tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31983293624997899052024-03-12T23:03:40.960+01:00Peter's ParisParis as seen by a retired Swede.PeterParishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694538476960957295noreply@blogger.comBlogger1223125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198329362499789905.post-49361571335808405782020-08-06T14:00:00.002+02:002020-08-06T16:20:23.767+02:00Notre Dame ... objective 2024<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="">The
confinement period of course meant some interruption of the reconstruction work of the Notre Dame Cathedral,
but it has now been resumed for a couple of weeks. The objective to have it pretty much finished in 2024 has been confirmed, as well as the basic idea to
bring it all more or less back to what is was before the fire … no extravagant
new ideas. <br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqG8dOGeyN_nkswaeNmRdRye8xv1xXX-qAs-OxP3yNDR4lyAXRskEAlEMh00eq9lOYn2Ue934hW_0MpT76B0I2qSGE-c5naTRyrgZzSt8tqBU244AknK-FAIpmZ-5FO4HVEZzSQFx_sZc/s888/01.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="592" data-original-width="888" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqG8dOGeyN_nkswaeNmRdRye8xv1xXX-qAs-OxP3yNDR4lyAXRskEAlEMh00eq9lOYn2Ue934hW_0MpT76B0I2qSGE-c5naTRyrgZzSt8tqBU244AknK-FAIpmZ-5FO4HVEZzSQFx_sZc/s640/01.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
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crane we can see is the highest of this kind in Europe and was obviously
offered for free by the manufacturer.<br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE_R5u-3qhqIO1wp7EI6lNPSX7cMr3e2d-D8dyS8N-SIz3C9ZTLDgsZVjbcfBDKw6hFbP9CJLzMVcgG1nX-AmJtja7pWk8Z690EuFpcJNA0S-1GG-JBfcNezR40ZEmSZA3UKbHGIZOs_s/s790/02.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="631" data-original-width="790" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE_R5u-3qhqIO1wp7EI6lNPSX7cMr3e2d-D8dyS8N-SIz3C9ZTLDgsZVjbcfBDKw6hFbP9CJLzMVcgG1nX-AmJtja7pWk8Z690EuFpcJNA0S-1GG-JBfcNezR40ZEmSZA3UKbHGIZOs_s/s640/02.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
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scaffolding seems to be the big issue. This involves new ones all over the
place, but more specially
the need to dismantle the scaffolding which was there before the fire - for the
renovation of the now fallen spire. As it melted during the fire, the
demolition is complicated and needs a lot of precautions… takes time.</div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiPCvkyZf70nDLYijo3vc5Uvn_Z3Mxd1SHfrG8Z6-h8IJ2JZXwBCyHpy9kxyPDyJ4Oy442NbUrPnm_ST3cgTu39daJ9gl27H-Yn6qsjxpjcj4J7z89Y3xMrB61gK_YrB4nsRHSbOh5lfw/s657/04.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="654" data-original-width="657" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiPCvkyZf70nDLYijo3vc5Uvn_Z3Mxd1SHfrG8Z6-h8IJ2JZXwBCyHpy9kxyPDyJ4Oy442NbUrPnm_ST3cgTu39daJ9gl27H-Yn6qsjxpjcj4J7z89Y3xMrB61gK_YrB4nsRHSbOh5lfw/s640/04.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="">Some parts
of the cathedral are extremely well protected.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZWbuudLwu3H9Ar7XhNL4EapGqtNZSGGJevNzpsXM2U2zbp4W-H4IvEGieBGT2sXywGZZVGJx8Ff6uuwCtYjipqHwF82WMPazf5GRnqAjTWRNGyfr0OMtUqWJgb7G7M_MDYp5dbRJqGa4/s1065/05.jpg" style="display: inline; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="248" data-original-width="1065" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZWbuudLwu3H9Ar7XhNL4EapGqtNZSGGJevNzpsXM2U2zbp4W-H4IvEGieBGT2sXywGZZVGJx8Ff6uuwCtYjipqHwF82WMPazf5GRnqAjTWRNGyfr0OMtUqWJgb7G7M_MDYp5dbRJqGa4/s640/05.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p></p>
<span lang="" style="line-height: 107%;"><div style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">… but some parts can still be seen, more or less as they were…
are.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgteTuZCCnUxklBuzFSFUtKb9usmae9D675dukl4xMC0Zef5qZnYYEEhHo00hM4pokCtQXODNnWV61VWfv0Ef13oaXCVUnFmSjSCpJcN1thnC_oMjVXlsKHNlY8-k2LHpyThpjgauGhQZ8/s957/06.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="645" data-original-width="957" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgteTuZCCnUxklBuzFSFUtKb9usmae9D675dukl4xMC0Zef5qZnYYEEhHo00hM4pokCtQXODNnWV61VWfv0Ef13oaXCVUnFmSjSCpJcN1thnC_oMjVXlsKHNlY8-k2LHpyThpjgauGhQZ8/s640/06.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLTNYsD0QZdB7JIvanynpIYpf9jBNZ0SgPyRo3YuW3L6QPH8_0CBCiw22dAIjoPl5XkWTuSVyZouQZ7H7lATzlkY6cSthXj8Zvh9keNJFNoeit79n9Oyj3D8z5Yo9NPAchQCA4TOJZytU/s1154/07.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="397" data-original-width="1154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLTNYsD0QZdB7JIvanynpIYpf9jBNZ0SgPyRo3YuW3L6QPH8_0CBCiw22dAIjoPl5XkWTuSVyZouQZ7H7lATzlkY6cSthXj8Zvh9keNJFNoeit79n9Oyj3D8z5Yo9NPAchQCA4TOJZytU/s640/07.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span face="" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">In front of the cathedral, on a protecting wall, you can see some illustrations
by kids from all over the world.</span></div><span face="" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8wfzih6KJ_1tmOqwCCTXOR90fJwdjs8mPoLYxEPpnNSTbiYZs6BwwjEwpfvAqC4kMJZ-lHOD-PL3M4PzsEEmfBCjIB7T_kwxkj7VFece4jDa5YYvAmCsVmeOJ4Ql-_Hi7Lzfa4AoHOIk/s1038/08.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="1038" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8wfzih6KJ_1tmOqwCCTXOR90fJwdjs8mPoLYxEPpnNSTbiYZs6BwwjEwpfvAqC4kMJZ-lHOD-PL3M4PzsEEmfBCjIB7T_kwxkj7VFece4jDa5YYvAmCsVmeOJ4Ql-_Hi7Lzfa4AoHOIk/s640/08.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>
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you were there. <span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">This is what
you could read on the Eiffel Tower last night. A tribute was given by the City
of Paris to everybody who has participated in making the confinement period successful.
This Sunday was the last day before a period of relative relief begins. Let’s see
what will happen… we must remain very careful! This means also that we were asked not to go there and look. I took the liberty of doing so, anyhow, only five minutes walk. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was of course to say “thanks”. We have all been applauding every evening at 8.
I think that we have all realized that the thanks go not only to doctors,
nurses and hospital personnel in general, but also to delivery men and women,
to garbage collectors, to security forces, to cashiers, to postmen and women,
to retirement home personnel, to teachers… <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We may hope that what has happened the last
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quite lazy when it comes to posting lately… I have had of course a real excuse for a couple of weeks. I have been very careful about following the confinement
rules, have hardly left my flat (my little garden has been of great help…). Even the River seems to follow the confinement rules, totally at rest!</span></div>
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what this part of Paris looks like at the moment. Hardly anybody around…</div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Here is a graph (published by Financial Times daily). Some of the curves are going down,
including the French one. If nothing special happens, we will be slightly freer
again May 11, but… all of us have to behave very well - and also the
virus has to behave very well - if we in a reasonable future may expect to be
back to a more “normal life”… e.g. to sit down at a bar terrace with a nice
glass of red wine, going to a concert, to the cinema... and hoping to see the 50 million annual Paris visitors back! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I visited the Saint-Germain-des-Prés church again (see previous posts <a href="http://www.peter-pho2.com/2018/02/clean.html">here</a> and <a href="http://www.peter-pho2.com/2019/03/and-cleaning-progresses.html">here</a>). The
restoration works are almost finished. </span></div>
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reason, this time I was especially struck by the capitals of the pillars. The carved
capitals are all different and many of them have very medieval types of
decorations. I understand that most of these are not the original ones, but were later copied. Some of the original ones can be found at the Cluny Museum
(see posts <a href="http://www.peter-pho2.com/2008/09/htel-de-cluny-roman-baths.html">here</a> and <a href="http://www.peter-pho2.com/2019/05/roman-baths.html">here</a>). Now, almost all of the ones in the church have again
been restored and have very bright colours.</span></div>
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it’s interesting to see how these sometimes grotesque and not always very
respectful illustrations were allowed, even encouraged, during the medieval times - see also some of the above ones.
One can compare also with what I showed from the walls of the northern transept
of the Saint Denis Basilica (see <a href="http://www.peter-pho2.com/2019/08/the-northern-transept.html">here</a>).</div>
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PeterParishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694538476960957295noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198329362499789905.post-21959779095355831142020-01-20T00:00:00.000+01:002020-01-21T09:36:02.635+01:00Azulejos...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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new entrance to the Champs-Elysées-Clemenceau metro station. I have used the
station for years… never thought about how the walls are decorated, but using the corridor leading to the new entrance (or exit), I was struck by the wall decoration (see top picture)… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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looking around I realised that the walls of the whole station are decorated by
a large number of similar ceramics. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I then
learnt that they are all created by a Portuguese artist, Manuel Cargaleirio.
The previous ones have been there for more than 20 years… and I have overlooked them. I also learnt that there has been an exchange between the Lisbon and the Paris
metros. The Paris metro has got these “azulejos”, and the Lisbon metro has got
one of the typical Guimard metro entrances. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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additional decoration was officially inaugurated a couple of weeks ago in the presence
of the artist (now 92 years old), the Portuguese Prime Minister, the Mayor of
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PeterParishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694538476960957295noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198329362499789905.post-12205256837544830442020-01-10T00:00:00.000+01:002020-01-10T00:41:01.824+01:00A hidden church.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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so well hidden, dates from 1855 and is in a perfect Neo-Gothic style. Some
modern buildings have later separated the entrance from the street. We are just in
front of the “Le Bon Marché” department store (see previous post <a href="http://www.peter-pho2.com/2009/02/le-bon-marche.html">here</a>). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is called Saint Ignace. It’s a Jesuit church dedicated to Saint Ignace, Ignatius
de Loyola, the founder of the Jesuit movement. I already talked about the fact that Ignatius
together with some friends decided about the creation of the “Society of Jesus”
in 1534 in a little chapel on the slopes of Montmartre (see previous post <a href="http://www.peter-pho2.com/2012/03/montmartre-martyrium.html">here</a>).
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PeterParishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694538476960957295noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198329362499789905.post-69797124424985659892020-01-05T00:00:00.000+01:002020-01-05T08:14:58.816+01:00Gloomy sky, but...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Yes, we have had some grey days…, but Paris is still there. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I realised that, on this photo, you can see not only the
Sacré Cœur, but also the top of the Opera Garnier, Napoleon on Place Vendôme…
and, in the very front, the statue of Thomas Jefferson. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>I take the opportunity to wish you a Happy New Year ! </b><o:p></o:p></div>
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PeterParishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694538476960957295noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198329362499789905.post-43769273282647119292019-12-26T13:00:00.000+01:002019-12-26T13:00:01.320+01:00A last one in 2019...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Almost end of the year... time to wish you all the best for 2020! Here are some of my photos, illustrating my blog-posts during 2019, most of them from Paris, but a few from Portugal, Sweden... . I hope to continue my blog also next year, but probably in a rather slow pace. </div>
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PeterParishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694538476960957295noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198329362499789905.post-10611725172587601512019-12-17T00:00:00.000+01:002019-12-17T08:36:10.331+01:00Exhibitions<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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and more tolerated, allowed. Here are however a few samples from exhibitions I
have recently visited: Da Vinci (Louvre)…</div>
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I have visited a few more – without photos. Right now you can for example see
Bacon (Centre Pompidou), Degas (Musée d’Orsay), Le Douanier Rousseau (Musée
Maillol), Mondrian (Musée Marmottan Monet), Soulages (Centre Pompidou and
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problem is the present local transport strike. Most of the metro lines are
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windows, concentrating on the department stores the Printemps and the Galeries
Lafayette. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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you can look back on <a href="http://www.peter-pho2.com/2009/12/christmas-show-windows.html">2009</a>, <a href="http://www.peter-pho2.com/2010/11/christmas-decorations-again.html">2010</a>, <a href="http://www.peter-pho2.com/2011/11/again-christmas-shop-windows.html">2011</a>, <a href="http://www.peter-pho2.com/2012/11/christmas-windows-again.html">2012</a>, <a href="http://www.peter-pho2.com/2013/11/christmas-show-windows-again.html">2013</a>, <a href="http://www.peter-pho2.com/2014/11/christmas-show-windows-again.html">2014</a>, <a href="http://www.peter-pho2.com/2015/11/christmas-show-windows-2015.html">2015</a>, <a href="http://www.peter-pho2.com/2016/11/christmas-show-windows-again-and-again.html">2016</a>, <a href="http://www.peter-pho2.com/2017/11/christmas-show-windows-again-again-again.html">2017</a> and
<a href="http://www.peter-pho2.com/2018/11/christmas-show-windows-again-again.html">2018</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is of course the tree under the fantastic glass cupola of the Galeries
Lafayette, different each year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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PeterParishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694538476960957295noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198329362499789905.post-64788071459848668632019-11-25T00:00:00.000+01:002019-11-25T07:57:58.418+01:00"59 Rivoli"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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stands for what may be considered as an “artistic squat”. It has been there
for some 20 years and has finally gotten some kind of official status, even
support from the City of Paris and some other institutions. When it was first "squatted" or illegally occupied,
the building, then belonging to a bank, had stood empty for years. As the name
of the place indicates, the address is 59, rue de Rivoli.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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welcome to visit the building, six floors full of active artists. The staircase
- with its surrounding walls - is already something to be seen - see also top picture.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The Place
de la Bastille is of course quite directly linked to the 1789 Revolution - the
destruction of the 14th century fortress, used as a prison, which was stormed
on July the 14<sup>th</sup>, 1789. I have written on the Place and the fortress
several times, e.g. <a href="http://peter-olson.blogspot.com/2007/11/la-bastille-post-not-ready.html">here</a> and <a href="http://www.peter-pho2.com/2011/06/bastille-revolutions.html">here</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is now under reconstruction, meaning that cars and buses will have to take new
paths and that pedestrians will be more welcome. The work is not finished,
but you can already now reach the “July Column” on foot without risking your
life (which I once did), as was the case when it was still surrounded by hectic
traffic.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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floor slabs around the Column have figures referring to different French
Revolutions (there was not only the 1789-one)…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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different symbols, referring to the Square. The elephant actually stood here beginning in 1813, but only in plaster and in 1840 it was replaced by the “July Column”,
still there – using the same circular basin as its base. (The elephant stayed in place another six years.) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a good reason to write a few words about these different Revolutions? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">1789 may
not need any explanations. That is the Revolution we all know about, the one
which overthrew the monarchy (for a while), passed the “Declaration of the
Rights of Man and Citizen”, but also created the “Reign of Terror”, the guillotine… </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The 1830
one, the second French Revolution, is often referred to as the “Trois Glorieuses”
(Three Glorious (days)). Yes, actually, it lasted only three days, July 27-29.
Charles X, who was the youngest brother to Louis XVI, had taken a number of
unpopular measures, known as the “July Ordinances”, involving the dissolution
of the Chamber of Deputies, the suspension of the liberty of the press… He
called for new elections, but the middle-class could not vote anymore. There were
some riots… and Charles X was forced to abdicate. He was replaced by Louis
Philippe. The House of Orléans took over from the House of Bourbon and some new
rules for the Monarchy, the “July Monarchy”, were established. The “July Column”
was ordered… and Eugène Delacroix made his most well-known painting, “Liberty
Leading the People”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Monarchy” lasted until 1848, when it was time for the “February Revolution”. It
led to the overthrow of the King, Louis Philippe, and the creation of the
Second Republic. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, the government’s
very conservative politics led later that year to the unsuccessful “June Days Uprising”, creating 5.700
victims, and in December the same year led to the election of Louis
Napoleon Bonaparte (nephew of Napoleon I) as elected President of the Republic.
Four years later he suspended the elected assembly and established the Second
French Empire and became “Emperor of the French”, Napoleon III, the last French
Monarch (1852-1870). We can see the famous caricature (The Pear) of Louis
Philippe by Honoré Daumier, dated already 1831. 1848 was by the way a year of
upheavals all over Europe, with France beginning in February, tens of other
European countries followed with demands for democracy, freedom of the press…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to the last Revolution (1968 doesn’t count?), in 1871, referred to as the “Paris
Commune”. The Franco-Prussian War in 1870 had led to the capture of the Emperor
Napoleon III and the creation of the Third French Republic. The armistice with
Prussia led to a disarmed Army, but the “National Guard” was there to keep
order. The “National Guard” was some kind of reserve force, based on “active
citizens”, including all “able-bodied citizens capable of carrying weapons”. The
government had left Paris for Versailles and the “National Guard” took over the
control of Paris, including most of the ministries. They came in conflict with
the government and the regular army. The “working class” was largely
represented and many socialist ideas were defended. They tried during their short
60-day “reign” to e.g. establish the separation of Church and State, the abolition
of child labour… In the beginning, the regular Army members had no wish to go
against them, but … finally, after a lot of barricades, fighting… the official
government forces took over. The last resisters were killed at the Père
Lachaise Cemetery (see previous <a href="http://www.peter-pho2.com/2009/02/few-traces-addendum.html">post</a>). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
figures vary, but, at least 10.000, maybe 20.000 people were killed between
March 18 and May 28, 1871.</span><br />
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PeterParishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694538476960957295noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198329362499789905.post-19016041422739477462019-10-29T00:00:00.000+01:002019-10-29T07:50:32.929+01:00More open-air art...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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that even if I’m not feeling the “obligation” anymore to post as regularly as
I used to… it was now about time to post something. What? I went out with my little
camera and... just around the corner from where I live, I found all this – a lot of
temporarily exhibited open-air artwork. We are on the Avenue George V. The
exhibition will be there until mid-November. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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picture and the ones below, a number of hyperrealist sculptures, are by an
artist called <a href="http://www.carolefeuerman.com/">Carole A. Feuerman</a>. There is one of a man in a swimsuit, named “The
Thinker”, obviously with a reference to another, famous, “Thinker”.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Another
artist is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcos_Marin">Marcos Marin</a>, making use of optical illusions, probably some special
kind of “Op art”. There are a number of portraits of well-known personalities
and also reproductions of some famous sculptures to be found in Florence, Rio… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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are by a photographer and video maker called <a href="https://www.charlottemano.com/">Charlotte Mano</a>. She also makes quite different photos, but all very “special”. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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artist represented is <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Jenkell">Laurence Jenkell</a>. These “Candy Nations” are bonbons in
different national flag colours. They were originally exhibited at a “G20”
summit meeting in Cannes in 2011. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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PeterParishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694538476960957295noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198329362499789905.post-83304264465624157312019-10-21T00:00:00.000+02:002019-10-21T08:20:43.977+02:00FIAC outdoors ... in the rain<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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for “Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain” (International Contemporary Art
Fair). It has been occurring on a yearly basis since 1974 and lasts only some three
days. The main exhibition takes of course place indoors, in the Grand Palais,
but there is also a lot to be seen in some temporary tents along the Champs
Elysées. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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“show” takes place outdoors - here first a few things which you could find
between the Grand and the Petit Palais.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">So… I made
only the outdoor part this year. I didn’t look for “everything”… there should
have been things to be seen at the Place Vendôme, but… Well, of course it’s a
temporary exhibition. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I crossed the Place de la Concorde and then went into the Tuileries Gardens. It was raining…
You may recognise a few artists - César, Calder, Ungerer… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I found also this one, behind the Petit Palais, close to Koons’ Tulips (see previous <a href="http://www.peter-pho2.com/2019/10/koons-tulips.html">post</a>).
Obviously, it was not officially placed here - the word “Fiac” had been replaced…
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think that I was again, like each year, distracted, attracted by the beautiful
autumn leaves.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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PeterParishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694538476960957295noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198329362499789905.post-33110362088781608882019-10-16T00:00:00.000+02:002019-10-16T23:48:51.887+02:00The black cat... again<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I already wrote about the famous cabaret ”Chat Noir” <a href="http://www.peter-pho2.com/2015/04/le-chat-noir.html">here</a> and about the monthly journal
with the same name <a href="http://www.peter-pho2.com/2019/02/the-cat-is-back_7.html">here</a>… Last weekend, the team behind the journal met and created a bit of publicity at Montmartre. I’m not actually part of the team, but I feel
that they need a lot of encouragements! </span></div>
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appeared for the last time in 1895, but the publication resumed last year. In
the previous version of the journal, texts and illustrations were signed Allais,
de Maupassant, Hugo, Goncourt, Verlaine, Gounod, Steinlen, Willette, Léandre,
Caran d’Ache… Today you find a team of enthusiastic persons behind it (who may
not YET have the reputation of their predecessors) led by Romain: Rodolphe
(known for the bestseller <a href="http://www.parigramme.com/livre-paris-secret-et-insolite-68.htm">“Paris secret et insolite”</a> and other books), Champo, Binu, Mathias,
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kindly signed my copy. You can subscribe, but the (very low) cost depends on in
which country you live and the postage. I suggest that you send a message to <a href="mailto:journalchatnoir@gmail.com">journallechatnoir@gmail.com</a> or look
<a href="http://www.journallechatnoir.com/">here</a>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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were preceded by a meal in the famous “La Maison Rose”, painted by many artists
(here Utrillo) and for a while managed by the Pichot couple - Germaine (who was
the reason for the suicide of Picassos’ friend Carlos Casagenas and who appears
on Picasso’s famous “At the Lapin Agile” painting, see <a href="http://www.peter-pho2.com/2013/04/lapin-agile-again.html">here</a> and <a href="http://www.peter-pho2.com/2015/04/another-remarkable-woman-berthe-weill.html">here</a>) and her
husband Ramon, also a painter and friend of Picasso. The last decades “La
Maison Rose” has perhaps been a bit of a tourist trap, but it’s now run by this
charming lady and you can have a more than decent meal (I have no commission). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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PeterParishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694538476960957295noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198329362499789905.post-68806104623015863292019-10-10T00:00:00.000+02:002019-10-10T00:03:01.916+02:00Reducing...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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12 years of blogging and having had the pleasure to have some 3.5 million “page
views”, I feel that I have to slow down my blogging activity. I have a number
of other activities and the feeling that I “must” publish two posts per week is
somehow getting “too much”. I feel that, from now on, I will post in a more
irregular way, when I really believe that I have something to tell or show… maybe
once a week, maybe more ... or maybe even less. But, I will continue. … and in the meantime, I
have the pleasure to meet a great number of visitors from all over the world,
people I have had the privilege to learn to know thanks to my blogging. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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PeterParishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694538476960957295noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198329362499789905.post-37311387505625206862019-10-07T00:00:00.000+02:002019-10-07T00:00:03.502+02:00Koons' tulips<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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the City of Paris, <a href="http://www.peter-pho2.com/2017/12/a-nice-little-bag-as-christmas-gift-2400.html">here</a>, when I also talked about the 2.400 € bags he had
created. You may guess that I’m not an absolute fan of his works. These tulips
should thus first have been installed in front of the <a href="http://www.peter-pho2.com/2016/11/palais-de-tokyo.html">Paris Modern Art Museum</a>,
but severe protests changed the decision and they have now been placed in a
more discrete way in the park behind the Petit Palais (see my post <a href="http://www.peter-pho2.com/2018/03/petit-palais-again.html">here</a>). The
tulips were inaugurated last week. My photos were taken a bit later, in rain,
and may not quite reflect the real colours. Sorry.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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officially to be considered as a gift by the US (different American investment
funds … and also LVMH…) to the City of Paris, in remembrance of the last years’
terrorist attacks. The 12<sup>th</sup> tulip in the bouquet is symbolically missing.
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definitely not against modern art, definitely not, but… What will these tulips
look like in a number of years? I think that there is a chance that the little sculpture close to
the tulips will survive them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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home I passed this little nice fountain, close to what I referred to as the “rotating
showers” in a <a href="http://www.peter-pho2.com/2019/03/rotating-showers.html">previous post</a>. I repeat… I’M NOT AGAINST MODERN ART, but… (Sorry about the rain, but we needed it.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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PeterParishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694538476960957295noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198329362499789905.post-62648423888779957032019-10-03T00:00:00.000+02:002019-10-06T12:58:35.633+02:00"Célestins"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The “Caserne
des Célestins” is where you find the headquarters of the “Garde Républicaine”. Passing
by the other day, I was struck by the extraordinary decorations of the main building,
the entrance…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The “Garde
Républicaine” (Republican Guard) is part of the French Gendarmerie and, in its
turn, part of the national police forces. Their responsibilities include
guarding of public buildings in Paris, like the residences of the President and
of the Prime Minister, the Senate, the National Assembly… They also accompany
the highest national personalities and important foreign guests (“state visits”),
including with horses, music… </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Maybe some
explanation with regard to the name of these headquarters. “Caserne” is obviously
translated into “barracks”. “Célestins” refer to monks belonging to a religious
order, created in 1254, by a man called Pierre de Moron and who became Pope
under the name of Célestin V. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why give
such a religious name to some military barracks? Well actually this is where, until the French Revolution, you could find the Convent of the Celestines. Created
during the 13<sup>th</sup> century, it disappeared thus with the French
Revolution. The area was then used for different activities until it was
decided to build the present barracks, completed in 1895. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">We can see
on the maps below - one from 1780, the other one from today - which area the convent
covered, compared with the present barracks. The Boulevard Henri IV was created
during the 1870’s and changed the physiognomy of the area. Also, we should know
that the Canal Saint Martin with its Port de l’Arsenal was created only in the
beginning of the 19<sup>th</sup> century. One detail – we can see the roof of
the horse riding course, by Eiffel, originally placed elsewhere for the 1889
World Fair, then moved here. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">So, as we
can see - the buildings, the main entrance… are extremely well decorated. This
is just the outside… maybe one day I will try to get inside!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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PeterParishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694538476960957295noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198329362499789905.post-69602659204940750322019-09-30T00:00:00.000+02:002019-09-30T00:00:01.474+02:00A mailbox<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This is what many Paris mailboxes look like. Some have got some quite interesting "street art", many have just been tagged. This one is perhaps something "in between". You could possibly ask yourself whether they all should be cleaned and repainted or not? Even historically some tagging maybe of interest? Today we can see some on ancient buildings, monuments... and we are then quite happy to see them. Look what was written, drawn...on the walls of Pompeii, in the Paris Saint Paul Church... and there are thousands of other "unauthorized" inscriptions.</div>
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PeterParishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694538476960957295noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198329362499789905.post-7030771641841843092019-09-26T00:00:00.000+02:002019-09-26T05:54:16.541+02:00Red men...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I found a red man among the trees close to the Paris Observatory (see previous
<a href="http://www.peter-pho2.com/2014/02/paris-observatory.html">post</a>).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually, he stands on a pedestal,
on which you, until 1942 and the Nazi occupation, could find the statue of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Arago">François Arago</a> (1786-1853), a man with a lot of activities, but his statue was obviously
placed here, close to the Observatory, due to his being – also - an astronomer,
known for his works on the (French) meridian. I talked about it and on him
several times, e.g. <a href="http://www.peter-pho2.com/2016/10/finally.html">here</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I found out
that the red man, sniffing some kind of a flower, was placed here, very unofficially,
by an artist called James Colomina… and then I learnt that he had placed
another (little) red man on the Pont Mirabeau. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I have
already posted about this beautiful bridge, built during the last years of the
19<sup>th</sup> century (<a href="http://peter-olson.blogspot.com/2008/02/pont-de-mirabeau-post-not-ready.html">here</a> and <a href="http://www.peter-pho2.com/search/label/Pont%20Mirabeau">here</a>), but I felt that the bridge was worth
some more photos. Those days, the decorations were important - there is even a
man with a (tagged) flame… reminding us that we can see another flame close
to the neighbouring bridge (see posts e.g. <a href="http://peter-olson.blogspot.com/2007/08/other-statues-of-liberty.html">here</a> and <a href="http://www.peter-pho2.com/2016/03/luxembourg-gardens-statues.html">here</a>). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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PeterParishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694538476960957295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198329362499789905.post-23565464700038810352019-09-23T00:00:00.000+02:002019-09-23T08:41:46.296+02:00No cars, no motorbikes...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sundays, when some central Paris streets are supposed to be open to pedestrians
only. There are a few Sundays, when the whole of Paris is closed for cars,
motorbikes, scooters… This was the case last Sunday (yesterday), a date of
course chosen to coincide with the UN Climate Action Summit today (Sept. 23),
preceded by the Youth Climate Summit. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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perhaps know that less than 1/3 of the Paris households now own a car and that this
is a continuing tendency. There is an aim, by the present mayor, that in 2030 no
petrol driven vehicles will be allowed inside the Paris limits. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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PeterParishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694538476960957295noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198329362499789905.post-27780649747952645472019-09-19T00:00:00.000+02:002019-09-19T00:00:01.876+02:00Stockholm - again<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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few days in Stockholm, excellent weather, nice company… I have already posted
about Stockholm (see <a href="http://www.peter-pho2.com/2016/09/stockholm-1.html">here</a> and <a href="http://www.peter-pho2.com/2016/09/stockholm-2-archipelago.html">here</a>), so I will try not to repeat myself. If you are a Swede,
or have visited the country, you will probably recognise where some of the photos have been
taken… and maybe you will realise that the first ones are linked to visits to
museums – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationalmuseum">Nationalmuseum</a> (the top picture), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldemarsudde">Waldemarsudde</a>, </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millesg%C3%A5rden">Millesgården</a></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thielska_Galleriet">Thielska Galleriet</a>,
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dansmuseet">Dansmuseet</a>. <o:p></o:p></div>
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some of the museums by boat.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the Parliament session. (Security measures in Stockholm are not comparable to
the Paris ones.) </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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finally, here are just some photos from the “Gama Stan” (the Old Town) and from the “Söder”
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PeterParishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694538476960957295noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198329362499789905.post-16899067665510685642019-09-07T19:00:00.000+02:002019-09-07T19:00:00.307+02:00A little pause...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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PeterParishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694538476960957295noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198329362499789905.post-52241531571439540972019-09-05T00:00:00.000+02:002019-09-05T18:45:25.062+02:00A new museum<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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can see in the middle of the Place Denfert-Rochereau is referred to as the “Lion
de Belfort”. There is an original version, in stone, to be found in the city of
Belfort in the east of France. It was created by Bartholdi, even more famous of
course as the creator of the Statue of Liberty (see <a href="http://peter-olson.blogspot.com/2007/08/other-statues-of-liberty.html">here</a> and <a href="http://www.peter-pho2.com/2016/03/luxembourg-gardens-statues.html">here</a>). The lion was
meant to be a symbol of resistance - the city of Belfort avoided, thanks to a
long resistance, being taken by the Prussians in 1870-71. The resistance was
headed by Colonel Denfert-Rochereau who thus gave his name to this place, where
we find two lodges of the toll barrier called the “Wall of the Farmers General”, on
which I have posted e.g. <a href="http://www.peter-pho2.com/2010/01/what-time-is-it-and-more.html">here</a>, <a href="http://www.peter-pho2.com/2011/02/parc-monceau-bis.html">here</a>, <a href="http://www.peter-pho2.com/2012/01/la-rotonde-de-la-villette.html">here</a> and <a href="http://www.peter-pho2.com/2008/04/place-de-la-nation.html">here</a> and which were in operation until
1860. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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lodges houses the entrance to the Catacombs (see post <a href="http://www.peter-pho2.com/search/label/Catacombs">here</a>). The other
one has now just opened as the “Liberation of Paris Museum” It also has the
subtitles “General Leclerc Museum” and “Jean Moulin Museum”, referring to two
heroes of the French Resistance and the Liberation from the Nazi occupancy. This
museum existed on a smaller scale before, but opened here August 27 this year
on the 75<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the liberation of Paris. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of the place is quite obvious as we are on top of what, deep underground, (on the
same level as the catacombs) was the Paris headquarters of the “FFI” – “French Forces
of the Interior” - <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>led by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Rol-Tanguy">Henri Rol-Tanguy</a> (1908-2002), who has given his name to a small part of the avenue which arrives between the two toll lodges. The avenue is the one on which the
liberation troops led by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Leclerc_de_Hauteclocque">General Leclerc</a> (Philippe Leclerc de Hautecloque, 1902-1947)
arrived in Paris. Due to the recent celebration of the 75<sup>th</sup>
anniversary of the Liberation, there are still some French flags lining the
avenue, Avenue du Général Leclerc. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">… and to
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Moulin">Jean Moulin</a>. We should remember that he was not only a high-ranked civil
servant before the War, he was also a good artist (cartoonist) and during the War
he also opened an art gallery (in Nice) for a while as a “cover”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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obviously working on some remodeling of its flagship on Avenue Montaigne (see
previous posts <a href="http://www.peter-pho2.com/search/label/Avenue%20Montaigne">here</a>). They have since about a month ago opened a new big shop on
the Champs-Elysées. An artificial facade, trompe l’oeil, supposed to imitate
the facade on Avenue Montaigne, has been added. It’s somehow “folding”. (If you
wonder... the “real” façade behind this “folding” one is still there – and is
actually quite “ordinary”.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I made a quick visit, have seldom been so welcomed (“bonjour monsieur” tens of times),
but didn’t buy anything. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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walked down the Champs-Elysées, noticed that there are not any broken
windows anymore, that “Fouquet’s” is again open, that there are the usual long waiting
lines to get into the Louis Vuitton building… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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installations are there (see previous posts <a href="http://www.peter-pho2.com/2019/04/mixing-old-and-modern.html">here</a> and <a href="http://www.peter-pho2.com/2019/04/more-news-from-champs-elysees.html">here</a>)…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">… that the
beautilful “Guerlain” shop is there… but what will happen to the former Citroën
building, abandoned for more than a year? (See previous posts <a href="http://www.peter-pho2.com/2010/02/shopping-for-perfumes-part-two.html">here</a> and <a href="http://www.peter-pho2.com/2010/11/c42.html">here</a>.)…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">… that one
of what I referred to as “rotating showers” (see previous <a href="http://www.peter-pho2.com/2019/03/rotating-showers.html">post</a>) is already out
of water, that the “pergola”, abandoned for years, has disappeared (What
happened to it? just scrap? to be mounted elsewhere…?) and that the pavements
still need to be repaired (see previous <a href="http://www.peter-pho2.com/2018/11/the-most-beautiful-avenue.html">post</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">It’s still
probably the "world’s most beautiful avenue", but…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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