The official website of the City of Paris is full of fascinating links, both in French and (sometimes well-translated) English. Here ‘ s a link to a list of Paris’ less-likely museums.
Tucked into a side chapel of St. Eustache church in Paris, this statue by Raymond Mason commemorates “The Departure of the Fruits and Vegetables from the Heart of Paris, Feb. 28, 1969.”
Lit for the night–no special occasion–the tower is reflected in the river at its feet.
Tucked into a side chapel of St. Eustache church in Paris, this statue by Raymond Mason commemorates “The Departure of the Fruits and Vegetables from the Heart of Paris, Feb. 28, 1969.
Every place we travel has its landmarks, and for nearly every city on a significant river, at least some of those landmarks turn out to be bridges.
One of the candidates in Paris’ upcoming mayoral election is pushing to make public spaces of several unused Metro stations–a gallery in one, a swimming pool in another, a disco…well, you get the idea.
CNN has compiled a list of 14 “best” aviation museums around the world, including in the U.S., China, Russia, France, Ukraine, Poland…You could almost build a round-the-world trip to explore them all.
Claude Monet, most famous of the French Impressionist painters, was also one of France’s most committed gardeners. He spent half his 86 years developing his extensive gardens at Giverny, and they are the subject of hundreds of his paintings.
More French people live in London than in Bordeaux, Nantes or Strasbourg and some now regard it as France’s sixth biggest city in terms of population.
After the French Revolution, came the cemetery revolution. Paris’ Pere Lachaise cemetery was in the vanguard of this 19th century movement, when small churchyards in expanding cities could no longer hold all the dead.
The official website of the City of Paris is full of fascinating links, both in French and (sometimes well-translated) English. Here ‘ s a link to a list of Paris’ less-likely museums.
Tucked into a side chapel of St. Eustache church in Paris, this statue by Raymond Mason commemorates “The Departure of the Fruits and Vegetables from the Heart of Paris, Feb. 28, 1969.”
Lit for the night–no special occasion–the tower is reflected in the river at its feet.
Tucked into a side chapel of St. Eustache church in Paris, this statue by Raymond Mason commemorates “The Departure of the Fruits and Vegetables from the Heart of Paris, Feb. 28, 1969.
Every place we travel has its landmarks, and for nearly every city on a significant river, at least some of those landmarks turn out to be bridges.
One of the candidates in Paris’ upcoming mayoral election is pushing to make public spaces of several unused Metro stations–a gallery in one, a swimming pool in another, a disco…well, you get the idea.
CNN has compiled a list of 14 “best” aviation museums around the world, including in the U.S., China, Russia, France, Ukraine, Poland…You could almost build a round-the-world trip to explore them all.
Claude Monet, most famous of the French Impressionist painters, was also one of France’s most committed gardeners. He spent half his 86 years developing his extensive gardens at Giverny, and they are the subject of hundreds of his paintings.
More French people live in London than in Bordeaux, Nantes or Strasbourg and some now regard it as France’s sixth biggest city in terms of population.
After the French Revolution, came the cemetery revolution. Paris’ Pere Lachaise cemetery was in the vanguard of this 19th century movement, when small churchyards in expanding cities could no longer hold all the dead.
