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Dermatological museum, Paris, Sunday only
The Hôpital Saint-Louis – Musée des Moulages Dermatologiques (Dematalogical Museum) hosts four collections of nauseatingly realistic wax casts of different types of skin diseases.
The museum, which is located on Avenue Claude-Vellefaux in Paris’s 10th arrondissement, has more than 4,800 casts. You can visit from free from 12pm to 6pm on Sunday.
Cité radieuse, Marseille
Love him or hate him, Le Corbusier continues to be one of the most influential architects of the 20th century, and among his best-known buildings is the Cité radieuse in Marseille. Known locally as La Maison du Fada (‘the nutter’s house), this building houses 337 apartments, a hotel and a restaurant. You can visit for free this weekend (9am to 5pm) and even take a look at some of the apartments (280 boulevard Michelet).
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Ferme Mazier, Paris, Saturday only
Take a step back in time by visiting the Ferme Mazier that used to provide Paris’s main markets with cabbage, beetroots, carrots and other vegetables.
Described as an oasis in the city, it can be found on Rue Heurtault and Rue Edgar-Quinet in Aubervilliers, in France’s outer suburbs. The only chance to visit is 11am on Saturday. Email [email protected] for more information, and to register.
For a full searchable list of the sites open to the public during France's annual heritage days, click here (in French).
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