Paris

La Tour Eiffel encadrée par les piliers du Pont Alexandre III.

The July Column (built between 1835 and 1840) stands in the center of the "Place de la Bastille" in Paris, commemorating the Revolution of 1830. 47 m high, it contains an interior spiral staircase. Over the Corinthian capital is a gallery, surmounted with a gilded globe, on which stands a colossal gilded figure, Auguste Dumont's "Génie de la Liberté" (Spirit of Freedom). Perched on one foot in the manner of Giambologna's Mercury, the star-crowned nude brandishes the torch of civilisation and the remains of his broken chains.

Lundi 15 avril, un pan de l'histoire s'est effondré !

On Monday evening April 15, 2019, a major fire broke out while work was being carried out on the building. The sinister destroyed the roof of the cathedral, as well as the framework of the 13thC and the spire (96 m high). The same day, the President of the Republic announces that the cathedral will be rebuilt.

Lundi 15 avril, un pan de l'histoire s'est effondré !

Notre-Dame cathedral, view from the Garden René-Viviani Afterword to this photo: back then, in 2017, the cathedral was still in all its splendor... Today it's a view which is over gone for ever!

"Has been" (the crowd on the ship and Notre-Dame unharmed) ... Have a nice Sunday. Il était une fois (la foule sur le bateau et Notre-Dame en l'état).... Un bon dimanche. Es war einmal (die Menschenmenge auf dem Schiff und Notre-Dame unversehrt) ... einen schönen Sonntag.

Malgré son nom, c'est le plus ancien pont existant à Paris. Construit à la fin du XVIe siècle, il doit son nom à la nouveauté que constituait à l'époque un pont dénué d'habitations et pourvu de trottoirs protégeant les piétons de la boue et des chevaux. Il est aussi le tout premier pont de pierre de Paris à traverser entièrement la Seine. Despite its name (= new bridge), the Pont Neuf is the oldest existing bridge in Paris. It was built at the end of the 16th C. and owes its name to the novelty, which at that time was a bridge with no houses and pavements that protected pedestrians from mud and horses. It is also the first stone bridge in Paris to completely cross the Seine. Die Pont Neuf ist trotz ihres Namens (= neue Brücke) die älteste existierende Brücke in Paris. Sie wurde Ende des 16. Jh. erbaut und verdankt ihren Namen der Neuheit, die zu dieser Zeit eine Brücke ohne Häuser war und mit Gehwegen versehen, die Fussgänger vor Schlamm und Pferden schützten. Es ist auch die erste Steinbrücke in Paris, die die Seine vollständig überquert.

Métier : Profiteur du temps Beruf : Zeitgeniesser Situé sur l'île de la Cité à son extrémité ouest, le square du VERT GALANT est un petit coin de verdure en plein Paris.

La pyramide du Louvre. Perhaps here Birdy found her title " people, help the people "

Bâtiments futuristes à Paris près de la station de métro Bir-Hakeim. Not really in the mainstream of Feng Shui! Futuristic buildings in Paris near Bir-Hakeim metro station. Nicht wirklich im Mainstream von Feng Shui ! Futuristische Gebäude in Paris in der Nähe der Metrostation Bir-Hakeim.

View of the garden arcades of "Musée de Cluny", National Museum of the Middle Ages

This was painted on the wooden fence around the Cluny Museum which is partly under renovation.

The Louvre is one of the largest museums in the world, with 243,000 m2 of total surface including 73,000 m2 dedicated to the exhibition halls. It's also 14.5 km of rooms and corridors, 2410 windows, 3000 locks, 10,000 steps and 70 elevators, to name a few figures!!

Le Bar à Huîtres - Rue Saint Jacques

Au Jardin du Luxembourg à Paris, au fond le palais (17ème siècle), siège du Sénat. In the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris, at the background the palace (17th C.), seat of the Senate (see PiPs). Im Park "Jardin du Luxembourg" in Paris, im Hintergrund der Palast (17. Jh.), Sitz des Senats (siehe PiPs).