Never noticed this lovely old sign the other zillion times I've walked through the gardens there.
Saturday, January 28, 2012
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I fell in love with Paris in March 2007. It was as the French say, le coup de foudre : love at first sight. As a result of that trip, my photography took another direction. Since that time I have pursued a career of sorts in photography and dreamed of returning to the City of Light. November 2008 found me strolling the streets of Paris once again. My first visit I was so overwhelmed with the incredible beauty of the city, I photographed it as a "tourist". In 2008 I returned and I looked at the city with more of a photographer's eye. I wanted to capture the unique, the small details, and oh yes - the people! This blog was started as a photo diary of that trip, but I have been most fortunate to return to the city j'adore 15 times since. Each time I leave, I wipe a tear and start planning my list for the next trip. Paris may well be a moveable feast, but I think it's best savored in person! Someone told me that once you have been to Paris, you will leave a piece of your heart. I left mine right there, but I brought home some wonderful memories. It is my pleasure to share them with you.
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12 comments:
Un lieu magnifique...
Gros bisous
Such a contrast V Royal with grunge. I like it.
Always love the find of old signs!
Wonderful...
I am loving the distressed paint,
makes it look more valuable and cool at the same time.
I wonder what makes you 'see' something that you've walked past many times before. I know I've done it myself! Glad you spotted it this time Virginia.
I like it when they put a new sign under the old sign.
Do you know the french song for kids:"Le palais royal est un beau palais, où les jeunes filles sont à marier"..?
Ainsi nommé parce qu'au roi n'y a jamais habité.
Great find!
It has the charm of being "real" and well used and loved.
So, you wouldn't ride a bike with a camera? I suppose I do because of my superior coordination and athleticism.
In his will Richelieu left the Palais-Cardinal (Palais Royal) to Louis XIII., " the intention of the Cardinal being that it will serve as a residence for his Majesty and his successors or for heirs of the Crown, having built this palace at such expense with that design." Louis XIII only lived for a few months after his great minister, and at his death, Anne of Austria, who became Regent for her son Louis XIV., moved from the uncomfortable Louvre to the new palace, fitted, as the house agents would say, with all modern conveniences. The child King was very happy there...
Jerome Bonaparte, King of Westphalia and his wife Katarina, daughter of the King of Württemberg made the Palais Royal their home during the reign of Napoleon III.
They restored the dilapidated palace to its former splendor(the Bonapartes always cleaning up after the messy Bourbons)
It's a beauty, V. And looks especially lovely with the colour of the shutter nearby.
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