I bet when you think of the city of Paris as the city of Lights, you don’t once think of coming across a Lighthouse (un phare)! Well sure enough, just off the rue Castagnary, you can find this beauty. Associated with a local fish market, this one towers over the street to let people know where to find their fish, but if you want to take a look at some real phares, here’s a link to the ones in France.
Note: I am currently on vacation at the moment and I will be back on August 27. I can read your comments, but will not be able to reply until I return, thank you.
It really is quite odd to see a lighthouse in the middle of a mediterranean city...
ReplyDeleteIt's pretty though. Does it really lights at night?
what a great blog! glad i ran across it!
ReplyDeleteHa! Last place I thought you would see a lighthouse. LOL
ReplyDeleteI can't see it somehow. Is it miniature? I need more visual context.
ReplyDeleteA lighthouse in Paris?!!! Cool!! Er... I meant, how nice! ;)
ReplyDeleteLuggi: it doesn't look miniature to me.
Haxo: Where is Park Georges Brassens?
The clouds in the background really make this picture stand out. I like it.
ReplyDeleteReally "cool" lighthouse Eric. I never have seen this and I too thought it belonged on Brittany Daily Photo. Definitely not "cliché" !
ReplyDeleteI love the white red and blue colors of this photo! Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteHi everyone.
ReplyDeleteGlad to see PDP is in good hands while I am away (thank you Haxo for all the info ;)
And yes Luggi, like Tomate said it,s really not miniature.
More when İ come back from vacation. I go back to the pool now ;)
Please hurry back Eric...I seem to have created a stir I didn't mean to start. I really do love this photo and the perspective you've given it.
ReplyDeleteI knew he couldn't stay away for the whole vacation! ;^)
ReplyDeleteThis lighthouse photo is wonderful, and I will look forward to learning it's relative size (and if the fish shop is a good one to visit!).
-Kim
Enjoy the pool Eric...keep an eye out for those snakes! Merci pour "Un Phare"!! I grew up in New England and we are famous for our Lighthouses..here in Northern California the most famous one is at Pigeon Point, a lovely sight!!
ReplyDeleteCool, Haxo, thanks. I saw that Park on a city map when I was in Paris but it didn't ring a bell to me at all then. I think I saw the area of the abattoirs a very, very long time ago, but I hardly remember it now. Georges Brassens totally deserves a park! :)
ReplyDeleteI knew there was a lighthouse in Paris! Being interestedin archetecture of all kinds I was watching a program on lighthouses on Discovery Channel some time a few months ago.
ReplyDeleteI just love this Eric, certainly was not expected to be found on a Paris site!
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