This isn’t the post I originally had planned for today but I just wanted to share some photos of my favourite building in one of my favourite cities.
France
Paris: Part Two
Last time there was Place de la Bastille, Place des Vosges, the Eiffel Tower, Pont Neuf, and the Musee d’Orsay.
This time we start off with Notre-Dame, probably my favourite building in the world.
- Notre-Dame
Notre-Dame
Containing France’s largest organ, it took 170 years to build. After the revolution in 1789 the Cathedral was vandalised and renamed the Temple of Reason, but fell into disrepair. Restoration began in 1841 and lasted another 25 years.
Categories: France, Paris
Tags: Hotel de Sully, Maison de Victor Hugo, Notre-Dame, Opera National de Garnier, Paris, photo post, Place des Vosges, Sacre Coeur
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Paris: Part One
I realise I haven’t posted here in ages, but since I recently visited Paris, I thought this was the perfect opportunity to get things going again. This was my second trip to Paris and a chance to see some places that I hadn’t visited the first time.
Our hotel was not far from Place de Bastille, where Bastille prison used to stand and where the Colonne de Juillet was erected in the memory of the rebels who were killed in the 1830 and 1848 revolutions.
- Colonne de Juillet
Categories: France, Paris
Tags: artwork, Colonne de Juillet, Musee d'Orsay, Paris, photo post, Place de la Bastille, Place des Vosges, Pont Neuf, the Eiffel Tower, the Seine
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