess of Alexander the Great? However, these priestesses or hetaeras of love possessed not only the hearts of great emperors and kings, but also decided the destinies of many peoples! Later, in the Middle Ages, they will receive a new name - favorites, who in essence were uncrowned queens: Agnes Sorel, Diane de Poitiers, the Marquise de Pompadour and many, many others. In the 19th century, they are called courtesans, and the fashion for them is again brought by Napoleon III, who compares a woman almost to an after-dinner cigar. However, artists and writers not only admire them, but also consider them their muses, calling them cocottes, vedettes, socialites. Without these famous courtesans, there would be neither "The Lady of the Camellias" nor "La Traviata", Zola would not have created his "Nana", Baudelaire would not have written his famous "Flowers of Evil". Contemporaries were amazed by the richness of their outfits, jewelry and palaces, envied their powerful character and influence on the fate of entire nations. Many of them were spies, walking practically on the edge of the abyss and sometimes being on the edge of a knife. But, as often happens, behind the beauty, brilliance and luxury were hidden broken hearts and broken destinies. Oddly enough, today, the trace of these bright women has been lost in time. However, we will talk about one of them - Marquise Paiva - today. She managed to make the most dizzying career from an unknown girl to the most influential person of the Second Empire. Despite the crazy success of the Marquise Paiva, there is not much information about her, there are practically no photos of her or they are so few that even those that are on the Internet are questioned by experts and historians. From the Marquise Paiva to this day, only a mansion on the Champs Elysees has remained, which today houses a closed men's club. However, this mansion can be visited, however, only with a licensed guide and only by prior reservation. But if you want, you are in the right hands. You can book a tour here: https://gid-v-paris.ru/ekskursii/eksk... Yours #gidvparizhe_galina_masson Sincerely yours, Galina MASSON licensed guide in Paris tel: +33 685 73 24 06 e-mail: [email protected] www.gid-v-paris.ru www.gidvparis.ru

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