Pillar in the shape of a palm tree in St Séverin church |
Gargoyles of the Church of Saint-Séverin
The church's external features include some fine gargoyles and flying buttresses. Its bells include the oldest one remaining in Paris, cast in 1412.
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A lady and her rabbit seeking alms |
La Conciergerie |
Lunchtime in the Latin Quarter |
Place St Michel, Left Bank
The heart of St. Michel is still the Place St. Michel with its baroque fountain of St. Michel killing a demon of some sort. This was once the site of numerous protests and social uprisings. One of the main events of French resistance to the occupying Nazis took place in the square, and in the now legendary riots of 1968, students took charge of the square in the face of tear gas and police clubs, declaring it an independent state! Odd as this may sound, it led workers to rally the same cause by announcing mass strikes, which led to the eventual fall of De Gaulle's government. This was once the "Washington Square Park" of Paris, filled with hippies, artists, writers, poets, dancers, musicians and art students. Now you are more likely to see the "Des Moines Bingo Club" on tour, en masse, zipped up in North Face and Gore-Tex as they climb the harrowing length of St. Michel in the extreme conditions of an late spring chill.
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Street Scene on the Left Bank |
Musée d'Orsay, a magnificent art gallery that was originally a train station.
The Musée d'Orsay is a museum in Paris, France, on the left bank of the Seine. It is housed in the former Gare d'Orsay, a Beaux-Arts railway station built between 1898 and 1900. The museum holds mainly French art dating from 1848 to 1915, including paintings, sculptures, furniture, and photography.
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The Louvre and Pont Royal |
African Warrior Princess bronze outside the Musée d'Orsay |
Gladiators- Musée d'Orsay |
Musée d'Orsay |
Main Gallery-Musée d'Orsay
Musée d'Orsay houses the largest collection of impressionist and post-Impressionist masterpieces in the world, by painters including Monet, Manet, Degas, Renoir, Cézanne, Seurat, Sisley, Gauguin and Van Gogh.
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Cafe in Musée d'Orsay |
Sculpture-Musée d'Orsay |
