Image: Place du Caire
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Description: Building at # 2 Place du Cairo", an 1828 building on a passage also known as the Faire du Caire built in 1798 in place of the convent of the "Filles de la Charité". The name comes from the campaign in Egypt of Napoleon. The distinctive Hathor head sculptures and egyptian drawings were designed by J. G. Garraud : 2 Place du Caire, Paris 2nd arr.
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