Victoire de Samothrace

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Victoire de Samothrace (Winged Victory of Samothrace)
Musée du Louvre
Rue de Rivoli
Quartier Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, 1st arrondissement
Paris, July 2002

Napoleon Hall

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Hall Napoléon (Napoleon Hall)
Musée du Louvre
Rue de Rivoli
Quartier Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, 1st arrondissement
Paris, July 2002

Le Défenseur du Temps

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“Le Défenseur du Temps” (The Defender of Time) by Jacques Monestier, 1979
Passage des Ménétriers
Rue Brantôme
Quartier de l'Horloge, 3rd arrondissement
Paris, July 2002

“Le Défenseur du Temps is a clock made of automata. Close to the dial, a man perched on a rock with a sword and shield fights against a bird, a dragon, and a crab which respectively represent air, earth, and water. As originally designed, every hour from 9 am to 10 pm, he fights one of the three animals chosen randomly by a program. At noon, 6 pm, and 10pm, all three animals attack at the same time. The time is announced by three strokes. While the man fights, he is accompanied by sounds of breaking waves, rumbling earth or the sound of wind, depending on the animal chosen. Le Défenseur du temps is 4 meters high and weighs about 1 ton. The characters, animals and the clock face are hammered brass and gold leaf. The rock on which they sit is composed of oxidized brass. In its original configuration, a master electronic quartz circuit board controlled the random attacks chance, and used six cam timers and five tape recorders.” (Le Défenseur du Temps, Wikipedia)

Place Sainte-Opportune

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Édicule Guimard (Recreated)
Place Sainte-Opportune
Quartier des Halles, 1st arrondissement
Paris, July 2002

“Ninety-one Guimard entrances survived until 1970. Eighty-six are still extant and protected as historical monuments; six were protected in 1965, the remainder in 1978. These include two original Type B édicules: at Porte Dauphine, on its original site and with the wall panels, and at Abbesses (moved from Hôtel de Ville in 1974). A third Type B of varying form at Châtelet is a 2000 recreation. The remainder of the preserved entrances are simple enclosures or entourages, with or without the light and sign arch. In addition, two sides of an entourage form an entryway to the headquarters building of the RATP.” (Paris Métro entrances by Hector Guimard, Wikipedia)

Pont Notre-Dame

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Pont Notre-Dame
4th arrondissement
Paris, July 2002

Bagpipes à La Plage

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Bagpipes à La Plage
Voie Georges-Pompidou
Quartier Saint-Merri, 4th arrondissement
Paris, July 2002

Pont d'Arcole

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Pont d'Arcole
4th arrondissement
Paris, July 2002