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Les Deux Magots The "Deux Magots" inside the café. Les Deux Magots (French pronunciation: [le dø maɡo]) is a famous café and restaurant situated at 6, Place Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris' 6th arrondissement, France. [1] It once had a reputation as the rendezvous of the literary and intellectual elite of the city.
Since the 1950s, the arrondissement, with its many higher education institutions, cafés (Café de Flore, Les Deux Magots, La Palette, Café Procope) and publishing houses (Gallimard, Julliard, Grasset) has been the home of much of the major post-war intellectual and literary movements and some of most influential in history such as surrealism ...
18th-century perfume-burner in the form of a magot Two Chinese figurines called magots, inside the café Les Deux Magots in Paris Look up magot in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A magot is a seated oriental figurine, usually of porcelain or ivory .
The name derives from the extant Parisian café "Les Deux Magots", which began as a drapery store in 1813, taking its name from a popular play of the time, The Two Magots (a magot is a type of Chinese figurine). It housed a wine merchant in the 19th century, and was refurbished in 1914 into a café. [1]
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Later, in 1936, in the brasserie Les Deux Magots in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés neighbourhood of Paris, Dora Maar and Picasso, who were both artists and engaged in left-wing activities, were introduced by a mutual friend, Paul Eluard. Picasso, who was then 55 years old, fell in love with the 29-year-old Maar and the couple soon began living ...
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It has since become a popular tourist destination. [2] Another location from the film, the convenience store of Collignon, is located nearby, on the rue des Trois-Frères. The tobacco counter, tended in the film by Georgette (played by Isabelle Nanty), was removed in 2002 when the café changed ownership. [3] [4]