Sunday, June 03, 2007

Like a bridge under a clear blue sky


After 2 weeks of terrible weather the sun is back and so is the blue sky. I took advantage of both to take a photo of this beautiful sculpture located on the Pont (bridge) d'Iena, right at the bottom of the Eiffel Tower. This bridge was built by Napoleon (well under the reign of!) to celebrate the victory of the Iena battle which took place in Germany (well, Prusse at that time) in 1806. This sculpture was made by Antoine-Augustin Préault a French Sculptor. If you want to see what it looked like in the old days, visit this site.
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11 comments:

  1. It is a beautiful picture and a wonderful sculpture as well! It reminds me how many scultupres and monuments there are is Paris! I miss this here in Oz;-)
    Maraï, A French girl adopted by Australia
    http://brisbane-dailyphoto.blogspot.com/

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  2. Thanks for the link, too, Eric! I didn't know the Trocadero used to look like this! I guess Paris has changed quite a bit in the last 100 years after all!

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  3. Excellent link Eric and the blue sky is a very welcomed sight!

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  4. Beautiful! My first time on your site and blog. Very big thank yous from a Frenchie who misses Paris a lot. Hey, it's Mother's Day in France today! Any chance to see a Paris picture of a BONNE FETE DES MERES sign?

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  5. interesting link and nice photo!! thank you eric!


    bonne fête a toutes les mamans de France!

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  6. What a fantastic sky! We have it here in the UK too. Lovely. Enjoy your Sunday Eric.

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  7. a beautiful composition for this photograph, and with in no-claims bonus this so blue sky, if perfect

    Today before and after the principal place of Martel.
    My blog photographs on the town of Martel

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  8. Nothing like a blue sky in Paris. We left on May 31 and it was lovely as we were being shuttled to CDG. I can testify that the weather was indeed terrible. But oh, the few days of sun were all the more precious!

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