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le manoir de paris en mode nocturne
Le Manoir de Paris (literally The Paris Manor) is a tourist attraction of the haunted house, walkthrough kind. It is situated in the former ceramics workshops of Choisy-le-Roi, in the 10th district of Paris, in France.
Contents
- le manoir de paris en mode nocturne
- Le manoir de paris patissier sanguinaire
- Description
- History
- Legends
- References
Le manoir de paris patissier sanguinaire
Description
When it opened, this tourist attraction featured 13 Parisian legends from the 18th to the 20th centuries. Since then, 4 legends have been added, and others yet are to be expected. With an area of 1000 m² (10763,9 ft²), it is divided into two floors of 500 m² (5381,96 ft²). These 23 rooms are what makes the interactive journey of visitors. The Manoir de Paris aims to extend itself by an additional 1000m². Next to the three animatronic figures imported from the United States, including a gargoyle adorning the entrance and a rabid dog, about 20 trained actors in costume introduce visitors to specific Parisian legends. The haunted mansion offers five levels of "fearfulness".
History
The site is situated at the edge of the former Saint-Lazare precinct, a leper colony adjacent to what was the Prison Saint-Lazare. Two Cour des miracles were situated near the Porte Saint-Denis, not far from where the Manor now stands. In 1889, the Choisy-le-Roi ceramics workshops, which was part of the firm Hyppolyte Boulenger, built their new store and head office at 18, rue du Paradis. The building was partially registered as monument historique (historical monument) in 1981; it became the "Musée de l'Affiche" in 1978, and the Musée de la Publicité in 1982, before moving out in 1990. The Manoir de Paris project took 2 years to plan and 6 months to build and rehearse for. Adil Houti, a young American living in Paris, was the instigator for this project. Born in 1983, Houti took part in the creation of two haunted houses in Texas: the first one, "13th floor St Antonio", is an attraction based on San Antonio (Texas) superstitions, while the second, named "House of Torment", is about the Apocalypse in Austin (also in Texas).
Legends
The Parisian legends told during the visit are inspired by real facts, coming from literature or Parisian folklore: the Catacombs of Paris, the crocodile in the Paris sewers, the Phantom of the Opera, the prisoner in the iron mask, the vampires of Paris, the Paris Métro, the Père Lachaise Cemetery, the phantom of the Tuileries, the Alchemist's Library, the Bloody Baker, the assassins' cabaret, gargoyle and chimera, the hunchback of Notre Dame de Paris. To these were added, some time after the opening: the desecrated grave of Sergeant Bertrand, the witch "La Voisin", the "Barber's Blade" and the guillotine.
Starting from October 18, 2013, a new attraction has been on offer, named "Asylum": in 2013, the Manoir de Paris staged a special Halloween event, between October 18th and November 10th. During that period, the usual tour was replaced by one where new monsters and costumed characters greeted the visitors.