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  • NYTVIRUS - On Friday 13 March, the trocadero is empty of tourists. Shooting for wedding trips to Paris
PARIS.
Andrea Mantovani for The New York Times.
  • NYTVIRUS - In France, bars, restaurants, cafés, cinemas and discotheques were due to close at midnight on Saturday 14 March. The emblematic restaurant Les Deux Magots. 
PARIS.
Andrea Mantovani for The New York Times.
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The last minutes before noon, the time when containment begins in France for 15 days. Le Louvre, Paris.
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The last minutes before noon, the time when containment begins in France for 15 days. Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral. 
Andrea Mantovani for The New York Times.
  • NYTVIRUS -Place de la Concorde in the morning rush hour.
Wednesday 18 March in 
Paris. 
Andrea Mantovani for The New York Times.
  • NYTVIRUS -The Pont Neuf, a place always overcrowded in Paris by locals and tourists. 
Wednesday 18 March in 
Paris. 
Andrea Mantovani for The New York Times.
  • NYTVIRUS -Place Dauphine, on the Île de la Cité, is normally always overcrowded in Paris by locals and tourists. It is the centre of Paris and the location where the medieval city was refounded.
Wednesday 18 March in 
Paris. 
Andrea Mantovani for The New York Times.
  • NYTVIRUS Chtelet-Les-Halles, the center of shooping In Paris. 
Thursday, March 19th, is totally empty. Only dogs are there.
Andrea Mantovani for The New York Times.
  • NYTVIRUS -The Pont Neuf, a place always overcrowded in Paris by locals and tourists. 
Wednesday 18 March in 
Paris. 
Andrea Mantovani for The New York Times.
  • NYTVIRUS -Since the beginning of the confinement, the mission of the Republican Guard has been to control people and vehicles circulating in Paris. Anyone out should have a have proof of travel. 
April 9, 2020.
Arc de Triomphe, Paris.
Andrea Mantovani for The New York Times.
  • NYTVIRUS -View of the Conciergerie from the Pont Neuf. Sport is the only activity allowed in Paris to have the right to circulate outside.
Wednesday 18 March in 
Paris. 
Andrea Mantovani for The New York Times.
  • NYTVIRUS -Aerial subway of Bir-Hakeim overlooking the Seine and the Eiffel Tower. 
Saturday 21 March, Paris. 
Andrea Mantovani for The New York Times.
  • NYTVIRUS Montmartre, Place du Tertre, where normally many artists setting up their easels each day for the tourists.
Thursday, March 19th, Paris. 
Andrea Mantovani for The New York Times.
  • NYTVIRUS At the top of the Butte Montmarte, the panoramic views of The Sacré-Coeur on Paris..
Thursday, March 19th, Paris. 
Andrea Mantovani for The New York Times.
  • NYTVIRUS Place de la Concorde in the morning rush hour. This is normally the place with the most road traffic in Paris. 
Friday March 20th, Paris. 
Andrea Mantovani for The New York Times.
  • NYTVIRUS - March 23 , 2020.
The empty Pont de Grenelle-Cadets-de-Saumur with a replica of the Statue of Liberty. It is the most populated of the Parisian arrondissements. 
March 23 , 2020.
Paris
Andrea Mantovani for The New York Times.
  • NYTVIRUS - London Adajion, 10, is not allowed to leave her home because of the confinement. Skating in front of the Eiffeil Tower was her only activity of the day.
Saturday 21 March, Paris. 
Andrea Mantovani for The New York Times.
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A runner in front of the empty stairs of the Eiffel Tower.
March 23 , 2020.
Paris
Andrea Mantovani for The New York Times.
  • NYTVIRUS -The business district of La Defense on the rush time hour. 
PARIS.
March 25 , 2020.
Andrea Mantovani for The New York Times.
  • NYTVIRUS - Place de la Concorde at closing time of offices, normally a rush hour.
March 26 , 2020.
Paris
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  • NYTVIRUS - The normally very lively and cosmopolitan neighbourhood of Quartier Saint-Germain-des-Prés.
April 1 , 2020.
Paris.
Andrea Mantovani for The New York Times.
  • NYTVIRUS - Inhabitants sleeping at their windows in the district of Saint Germain-des-Prés. Moving outside home without proof is now prohibited in France. April 1, 2020.
April 1 , 2020.
Paris.
Andrea Mantovani for The New York Times.
  • NYTVIRUS - The normally very lively and cosmopolitan neighbourhood of Quartier Saint-Germain-des-Prés.
April 1 , 2020.
Paris.
Andrea Mantovani for The New York Times.
  • NYTVIRUS - The Panthéon in the 5th arrondissement of Paris. Since 1885 it has been the last resting place for who have made the history of France. The place is anormaly empty. 
April 1 , 2020.
Paris.
Andrea Mantovani for The New York Times.
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April 19, 2020.
Paris.
Andrea Mantovani for The New York Times.
  • NYTVIRUS -Carcel de la Santé in Paris. On March 16, the day before the start of the confinement in France, there were more than 72,500 inmates for approximately 61,000 places.
April 20, 2020.
Andrea Mantovani for The New York Times.
  • NYTVIRUS - Manager of the restaurant "Ma Bourgogne" inside her restaurant, which has been closed since 17 March 2020. 
Paris. May 13, 2020.
Andrea Mantovani for The New York Times.
  • NYTVIRUS -Saint Jean de Montmartre Church. For Divine Mercy Sunday (the second Sunday of Easter), the priest Olivier Ségui has decided to make a mass that will be broadcast live on the facebook page of the parish. 
April 19, 2020.
Paris.
Andrea Mantovani for The New York Times.
  • NYTVIRUS - On this Good Friday, in the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris ravaged by fire almost a year ago, Michel Aupetit, the Archbishop of Paris, will celebrate mass. Only seven people will attend the celebration. 
April 10, 2020.
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris, Paris.
Andrea Mantovani for The New York Times.
  • NYTVIRUS -On the last night of the lockdown, a couple makes a video in front of the empty Arc de Triomphe.
Paris. May 10, 2020.
Andrea Mantovani for The New York Times.