Villette features 18 recently renovated bedrooms, each with views of the estate's lake or garden--and in some cases, both.

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Bernard Tschumi, who designed the Parc de la Villette on the site of Paris's old slaughter-houses, claims situationist affiliations.

ECONOMIST: May 1968

In fact, since Le Notre and Hardouin-Mansart designed both properties around the same time, Villette was dubbed, "Le Petit Versailles" (or little Versailles).

FORBES: Showcase Chateau

The 13-event festival, which runs from 13 to 24 February, is organised by Super, a Parisian creative agency that represents more than 150 artists (including international music stars Bon Iver and the XX), organises more than 800 concerts a year around France and co-organises the annual Paris outpost of the three-day indie Pitchfork Music festival, which originated in Chicago and takes place at concert venue La Villette in the north of Paris.

BBC: Paris�� cutting-edge music scene