22 Fevrier
So, here's the overdue pictures that I have taken. I haven't loaded Brussels pictures yet, and if you want to see me hanging out with friends, visit my facebook pictures. Over the past few weeks, I've been seeing quite a lot of Paris!
I don't know why, but these pictures loaded up out of order, so I'll try to make it seem sensable!
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| The Tour Eiffel on a foggy day, somewhat spooky right? |
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| Trocadero, which houses some museums |
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| The famous view of the Tour Eiffel, standing in front of the Trocadero |
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| L'arc de Triomphe, built by Napeleon in honor of France's success |
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| This monument is mostly dedicated to past military feats and soldiers |
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| A memorial for the unknown soldier |
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| Champs Elysees (from on top of l'arc de Triomphe) |
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| See that (ugly) skyscraper? That's tour Montparnasse, near my homestay. I have yet to meet a Parisien that likes the skyscraper |
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| Montmatre, with Sacre-Coeur showing in the skyline |
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| The spiral stairs we climbed to reach the top |
Now, pictures from my Art History class trip to l'hôtel de Cluny, St. Severin, and St. Genèvive.
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| The beautiful voutes in the chapel at l'hôtel de Cluny |
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| Sainte Severin, a fine example of 16th century gothic architecture |
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| On the way to St. Genèvive |
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| A closer look at those stairs |
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| A closer look at the stain-glass windows of St. Genèvive |
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| The beautiful stairs in St. Genèvive, a church built during the Renaissance. |
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| Outside St. Genèvive |
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| The front façade de l'hôtel de Cluny |
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| What beautiful arces! |
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| La porte for the aristocrats and other worthy beings at the l'hôtel de Cluny (Everyone else used the kitchen door entrance) |
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| Well |
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| l'hôtel de Cluny |
Some wanderings...
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| Petit Palais, now home to art |
Pictures of various sites in Le Marais, a quartier within Paris. I went with my History of Paris class
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| L'église de St. Paul, saved by Victor Hugo |
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| The gorgeous organ within |
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| l'hôtel de Sully |
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| Another view of l'hôtel de Sully. For those wondering, hotels didn't always mean lodgings for travellers or tourists. In previous centuries, l'hôtel was either a civil building (like l'hôtel de ville) or most likely the home of an aristocrat (like the above picture) |
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| Another view of the l'hôtel |
On another Art History trip, we went to the Basilique de St. Denis, where the tombs of the kings and queens of France are kept. It's a big church, so big that the stone walls kept the place cool.
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| Inside St. Denis |
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| Les vitrails de St. Denis |
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| The tomb of Louis VII and Anne of Bretagne |
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| Recognize these figures? Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette |
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| More vitrails of St. Denis |
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| During the gothic era, the sculptures of the deceased royalty would have their hands in prayer position |
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| The gisants sculptures of the royalty when they were living, which go on top of the tomb |
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| Another view of the tombs of Louis and Anne |
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| A fleuranti, one of the petite statues that surround the sarcophagus |
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| A closer look of one of the vertus |
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| I love this picture, when the sun shone in on the old tombs of the royalty |
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| Another view of the tomb of Louis and Anne |
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| Look at how life-like the feet are! |
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| A Vertu, which sit at each corner of the tomb |
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| Bas-relief on the tomb |
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| It's customary to make the sculpture on top of the sarcophagus look like the person did when he/she passed away |
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| Princesses |
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| The tomb of Louis and Anne in full view (in case you couldn't tell, this was my favorite tomb out of all) |
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| The names of more recent royalty, who are collected in a crypt |
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| This is the crypt where the bones of the more recent royalty (except for Marie-Antoniette and her ill-fated family) are kept |
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| The tomb of Marie Antoinette |
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| Tomb of François I |
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| Very large with 2 sacrophages |
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| An urn |
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| Look at all the fleurantis! |
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| Outside view of St. Denis |
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| The entrance to St. Denis |
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| The Louvre, once the home of royalty (before they moved to Versailles and eventually were gullotined) |
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| I don't know who this is, but this guy is posing for my picture |
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| l'Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel |
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| There's a story behind this bridge--lovers come here with a lock and a key. They inscribe their intials on the lock, attach it to the fence, and toss the key into the Seine. Very romantic |
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| Pont Neuf, the oldest bridge in Paris (ironically called "New bridge") |
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| The controversial Pyramid, right in front of the Louvre |
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| The Louvre, the most famous art museum in the world |
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| One can never have too many photos of the Tour Eiffel |
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| One entrance to the Grand Palais |
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| The Grand Palais |
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| A column marking the beginning of Pont Alexandre III |
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| Pont Alexandre III, a gorgeous bridge |
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| Steetlamps on the bridge |
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| Another view of the Grand Palais |
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| The Grand Palais, where it's mostly in use, but typically they hold exhibits there as well |
Well, I hope this keeps you busy for now! It did take a while to load up all the pictures
Au demain
MM
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