Sunday, July 17, 2011

Tomb With a View


As resting places go, I think this might be primo real estate.  Cimetière de Passy .... of course.

16 comments:

  1. Wow, did not know until I read the captions ... cool !

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  2. Amazing view and sculpture!

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    Karena

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  3. Stunning is an understatement! What a view is right! Too bad only the visitors get to see it! Not the poor guy buried beneath...

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  4. What an amazing sight that is Virginia, it looks so contemporary against the other headstones and of course there in the background...!

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  5. I'd love to know the story behind that piece of sculpture. Certainly an unexpected find in a cemetery.

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  6. That's quite a flashy, fantastic sculpture overlooking la Tour Eiffel! Oui, tu as raison: location, location, location!

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  7. This girl is definitely into traditional, classic art and sculpture ... but ... this modern angel (?) certainly caught my eye! what a fantastic location and view. Must go there when next we visit Paris. You will be our guide, n'est-ce-pas?

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  8. My first thought was a modern take on Pegasus. Really must visit this cemetery next time—thanks for the inspiration, V!

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  9. This is very interesting, I have never seen it.. Thank you for your comments about the Pétanque players..that must have been quite a treat for you !
    Have a wonderful Sunday.

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  10. ave fenix,perhaps?

    beautiful shot, miss virginia.

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  11. I want to be buried in such style, to insure plenty of visitors!

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  12. Hmmmm. If this is a cemetery and those are monuments, I wonder what the dude did to be memorialized by that modern gold bird. Or pegasus. Hard to tell.

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  13. What a weird monument! i'm wondering who is resting there?.. do you know?..

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  14. Édouard Manet, his brother and Berthe Morisot (his sister in law, maybe something more...) rest there. On the modest tomb a small bust of the artist.

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