Rue Serpente, 6th arrondissement – December 2020.
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Quai Malaquais, 6th arrondissement – August 2020
Quai Malaquais, 6th arrondissement – August 2020.
Rue d’Assas, 6th Arrondissement – July 2020
Rue d’Assas, 6th Arrondissement – July 2020.
La Rotonde renovations, June 2020 – still a sign of the times
La Rotonde renovations, June 2020 – still a sign of the times. There is no direct mention of James Joyce visiting La Rotonde brasserie on the Boulevard du Montparnasse, nor is it mentioned in any of his books. It is on the edge of the 6th arrondissement, where the 14th arrondissement begins. Facing La Rotonde isContinue reading “La Rotonde renovations, June 2020 – still a sign of the times”
Rue Notre-Dame des Champs, 6th Arrondissement – May 2020
Rue Notre-Dame des Champs, 6th Arrondissement – May 2020.
Paris Left Breathless – The Beatles and Club Castel in 1965
Paris Left Breathless – The Beatles and Club Castel in 1965. The famous Club Castel on rue Princesse (Princess Street) in Paris continues its nightclub tradition – but nowadays there is more emphasis on the bar and restaurant. Jean Castel established Castel in 1961 as a private nightclub for the rich and famous. It wasContinue reading “Paris Left Breathless – The Beatles and Club Castel in 1965”
Rue Madame, 6th Arrondissement – April 2020
Rue Madame, 6th Arrondissement – April 2020.
Liberty Leading the People – Delacroix’s famous painting
Liberty Leading the People – Delacroix’s famous painting. “Liberty Leading the People” is certainly Eugène Delacroix’s most well-known painting, and perhaps of any French artist. It is housed in The Louvre in Paris. Painted in 1830, it depicts the French people, particularly Parisians, marching under the tricolour French flag, representing liberty, equality, and fraternity. It’sContinue reading “Liberty Leading the People – Delacroix’s famous painting”
Timeless Paris: Shops and Ateliers of Yesteryear
Timeless Paris: Shops and Ateliers of Yesteryear. Timeless Paris: Shops and Ateliers of Yesteryear (2021) is a coffee table reference book of wonderful photographs of interesting artistic workshops in Paris. The author, Marin Montagut, is an artist with his own atelier on the street where I live in the 6th arrondissement. The workshops he describes areContinue reading “Timeless Paris: Shops and Ateliers of Yesteryear”
Medici Fountain in the Luxembourg Garden gets a facelift
Medici Fountain in the Luxembourg Garden gets a facelift. The Jardin du Luxembourg (Luxembourg Garden) in Paris, under direction of the Senate, undertook restorations to the Medici Fountain from June 2020 to December 2021. The statues have now been cleaned, the scaffolding around the statues and grotto has been removed, the repairs to the reticulatedContinue reading “Medici Fountain in the Luxembourg Garden gets a facelift”