Cloudy sky on the Place du Chatelet statue

Well I confess that I miss South Africa's blue sky (see here) and waking up today in the grey is not what I enjoy the most. But I must admit that it give pretty nice pictures when suddenly the sun achieves to shine through. Have a nice weekend !

Art on the balcony

This statue is a reproduction of the dying slave by Michelangelo that you can find in the Louvre Museum. In fact there are 12 statues on top of this building designed by Spanish architect Manuel Núñez Yanowsky and located on the corner of Rue de Rambouillet and Avenue Daumesnil in the 12th arrondissement. The building is a Police office and I remember posting a picture of it in October 2009. This time I liked the contrast with the next building which has a much classical design. Always should look up when walking in Paris !

Artiste en herbe

A young budding artist (in French " artiste en herbe") in front a a sculpture in the Montsouris Park.

Statues on a building

I just discovered that nice building on the Rue Lepic in the 18th arrondissement and wanted to share it with you.

Mansart

This statue of Mansart, French architect (1598-1666) lies in the garden of the Invalides. Mansart was one of the architect of that building.

King Henri IV statue by Castelbajac

I did not have the time to post this picture I took before my vacations and now even if this special "event" on king Henri IV statue has been over since July 14th I thought the picture was good to be posted. Actually during a few weeks the statue, located on the "Cité Isle", has been given a "space" look by fashion designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac who had been ask by the Ministry of Culture to create something for the statue in order to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the king's death.
He then created this surrounding with neon lights and a space saber  in the king's arm which really looked nice  when night came.

Celebrating

Today France is celebrating ... not the very poor football match that our team produced yesterday at the World cup, but we are celebrating the 70th anniversary of the "Appeal of June 18th". This "appeal" is a famous speech by the General de Gaulle that he pronounced on the BBC radio  in 1940 in order to call French for resistance to the German army. You can read the speech translation on wikipedia.
This stature is the one you find on the Champs Elysées.

All about lines

Just for the lines.

(the statue is Sainte Genevieve and it stands on the bridge called "pont de la Tournelle" and the balcony is unfortunately not mine ...)

Theme day : statues

King Henri IV horse riding on Paris roofs. I took this picture on the bridge called "Pont Neuf" which is actually the oldest bridge in Paris to celebrate this months CDP theme day.Click here to view thumbnails for all participants

Winston and the man

As I am leaving Paris today to London where I will spend the Easter 3 days weekend (monday is a bank holiday in France) here is a British post with Winston Churchill's huge statue in front of the Petit Palais.
As London is nearly Paris suburb I will keep posting Paris pictures during the weekend.

Louis the 14th

Louis XIV king of France on his horse in the center of the Places des Victoires in the 1st arrondissement.

La République

This statue representing the French Republic stands in the center of the "Place de la République" one of the largest square in the city. The square has been created in 1889 for the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution.

French national institute for blind youngsters

This place was created by Valentin Haüy in 1784 to teach young blinds. It is still a school located in a very nice building not far from the Invalides.

Parisian street

Just a street view on a grey day leading the the pretty Place des Victoires named after King Louis XIV victories. He is the one on the horse.

Statue of Liberty in Paris

Yes we also have a Statue of Liberty in Paris. I already posted a picture of it and here is a new one seen from the back with that grey sky we have these days.

Knocked over by the view ?

A statue in the Tuileries garden.

Old car

Art in the garden

Once again a view from the Tuileries garden which I really like. The trees don't have leaves anymore but the sun is there these days and I wanted to share this view with you.

A view

From the Cité de l'Architecture on the Trocadéro.

Surrounded statue

I will have to come back next spring when the wisteria surrounding this statue will be green again.