1911 4 Oct
191- |
The start of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's third stay in France. It lasted 2 month and 9 days.
It is quite probable that 'Abdu'l-Bahá stayed with Hippolyte and Laura Dreyfus-Barney at 15, rue Greuze for a couple of nights before moving to the apartment at 4, avenue de Camoēns which had been prepared for Him by them.
The apartment was in a building that was relatively new having been built in 1910. It was one block away from the Trocadéro Gardens and the Eiffel Tower stood just across the River Seine.
It had a drawing room that could easily accommodate 75-100 people and came with a French maid who performed the domestic functions and who answered the bell.
The apartment was purchase by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of France in 1996. [ABF62, 65, 68-71, 85 Sur les pas de 'Abdu'l-Bahá à Paris by Paul Hakim, SoW Vol 2 No 14 p3-4]
Some members of His entourage stayed at the Grand Hötel de Passy (now Hötel Passy-Eiffel) some ten minutes walk away. [ABF84] |
`Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Avenue de Camoens, Paris; Paris, France; France |
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