A French socialite
and actress named Madame de Florian had to flee to the south due to World Was II.
She also had to left her beautiful apartment. But she never returned even after
the war was over. It has been over 70 years the apartment is sitting idle. An
auctioneer recently opened her apartment after 1942. There were plenty of
treasures when he looked inside.
The apartment
was in perfect shape just slightly dusty.
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The furniture
here looked as if someone is living here all along
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She had this taxidermy
piece in her apartment which was considered a sign of grandeur at that time.
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Having a look
at this apartment takes us back to the history showing the kind of life in
Paris during that period.
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This is a
portrait of Madame de Florian painted by Giovanni Boldini.
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Her estate is
still the owner of the home and general public cannot enter.
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An auction was
held for the painting which fetched 2.1 million euros and other remaining items
worth thousands left there are expected to be auctioned as well.
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This apartment is
in perfect shape all these years despite no one living is because Madame de
Florian paid rent till her death aged 91 in 2010. She never returned back
though she still continued to pay the rent.
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The landlord/owner didn't do any inspections since 1942???
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