Left Bank in Song: Parisian history through lyrics and music. La rive gauche en chansons – The Left Bank in Song – was an evocative exhibition held in Paris from 10-28 April 2025. It offered a visual and artistic journey through the districts of the Left Bank – the Luxembourg Gardens, Montparnasse, Saint-Sulpice, Saint-Germain-des-Prés, and more. Each neighbourhood wasContinue reading “Left Bank in Song: Parisian history through lyrics and music”
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Place de l’Odéon: A Cultural Gem in Paris
Place de l’Odéon: A Cultural Gem in Paris. Nestled in the heart of the 6th arrondissement, just steps from the Luxembourg Gardens, Place de l’Odéon (Odeon Square) and Le Théâtre de l’Odéon (Odeon Theatre) form one of the most historic and charming corners of Paris. Marie-Antoinette commissioned the Odeon Theatre in 1779. Architects Charles De Wailly and Marie-Joseph Peyre designed it, completing it in 1782.Continue reading “Place de l’Odéon: A Cultural Gem in Paris”
Elsewhere in France – photography exhibition
Elsewhere in France – photography exhibition. “Elsewhere in France” is a photography exhibition on the railings, or grills, of the Jardin du Luxembourg (Luxembourg Garden) in Paris. A collective of photographers from the Only France agency created the photographs which are on display from 16 March until 14 July 2024. Each photograph tells the storyContinue reading “Elsewhere in France – photography exhibition”
Paris in the fall
Paris in the fall. Photographer: Martina Nicolls
The Grilles of the Luxembourg Garden: photography exhibitions
The Grilles of the Luxembourg Garden: photography exhibitions. On the perimeter of the Luxembourg Garden – Jardin du Luxembourg – is a large black iron fence – railings topped with gold-coloured arrows. It is called the Grilles du Jardin du Luxembourg – the Grilles of the Luxembourg Garden. In 1865, during Louis Napoleon’s reconstruction of Paris, theContinue reading “The Grilles of the Luxembourg Garden: photography exhibitions”
The Crossed Bridge: from butcher to bookshop to café
The Crossed Bridge: from butcher to bookstore to café. At 62 Rue de Vaugirard in the 6th arrondissement of Paris is Le Pont Traversé: The Crossed Bridge. Once a bookstore, and now a café. Le Pont Traversé has a history. The writer and poet Marcel Béalu (1908-1993) founded the bookstore in 1949. He was born onContinue reading “The Crossed Bridge: from butcher to bookshop to café”
Jardin du Luxembourg, 6th arrondissement – March 2021
Jardin du Luxembourg, 6th arrondissement – March 2021.
Jardin du Luxembourg, 6th arrondissement – February 2021
Jardin du Luxembourg, 6th arrondissement – February 2021.
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”
Animal art installations in the Luxembourg Garden, Paris
Animal art installations in the Luxembourg Garden, Paris. On 11 April 2021, the Luxembourg Garden in Paris added a new feature in its large grounds – three wooden deer statues. A week later, another art installation appeared – a group of foxes and rabbits. A few days later, yet another one appeared – wild boar.Continue reading “Animal art installations in the Luxembourg Garden, Paris”