Avec ses paysages pittoresques, parsemés de petites cités balnéaires où se rencontrent musiciens, écrivains et peintres, la Normandie du XIXe est un lieu d’émulation artistique et de villégiature pour la famille Monet. De tous les villages côtiers, celui des Petites-Dalles remporte un vif succès jusqu’à devenir… un sujet de peinture pour les impressionnistes ! À contempler dans l'exposition au Musée du Luxembourg jusqu'au 16 juillet.

From its impressive facade to its translucent glass roof, the Grand Palais is a very contrasted building. In the early XXth century, its construction in 1300 days has been a real exploit. Thanks to numerous archives, go back in time to discover this architectural challenge.
Art, architecture, history lovers… enjoy "The Grand Palais and its secrets" . This web series will reveal everything about this great parisian building and its thousand and one lives.

Is it possible to live more than 30 years in the Grand Palais ? It seems crazy, doesn't it ! Though it has been Betty Santacreu’s daily life from 1976 to 2010. Today, the former Grand Palais caretaker is retired but she keeps emotional memories of the years spent in this extraordinary « house » she could call HOME.