“The amazing story of Madame de Florian's Abandoned Apartment in Paris”- K.J.S.Chatrath

 Madame de Florian by Giovanni Boldini: Photo source: Wikipedia/Getty images

“Actress and socialite Marthe de Florian was famed for her captivating beauty...She  resided in a beautiful apartment on Paris' Right Bank, which she left to her granddaughter, Madame de Florian. .....At the age of 23, amid the chaos of the Second World War, Madame de Florian fled Paris for the South of France, but she continued to pay rent on the building until her death at the age of 91. From 1942 then, until December 2010, this apartment remained frozen in time, a time recording the precise moment of de Florian's sudden flight.....”

Please click at the following link to read the full amazing story with pictures. article:  http://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/3298/madame-de-florians-abandoned-apartment

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