Place de la Concorde

Place de la Concorde

Statues and fountains, an Egyptian obelisk, a view of the Eiffel Tower,

 the Grand Palais and the constant circulation of traffic...

Oh, and lest one forget, this largest square in Paris 

was the scene of many executions.

Place de la Concorde

75008, Paris

Quatre Églises, la Tour Eiffel, et le Grand Palais

Four churches plus the Grand Palais and Eiffel Tower

Looking at the skyline from left to right from the Printemps rooftop:

Notre Dame de l'Assomption built in 1676,

 

The double spires of Basilique Sainte Clothilde, 

built in the neo-Gothic style mid nineteenth century

Église Saint-Louis des Invalides,

commissioned by King Louis XIV in 1670

Église Saint Madeleine,

with its 52 Corinthian columns,

The Grand Palais,

built for the Universal Exposition of 1900

The Eiffel Tower (1889)

which at 324m. (1,063ft), was the tallest

man-made structure in the world, a title it held

for 41 years!

bon dimanche

Paris Skyline from Printemps

75009, Paris

Petit Palais - Grand Palais

Petit Palais

Eclectic

From the courtyard of the Petit Palais,

you can catch a glimpse of the Grand Palais 

and the ornate gold ironwork at the 'Petit's' entrance.

The reflections are of the beautiful and quiet garden courtyard, 

a quiet oasis in the busy city of Paris.

Petit Palais

Avenue Winston Churchill

75008, Paris

 

Niki de Saint-Phalle - arbre de vie-fontaine

Tree of life,

fountain of serpents

Grand Palais

Niki de Saint-Phalle's mosaic fountain 

was placed in the center of François-Raoul Larche's 

Fontaine Miroir d'eau for the duration of  the Grand Palais exhibit.  

It is an interesting juxtaposition of the marble fountain created in 1910 

and the colorful serpent fountain of 1987.

The exhibit has been moved now to the Guggenheim Bilbao (Spain), 

February 27 - June 11, 2015.

There are other examples of her work in Paris.

Does this resemble the Stravinsky Fountain?

Niki de Saint-Phalle
Du 17 septembre 2014 au 2 février 2015
Galeries nationales du Grand Palais

75008, Paris

Une grand-mère et trois petits-enfants

A grandmother and

three grandchildren

At the first hour of the opening day of Niki de Saint Phalle exhibit 

at Grand Palais, we happened upon this petite grandmother 

with her three grandchildren.  

We first encountered them outside the entrance 

patiently waiting for the doors to open.  

It was not a hurried run through the exhibit, 

but a lingering enjoyment over the sculptures and paintings.

Niki de Saint Phalle exhibit

17 September 2014 to 2 February 2015

Grand Palais - Galeries Nationales

75008, Paris  

City Daily Photo Theme Day - "Landmark"

City Daily Photo Theme Day

"Landmark"

Although Paris has many "landmarks" and it was difficult to choose just one, 

this photo has my favorite plus a bonus:  

la Tour Eiffel and Grand Palais.  

With the setting sun of autumn the structures of both are seen in silhouette, 

the Eiffel Tower with its familiar pattern of steel, 

and the Grand Palais with its glass vault.

Would you believe that there are 6,000 tonnes of steel 

in the Nave of the Grand Palais 

which is more than in the whole Eiffel Tower?

la Tour Eiffel, 7ième

Grand Palais, 8ième

taken from the rooftop of Printemps, 9ième

Click here to see city "landmarks" 

from around the world

La Tour Eiffel et la Grande Roue

La Tour Eiffel et la Grande Roue

From this one position, without even turning your head, you can see the Eiffel Tower, the 200-ft tall ferris wheel, the Obélisque de Louxor (75 ft high) in Place de la Concorde, and you can see the flag atop the dome of the Grand Palais.

(Photo taken at the northwest end of Jardin des Tuileries)

Jardin des Tuileries

75001, Paris

Petit Palais - Reflection

In the exquisite doors of Petit Palais you can see just a faint reflection of Grand Palais across the avenue. The full view of these doors is magnificent.

Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris
Avenue Winston Churchill

For more reflections go to James' Newtown Daily Photo

Three Paris landmarks

From this perspective it seems that you could almost reach out and touch the obelisk... and perhaps the Grand Palais.