It was at the La Comédie-Française where Hugo brought his controversial new play, “Hernani,” that became a spark plug for Paris’s greater societal and political tensions Wiki Commons/Frank ...

Chez Victor Hugo: author's former Paris home reopens after revamp Closed for five months longer than planned, the renovated house-museum can finally unveil expanded spaces, restored treasures and ...

One of the oldest squares in Paris, Place des Vosges leads to Hugo’s house where he completed ‘The Hunchback of Notre-Dame’. It now serves as the Maison Victor Hugo museum ( Getty ) ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: On Place des Vosges, Paris’s oldest square, you’ll find the former house of Victor Hugo, which is now a museum that’s free to enter.– Laura French Straddling the 3rd ...

Victor Hugo’s House (Maison de Victor Hugo) 6 Place des Vosges, 75004 Paris, France Victor Hugo, the renowned author of Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame , lived in this apartment ...

Following Hugo's death in 1885, the property stayed in his family until 1927, when his when it was donated to the city of Paris by his grandchildren, in honor of the 100th anniversary of the ...

In his literary masterpiece Notre-Dame de Paris, French author Victor Hugo mused that architecture is “thought written in stone.” And this is also the perfect way to describe Hauteville House ...

Victor Hugo’s son Charles described the Guernsey home where the French author wrote Les Misérables as a “three-storey ... His descendants gave Hauteville House to the City of Paris in 1927.