LeProcoPe, a Historic Coffee Museum in France

In the old dynasty of medieval times, the focus center of French cultural life was in the palace. By the Enlightenment time of the 18th century, the cultural center began to shift to a variety of salons, clubs and cafes. For example, just like LeProcoPe cafes in the Latin Quarter, it could even be connected together with the French Revolution which took place in 200 years ago and had affected the whole world. In 18th century, many ideologists and thinkers of European Enlightenment like Voltaire, Rousseau, Diderot, and the three heroes of the Revolution, whose name are Robespierre Mitsuo, Dandong, and Mara, were all had been regulars here. In those years, several work books of Voltaire, the first Encyclopedia in the world written by Diderot were all ever created in such place, as well as the symbolic during the Revolution period, which was called as red, white and blue three hats, was also first appeared here.

Several years before the out breaking of the 1911 revolution of China (Xin Hai Revolution), LeProcoPe cafes has been an exciting place, and also the land gave birth to some storms. It is said that Napoleon before his fortune had ever come here, and left his army cap here because of coffee debts. Then, this place became a socialize place for the first-rate writers, actors, ladies and gentlemen who came for party of talk together, among them there were the famous Victor Hugo, Balzac, George Sand and Zola etc., and then even made a creation of literary journal named quot; LeProcoPequot; just very according to the name of this cafeacute;.

So now the coffee museum has preserved the traditional decor, antique furnishings and particularly rich variety of artifacts, the museum’s structure and scenery seem to have not been affected by times changing and become whole new, the customers are still like its classic.

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