Category: FRANCE

PARIS, FRANCE: OUTSIDE NOTRE DAME de PARIS

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PARIS, FRANCE: TO PRESERVE ONE’S SOUL

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“To breathe Paris is to preserve one’s soul.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

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PARIS, FRANCE: COLONNE DE JUILLET

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The July Column (French: Colonne de Juillet) is a monumental column in Paris commemorating the Revolution of 1830. It stands in the center of the Place de la Bastille and celebrates the Trois Glorieuses — the “three glorious” days of 27–29 July 1830 that saw the fall of King Charles X of France and the commencement of the “July Monarchy” of Louis-Philippe, King of the French. It was built between 1835 and 1840. (wiki)

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PARIS, FRANCE: THE LOUVRE ~ WINGED VICTORY OF SAMOTHRACE

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Also called “Nike of Samothrace.” Greek goddess Nike (Victory.) Estimated to have been sculpted 200-190 B.C. One of the most celebrated sculptures in the world and arguably the greatest masterpiece of Hellenistic sculpture. Discovered in 1863. Representing a battle at sea.

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PARIS, FRANCE: GOOD AMERICANS

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When good Americans die, they go to Paris. -Oscar Wilde

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PARIS, FRANCE: CHRISTMAS IN NOTRE DAME de PARIS

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PARIS, FRANCE: OUTSIDE THE LOUVRE

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Images from pre-dawn (get there early!) of the Louvre Pyramid (architect I.M. Pei).. to the end of my visit. You can also see the robotic machine they operate to clean the windows of the pyramid (towards the end of the pictorial):

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PARIS, FRANCE: CAN’T ESCAPE THE PAST

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You can’t escape the past in Paris, and yet what’s so wonderful about it is that the past and present intermingle so intangibly that it doesn’t seem to burden. -Allen Ginsberglouvre 186 louvre 188 louvre 189 louvre 190 louvre 191 louvre 194 louvre 195 louvre 196 louvre 198 louvre 197 louvre 200 louvre 202 louvre 201 louvre 206 louvre 207 louvre 210 louvre 211 louvre 213 louvre 209 louvre 215 louvre 193 louvre 216 louvre 212

24dec14. Paris, France.

PARIS, FRANCE: THE POINT OF LIFE

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A walk about Paris will provide lessons in history, beauty, and in the point of Life. -Thomas Jefferson

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PARIS, FRANCE: THE LOUVRE ~ JULY 28: LIBERTY LEADING THE PEOPLE by EUGENE DELACROIX

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I saw this for the first time today and fell in love with it. Such power. Delacroix witnessed scenes like this firsthand in the French Revolution and was inspired to create this.

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Eugène DELACROIX (Charenton-Saint-Maurice, 1798 – Paris, 1863)

Le 28 Juillet. La Liberté guidant le peuple (28 juillet 1830)

Salon de 1831

24dec14. The Louvre, Paris, France.