Le Procope in Paris, the Witness of French Literature

Café Procep became famous at the time for its location, opposite the famous old Paris Comedy House, so that when Procep opened, it became a drink place for comedy houses: actors, playwrights and audiences liked to come here before and after performances or during intermissions for a drink, review plays and chat parties. It is in a high-end salon bathroom on the former conversion; decoration novel, unique style, such as wall hanging mirrors, marble coffee table, magnificent crystal chandeliers and so on.

In the seventeenth century, when television had not yet existed, theatre was the most developed and popular genre in French literature; theatre was regarded as one of the most elegant social and cultural activities in Paris (a tradition that continues to this day). Procoppe therefore naturally attracted all the literati of Paris.

Countless dramatic philosophical controversies in the history of French literature in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries took place under the brilliant crystal chandeliers of the Café Procope: La Fontaine and Regnard, Voltaire and Piron, Marivaux and Marmontel, Beaumarchais and Helvérius, Rivarol and Chamfort.

A philosophical battle between Diderot and D Alembert in the Café Procopp in the eighteenth century led to the birth of the Encyclopédie and the philosophical school of the same name; Procopp was then called the "temple" and "office of knowledge" of the Enlightenment philosophers. These thinkers are there every day to attack current politics, design future models of government, formulate laws of fairness, discuss new economies, evaluate philosophies, and question religious rules...

Le Procope Appearance

Lively outdoor coffee

After the Enlightenment philosophers, Café Procep became the meeting place for the French Romantic poets Georges Sand and Musset, as well as for many of the libertine literati who lived in seclusion in the area. Daudet, Coppé, Huysmans and Tailhade were guests; Verlaine, the poet, drank himself drunk; Oscar Wilde, the English writer living in Paris, amused his neighbours with witty remarks.

Café Procoppe was arguably a witness to France's glorious literary era, but it was closed for a time and reopened in 1952, gradually declining due to the neglect of the popular existential writers.

Today's Prokop Cafe has long since lost its former prosperity and has become a luxurious high-end restaurant with no doors. High stairs and expensive menus are prohibitive. Compared to other busy cafes on the same street, it seemed a little lonely.

The outside of the cafe was full of people, but the interior of the luxurious cafe was empty. Parisians value good weather above all else. Nothing is more important than fresh air and bright sunshine.