Doth not nature itself teach you?
I Corinthians 11:14
Archive for the tag 'Paris'
29 Comments CherryPie on Jun 23rd 2013
Filed under Holidays, Paris 2012
52 Photos Project – Gallery 5 – Waterdrops
This is the south fountain on Place de la Concorde. More information about the fountain ind it’s northern counterpart can be found here.
More waterdrops can be found in the gallery.
2 Comments CherryPie on May 24th 2013
Filed under Anecdotes, Gardens, Holidays, Paris 2012
I Left My Heart in a Paris Garden
6 Comments CherryPie on Feb 6th 2013
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Place de la Concorde – South Fountain
From Wiki:
The two fountains in the Place de la Concorde have been the most famous of the fountains built during the time of Louis-Philippe, and came to symbolize the fountains in Paris. They were designed by Jacques Ignace Hittorff, a student of the Neoclassical designer Charles Percier at the École des Beaux-Arts. The German-born Hittorff had served as the official [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Feb 6th 2013
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View From Place de la Concorde
Ready Steady GO!!!
10 Comments CherryPie on Feb 4th 2013
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Place de la Concorde – The Obelisk
From Wiki:
The center of the Place is occupied by a giant Egyptian obelisk decorated with hieroglyphics exalting the reign of the pharaoh Ramesses II. It is one of two the Egyptian government gave to the French in the nineteenth century. The other one stayed in Egypt, too difficult and heavy to move to France with [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Feb 3rd 2013
