Passerelle Mornay

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Passerelle Mornay
Port de l'Arsenal (Bassin de l'Arsenal)
4th-12th arrondissement
Paris, July 2002

“The Bassin de l'Arsenal (also known as the Port de l'Arsenal) is a boat basin in Paris. It links the Canal Saint-Martin, which begins at the Place de la Bastille, to the Seine, at the Quai de la Rapée. A component of the Réseau des Canaux Parisiens (Parisian Canal Network), it forms part of the boundary between the 4th and the 12th arrondissements. It is bordered by the Boulevard Bourdon on the 4th (westerly) side and the Boulevard de la Bastille on the 12th (easterly) side. From the 16th century until the 19th, an arsenal existed at this location. The arsenal accounts for the name of the basin and the name of the neighborhood, Arsenal, bordering the westerly (4th arrondissement) side of the basin.” (Bassin de l'Arsenal, Wikipedia)

Opéra Bastille

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Opéra Bastille
Place de la Bastille
Quartier des Quinze-Vingts, 12th arrondissement
Paris, July 2002

“The Opéra Bastille (Bastille Opera House) is a modern opera house in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. Inaugurated in 1989 as part of President François Mitterrand's Grands Travaux, it became the main facility of the Paris National Opera, France's principal opera company, alongside the older Palais Garnier; most opera performances are shown at the Bastille along with some ballet performances and symphony concerts, while Palais Garnier presents a mix of opera and ballet performances. Designed by Uruguayan-Canadian architect Carlos Ott, it is situated facing Place de la Bastille. It can seat 2,723 people in total, with a main theatre, concert hall and studio theatre, making it the largest opera house in Europe.” (Opéra Bastille, Wikipedia)

Georges Clemenceau

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Georges Clemenceau by François Cogné, 1932
Place Clemenceau
Quartier des Champs-Élysées, 8th arrondissement
Paris, July 2002

“Georges Benjamin Clemenceau (28 September 1841 – 24 November 1929) was a French statesman who was prime minister of France from 1906 to 1909 and again from 1917 until 1920. A physician turned journalist, he played a central role in the politics of the Third Republic, particularly amid the end of the First World War. He was a key figure of the Independent Radicals, advocating for the separation of church and state, as well as the amnesty of the Communards exiled to New Caledonia. After about 1,400,000 French soldiers were killed between the German invasion and Armistice, he demanded a total victory over the German Empire. Clemenceau stood for reparations, a transfer of colonies, strict rules to prevent a rearming process, as well as the restitution of Alsace–Lorraine, which had been annexed to Germany in 1871. He achieved these goals through the Treaty of Versailles signed at the Paris Peace Conference (1919–1920). Nicknamed Père la Victoire (Father Victory) or Le Tigre (The Tiger), he continued his harsh position against Germany in the 1920s, although not quite so much as President Raymond Poincaré or former Supreme Allied Commander Ferdinand Foch, who thought the treaty was too lenient on Germany, prophetically stating: ‘This is not peace. It is an armistice for twenty years’. Clemenceau obtained mutual defence treaties with the United Kingdom and the United States, to unite against possible future German aggression, but these never took effect due to the U.S. Senate's failure to ratify the treaty, which thus also nullified British obligation.” (Georges Clemenceau, Wikipedia)

Churchill in Paris

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Statue of Winston Churchill by Jean Cardot, 1988
Avenue Winston-Churchill
Quartier des Champs-Élysées, 8th arrondissement
Paris, July 2002

“This particular bronze statue of Winston Churchill was sculpted by Jean Cardot in 1988 and was modelled on a photo that had been taken as he was walking down the Avenue des Champs Elysees on the victory march with the French World War II leader, General Charles de Gaulle. The statue itself was paid for by donations from the French public and in particular the Parisiens, and incredibly it weighs in at well over two tons and stands at over 3 metres high. You will also find that this bronze statue in Paris stands on a large oblong base with an inscription, which includes his famous words We Shall Never Surrender, which were spoken by the UK Prime Minister back on 4th June 1940. The statue of Winston Churchill was inaugurated by the French President Jacques Chirac in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II on the 80th anniversary of the signing of the Armistice that ended World War I. It was actually quite apt that the UK Queen Elizabeth II was there, as Churchill was her first UK Prime Minister of her reign, and she even gave her speech in French.” (The statue of Sir Winston Churchill in Paris, EUtouring.com)

Le Cid

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Bateau logement “Le Cid”
Port de la Concorde
Quartier des Champs-Élysées, 8th arrondissement
Paris, July 2002

“The Port de la Concorde is a street located in the Champs-Élysées district of the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Port of Concorde is located along the Seine, below the Place de la Concorde and the Quai des Tuileries. It connects to the west with the Port des Champs-Elysées, and to the east with the Port des Tuileries.” (Port de la Concorde, Wikipedia)

Palais Bourbon

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Palais Bourbon
Assemblée Nationale (National Assembly)
Quai d'Orsay
Quartier des Invalides, 7th arrondissement
Paris, July 2002

“The Palais Bourbon is the meeting place of the National Assembly, the lower legislative chamber of the French Parliament. It is in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, on the Rive Gauche of the Seine across from the Place de la Concorde. The official address is on the Rue de l'Université, facing the Place du Palais-Bourbon. The original palace was built beginning in 1722 for Louise Françoise de Bourbon, Duchess of Bourbon, the legitimised daughter of Louis XIV and the Marquise de Montespan. Four successive architects – Lorenzo Giardini, Pierre Cailleteau, Jean Aubert and Ange-Jacques Gabriel – completed the palace in 1728. It was then confiscated from Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé, during the French Revolution and nationalised. From 1795 to 1799, during the Directory, it was the meeting place of the Council of Five Hundred, which chose the government leaders. Beginning in 1806, during Napoleon Bonaparte's First French Empire, Bernard Poyet's Neoclassical façade was added to mirror that of the Église de la Madeleine, facing it across the Seine beyond the Place de la Concorde.” (Palais Bourbon, Wikipedia)

Berville

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The barge “Berville” (P 14931 F)
River Seine
Paris, July 2002

Lampadaire

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Lampadaire (Street lamp)
Place de la Concorde
Quartier des Champs-Élysées, 8th arrondissement
Paris, July 2002

La Madeleine

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Église de la Madeleine (Madeleine Church)
Place de la Madeleine
Quartier de la Madeleine, 8th arrondissement
Paris, July 2002

“The Church of Saint Mary Magdalene (église Sainte-Marie-Madeleine), less formally called La Madeleine, is a Catholic parish church on Place de la Madeleine in the eighth arrondissement of Paris. It was planned by Louis XV as the focal point of the new Rue Royal, leading to the new Place Louis XV, the present Place de la Concorde. It was dedicated in 1764 by Louis XV, but work was halted due to the French Revolution. Napoleon Bonaparte had it redesigned in the Neoclassical style to become a monument to the glory of his armies. After his downfall in 1814, construction as a church resumed, but it was not completed until 1842. The building is surrounded on all four sides by Corinthian columns. The interior is noted for its frescoes on the domed ceiling, and monumental sculptures by François Rude, Carlo Marochetti and other prominent 19th-century French artists.” (La Madeleine, Wikipedia)

Théâtre de l'Athénée

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Théâtre de l'Athénée
Square de l'Opéra-Louis-Jouvet
Quartier de la Chaussée-d'Antin, 9th arrondissement
Paris, July 2002

“The Théâtre de l'Athénée is a theatre at 7 rue Boudreau, in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. Renovated in 1996 and classified a historical monument, the Athénée inherits an artistic tradition marked by the figure of Louis Jouvet who directed the theatre from 1934 to 1951. During the period when he was director, it became known as the Athenée Théâtre Louis-Jouvet.” (Théâtre de l'Athénée, Wikipedia)

King Edward VII

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King Edward VII by Paul Landowski, 1914
Place Édouard-VII
Quartier de la Chaussée-d'Antin, 9th arrondissement
Paris, July 2002

“Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910. The second child and eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Edward, nicknamed ‘Bertie’, was Prince of Wales and heir apparent to the British throne for almost 60 years. During his mother's long reign, he was largely excluded from political influence and came to personify the leisured elite. He married Princess Alexandra of Denmark in 1863; the couple had six children. As Prince of Wales, Edward travelled throughout Britain performing ceremonial public duties and represented Britain on visits abroad. His tours of North America in 1860 and of the Indian subcontinent in 1875 proved popular successes. Despite this public approval, his reputation as a playboy prince soured his relationship with his mother. Edward inherited the throne on his mother's death in 1901. He played a role in the modernisation of the British Home Fleet and the reorganisation of the British Army after the Second Boer War of 1899 to 1902. He re-instituted traditional ceremonies as public displays and broadened the range of people with whom royalty socialised. He fostered good relations between Britain and other European countries, especially France, for which he was popularly called ‘Peacemaker’, but his relationship with his nephew, German Emperor Wilhelm II, was poor. The Edwardian era, which covered Edward's reign and was named after him, coincided with the start of a new century and heralded significant changes in technology and society, including steam turbine propulsion and the rise of socialism. Edward died in the midst of a constitutional crisis that was resolved by the Parliament Act 1911, which restricted the power of the unelected House of Lords. Edward was succeeded as king by his only surviving son, George V.” (Edward VII, Wikipedia)

Rue Auber

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Street lamps around Palais Garnier
Rue Auber
Quartier de la Chaussée-d'Antin, 9th arrondissement
Paris, July 2002

“Rue Auber is a public street located in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. It begins at 5, place de l'Opéra and ends at 53, boulevard Haussmann. It is named after the French composer Daniel François Esprit Auber (1782-1871) because of the proximity of the Théâtre national de l'Opéra which was being built nearby.” (Rue Auber, Wikipedia)

Palais Garnier

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Palais Garnier
Place de l'Opéra
Quartier de la Chaussée-d'Antin, 9th arrondissement
Paris, July 2002

“The Palais Garnier, is a 1,979-seat opera house at the Place de l'Opéra in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. It was built for the Paris Opera from 1861 to 1875 at the behest of Emperor Napoleon III. Initially referred to as le nouvel Opéra de Paris (the new Paris Opera), it soon became known as the Palais Garnier, ‘in acknowledgment of its extraordinary opulence’ and the architect Charles Garnier's plans and designs, which are representative of the Napoleon III style. It was the primary theatre of the Paris Opera and its associated Paris Opera Ballet until 1989, when a new opera house, the Opéra Bastille, opened at the Place de la Bastille. The company now uses the Palais Garnier mainly for ballet. The theatre has been a monument historique of France since 1923.” (Palais Garnier, Wikipedia)

The American Dream

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“The American Dream” Pub Show Bar Restaurant
Rue Daunou
Quartier Gaillon, 2nd arrondissement
Paris, July 2002

Sainte Marie-Madeleine

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“Le Ravissement de sainte Marie-Madeleine” (Mary Magdalen Exalted by Angels) by Carlo Marochetti, 1842
Église de la Madeleine (Madeleine Church)
Place de la Madeleine
Quartier de la Madeleine, 8th arrondissement
Paris, July 2002

“Below the mosaic is a row of Corinthian columns which form a theatrical background behind the altar. and a marble stairway leading up to the altar. Behind the altar is a monumental sculpture, ‘The Ecstasy of Mary Magdalene’, by Carlo Marochetti (1805-1868), depicting Mary Magdalene, kneeling in prayer, as she is transported into heaven by three Angels.” (La Madeleine, Wikipedia)

Façade nord

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Façade nord (North facade)
Église de la Madeleine (Madeleine Church)
Place de la Madeleine
Quartier de la Madeleine, 8th arrondissement
Paris, July 2002

Église de la Sainte-Trinité

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Église de la Sainte-Trinité (Church of the Holy Trinity)
Place d'Estienne d'Orves
Quartier Saint-Georges, 9th arrondissement
Paris, July 2002

“The Église de la Sainte-Trinité is a Roman Catholic church located in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. The church is a building of the Second Empire period, built between 1861 and 1867 at a cost of almost 5 million francs. La Trinité, as it is known, was designed by Théodore Ballu as part of the beautification and reorganization of Paris under Baron Haussmann. Exterior figures of Faith, Hope, and Charity on the church were sculpted by Eugène-Louis Lequesne. The 93 meter-long church has a bell tower 63 metres high topped by a dome. The choir is ten steps higher than the nave and surrounded by an ambulatory. Also named after it are the rue de La Trinité and the square de La Trinité.” (Sainte-Trinité, Wikipedia)

Galeries Lafayette

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Galeries Lafayette
Boulevard Haussmann / Rue de la Chaussée-d'Antin
Quartier de la Chaussée-d’Antin, 9th arrondissement
Paris, July 2002

“Galeries Lafayette is an upmarket French department store chain. The flagship store is located on Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. It is part of Groupe Galeries Lafayette and has been a member of the International Association of Department Stores since 1960. As of 2025, Galeries Lafayette operates 50 stores in France (including five in Greater Paris, and 12 outlet stores), alongside ten international locations (predominantly in Asia). Galeries Lafayette is the largest European upmarket department store chain by store count.” (Galeries Lafayette, Wikipedia)

Église Saint-Sulpice

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Église Saint-Sulpice
Place Saint-Sulpice
Quartier de l'Odéon, 6th arrondissement
Paris, July 2004

“The Church of Saint-Sulpice is a Catholic church in Paris, France, on the east side of Place Saint-Sulpice, in the 6th arrondissement. As tall as Notre-Dame, it is the largest church in the city. It is dedicated to Sulpitius the Pious. Construction of the present building, the second on the site, began in 1646. During the 18th century, an elaborate gnomon, the Gnomon of Saint-Sulpice, was constructed in the church. Saint-Sulpice is also known for its Great Organ, one of the most significant organs in the world, and its titular organists, including Charles-Marie Widor and Marcel Dupré.” (Saint-Sulpice, Wikipedia)

Fontaine Saint-Sulpice

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Fontaine Saint-Sulpice
Place Saint-Sulpice
Quartier de l'Odéon, 6th arrondissement
Paris, July 2002

“The Fontaine Saint-Sulpice (also known as the Fontaine de la place Saint-Sulpice or as the Fontaine des Orateurs-Sacrés) is a monumental fountain located in Place Saint-Sulpice in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. It was constructed between 1843 and 1848 by the architect Louis Visconti, who also designed the tomb of Napoleon. The four figures on the fountain represent four French religious figures of the 17th century famous for their eloquence.
- Bossuet, North, statue by Jean-Jacques Feuchère
- Fénelon, East, statue by François Lanno
- Fléchier, West, statue by Louis Desprez
- Massillon, South, statue by Jacques-Auguste Fauginet, completed by Fouquiet after the death of Fauginet.
In French the fountain is also called ‘La Fontaine des quatre points cardinaux’, a pun which means the ‘Fountain of the four points of the compass’ or, in the form ‘La Fontaine des quatre point cardinaux’, which is pronounced in the same way) ‘Fountain of the four not cardinals’. This name is also a pun, because "points cardinaux" in French is a play on words. The four bishops portrayed in the statues, while renowned, were never elevated to the rank of cardinal.” (Fontaine Saint-Sulpice, Wikipedia)

L'effort

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“L'effort” by Pierre Roche
Jardin du Luxembourg
Quartier de l'Odéon, 6th arrondissement
Paris, July 2002

“Pierre Roche (Paris, 2 August 1855 – Paris, 18 January 1922), pseudonym of Pierre Henry Ferdinand Massignon, was a French sculptor, painter, ceramist and medallist. He was the father to Louis Massignon. Roche first studied medicine and chemistry in Paris, but then switched to studying painting at the Académie Julian 1873–1878 under Alfred Roll, and exhibited at the Paris Salon 1884–1889. In 1888 Roche tried sculpture to compete for a monument to Georges Danton, leading to encouragement by sculptor and teacher Jules Dalou. He went on to produce a number of commissioned works, like the fountain April (1906) in the Musée Galliera gardens, and L'Effort (c.1898) in the Jardin du Luxembourg. His works are collected in the Musée d'Orsay, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Courtauld Institute of Art, and Harvard University Art Museums.” (Pierre Roche, Wikipedia)

Tree stump

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Unusual tree stump...
Jardin du Luxembourg
Quartier de l'Odéon, 6th arrondissement
Paris, July 2002

Himalaya, carrefour des mondes

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“Himalaya, carrefour des mondes”
Jardin du Luxembourg
Quartier de l'Odéon, 6th arrondissement
Paris, July 2002

Monument à Delacroix

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Monument to Delacroix by Jules Dalou, 1890
Jardin du Luxembourg
Quartier de l'Odéon, 6th arrondissement
Paris, July 2002

“The Delacroix Monument (Monument à Delacroix) is a memorial to the French artist Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863). It is located in the Jardin du Luxembourg, in Paris, France, on the north side of the garden, just east of the Orangerie du Sénat. It was created by the French sculptor Aimé-Jules Dalou and unveiled in 1890. In 1884, a group of leading artists, critics, writers and politicians proposed the creation of a monument that would honor Delacroix. To create the monument, they chose the well-known French sculptor Aimé-Jules Dalou. The monument is an allegorical display of four figures. At the bottom Apollo, God of Poetry and Music, applauds as a winged old man, representing Time, lifts up a woman, representing Fame, to present a wreath of renown and immortality to the fourth figure, Delacroix.” (Delacroix Monument, Wikipedia)

Grand Bassin

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Grand Bassin and Palais du Luxembourg (Luxembourg Palace)
Jardin du Luxembourg
Quartier de l'Odéon, 6th arrondissement
Paris, July 2002

“In 1611, Marie de' Medici, the widow of Henry IV and the regent for the King Louis XIII, decided to build a palace in imitation of the Pitti Palace in her native Florence. She purchased the Hôtel du Luxembourg (today the Petit Luxembourg) and began construction of the new palace. She commissioned Salomon de Brosse to build the palace and a fountain, which still exists. In 1612 she had 2,000 elm trees planted; she directed a series of gardeners, most notably Tommaso Francini, to build a park in the style she had known as a child in Florence. Francini planned two terraces with balustrades and parterres laid out along the axis of the château, aligned around a circular basin. He also built the Medici Fountain to the east of the palace as a nymphaeum, an artificial grotto and fountain, without its present pond and statuary. The original garden was just eight hectares in size.” (Jardin du Luxembourg, Wikipedia)

Luxembourg Palace

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Palais du Luxembourg (Luxembourg Palace)
Jardin du Luxembourg
Quartier de l'Odéon, 6th arrondissement
Paris, July 2002

“The Luxembourg Palace is at 15 Rue de Vaugirard in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France. It was originally built (1615–1645) to the designs of the French architect Salomon de Brosse to be the royal residence of the regent Marie de' Medici, mother of King Louis XIII. After the Revolution it was refashioned (1799–1805) by Jean-François Chalgrin into a legislative building and subsequently greatly enlarged and remodeled (1835–1856) by Alphonse de Gisors. The palace has been the seat of the upper houses of the various French national legislatures (excepting only the unicameral National Assembly of the Second Republic) since the establishment of the Sénat conservateur during the Consulate; as such, it has been home to the Senate of the Fifth Republic since its establishment in 1958. Immediately west of the palace on the Rue de Vaugirard is the Petit Luxembourg, now the residence of the Senate President; and slightly further west, the Musée du Luxembourg, in the former orangery. On the south side of the palace, the formal Luxembourg Garden presents a 25-hectare (62-acre) green parterre of gravel and lawn populated with statues and large basins of water where children sail model boats.” (Luxembourg Palace, Wikipedia)

Medici Fountain

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Fontaine Médicis (Medici Fountain)
Jardin du Luxembourg
Quartier de l'Odéon, 6th arrondissement
Paris, July 2002

“Marie de' Medici, as widow of Henry IV and mother and regent of King Louis XIII of France, began construction of her own palace, which she called the Palais des Medicis, between 1623 and 1630, on the left bank of Paris. The new palace was modeled after the Palazzo Pitti in her native Florence, and the gardens around the palace were modeled after those of the Boboli Gardens in Florence. The Palace was the work of architect Salomon de Brosse, but the fountain and grotto was most probably the work of Tommaso Francini, the Intendant General of Waters and Fountains of the King. Francini, who emigrated to France at the invitation of Henry IV in 1598 and was naturalized in 1600, had built grottos and fountains in the Italian style for the marquis de Gondi and for the royal chateau of Henry IV at Saint-Germain-en-Laye. The first difficulty of construction was the lack of water in the Left Bank of Paris. Unlike the Right Bank, where the water table was near the surface, and there were many wells and two aqueducts which served the city, the water table on the Left Bank was deep underground and all water had to be carried from the Seine. As a result, the city had expanded far from the Right Bank of the Seine, but had hardly grown at all on the Left Bank. This problem was finally solved by the construction of the aqueduct of Arcueil, between 1613 and 1623.” (Medici Fountain, Wikipedia)

Fontaine Médicis

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Fontaine Médicis (Medici Fountain)
Jardin du Luxembourg
Quartier de l'Odéon, 6th arrondissement
Paris, July 2002

“The Medici Fountain (French: la fontaine Médicis) is a monumental fountain in the Jardin du Luxembourg in the 6th arrondissement in Paris. Built in about 1630, it was commissioned by Marie de' Medici, the widow of King Henri IV and regent of King Louis XIII. It was moved to its present location and extensively rebuilt in 1864-1866. The period between the regency of Catherine de' Medici in France (1559–1589) and that of Marie de' Medici (1610–1642) saw a great flourishing of the Italian mannerist style in France. This community of artists from Florence, including the sculptor Francesco Bordoni, helped design the statue of King Henri IV built on the Pont Neuf. The fountain technician Thomas Francini, who had worked on fountains in the new gardens of the Medici villas in Florence and Rome, found eager royal patrons in France. Soon features of the Italian Renaissance garden, such as elaborate fountains and the grotto, a simulated cave decorated with sculpture, appeared in the first Gardens of the French Renaissance at Fontainebleau and other royal residences.” (Medici Fountain, Wikipedia)

Pétanque at the Arenas

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Pétanque at the Arenas
Arènes de Lutèce (Arenas of Lutetia)
Rue de Navarre
Quartier Saint-Victor, 5th arrondissement
Paris, July 2002

“Pétanque is a sport that falls into the category of boules sports (along with raffa, bocce, boule lyonnaise, lawn bowls, and crown green bowling). In these sports, players or teams play their boules/balls towards a target ball. In pétanque, the objective is to score points by positioning one's boules closer to the target ball than those of the opponent after all boules have been thrown. This is achieved by throwing or rolling boules closer to the small target ball, officially called a jack (French: cochonnet), or by hitting the opponents' boules away from the target, while standing inside a circle with both feet on the ground. The game is normally and best played on hard dirt or gravel. It can be played in public areas in parks or in dedicated facilities called boulodromes.” (Pétanque, Wikipedia)

Windows and flowers

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Building on rue Monge seen from the
Arènes de Lutèce (Arenas of Lutetia)
Quartier Saint-Victor, 5th arrondissement
Paris, July 2002