Saint Paul de Vence

absolutely.

I've had the privilege of visiting St. Paul de Vence quite a number of times.

And there's a delightful restaurant there called La Colombe d'Or.

that serve the most remarkable grappa.

He's one of my idols, and through his books and his speeches, he's shaped my worldview as much as anyone.

So a few years ago when I was in France, there was one place I really wanted to visit, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, a small town off of France's southern coast, only about an hour drive from the Italian border.

From 1971 to 1987, James Baldwin called this small French town home.

I wanted to visit his house.

I mean, that, that's the whole thing is like, where is James Baldwin's home really? What is his home? [instrumental music]

My name is Baudelaire, and this is Atlas Obscura, a celebration of the world's strange, incredible, and wondrous places.

Today we go to Saint-Paul-de-Vence in the South of France to see what was once the home of James Baldwin.

And I talk to a fellow James Baldwin super fan to figure out where his legacy now lives.

Maybe not.

Well, when I went to France just recently, there was a beautiful village just off the Côte d'Azur, the French Riviera, called Saint-Paul-de-Vence, and went there and I Oh, my goodness.

It really had an effect on me.

Basically, it's a fortified village high up above the coastline, and it's like an artist's retreat.

Yeah, yeah.

There's a million shops in Saint-Paul-de-Vence just across the way.

Mm-hmm.

A million shops.

For many, many years, yes.

And it's extended from New York to Paris to St. Paul de Vence, where Jimmy lived.

Yes, they had been friends for a long time.

Was he just a mentor or were they in love with each other?

France and Korea aim to mobilize a 1 billion euro international fund to support the film industry.

The announcement was made at the Lumière Summit, with 220 carefully selected individuals gathering at the Marthe Foundation in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, co-organized by France and South Korea, as reported by Lizzie Court.

France's record heatwaves are forcing some producers to up the alcohol levels.

Industry officials said French authorities have allowed champagne houses to make their bubbly with alcohol content of up to 15%, a historic first for a wine usually limited to 13%, as reported by RFI.

Before leaving Paris, he met French National Assembly President Yves-Briand Pivet and OECD Secretary-General Matthias Korman and held a luncheon with Korean residents.

Earlier, He attended the Lumiere Summit, that was his first major itinerary, in Saint-Paul-de-Vence as co-chair and announced plans for Korea to invest 500 million euros in the film and audiovisual industry over five years.

He then held a summit with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, discussing ways to expand strategic cooperation and freedom of navigation in the Straits of Hormuz.

He also attended a Korea-France business roundtable and pledged government support for stronger cooperation between companies in the two countries.