Music: a house where Edith Piaf lived part of her childhood is for sale in Eure

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In the town of Bernay, located in the Eure, a very special little white house is up for sale. It is here that the big Edith Piaf spent part of her childhood. The house belonged to his grandmother, and it was a brothel at the time.

To Bernay (Eure)a very particular little white house is put up for sale. It is here thatEdith Piaf sang for the first time, at the age of six, in front of her grandmother. Edith Piaf spent five years in this house in Normandy. A century ago, it was a brothel run by his grandmother. The little Edith lived in a special atmosphere. The singer kept of his childhood in Bernay the memory of happy days, according to his photographer, interviewed in 2007.

Since his death in 1963, the village of Bernay has been a must for fans ofEdith Piaf. The son of Marcel Cerdan, the love of his life, was also there in 2006. Today, the house is on sale, and the history of the place inevitably attracts attention. Far from being a museum, the house is occupied by unconditional tenants of La Môme. Selling price : €285,000. The price of a page in the history of French song.


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