::: Thumbs ::: Next >> ::: these paris homes numbered in the hundreds and were given by kings to friends or lovers or political allies. louis XIV supposedly gave this one to a guy's wife who he was screwing. old louis got around, supposedley fathered over 300 illegitimate children. the black soot on the building is typical of paris for centuries. of course, coal heating was the culprit. homes still owned by trusts were allowed exemptions from soot cleaning.