Monday, October 03, 2011

A super classic!


I'm just back from a dinner with good friends at Place de Breteuil in the 7th arrondissement and on the way back I passed by the Saint-Louis des Invalides Church which always amazes me! It was inaugurated in 1706 and it is still standing (well the golden globe had to be regilded 5 times since them, but still!).

19 comments:

  1. Is that the place that houses Napoleon's tomb?

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  2. Marvelous, Eric. What a night scene. In this light, all is golden.

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  3. One year, we had an apt for 2 weeks that overlooked the Dome, sigh.

    Mr. pHX enjoyed looking at the guards with the machine guns at the entrance for employees on the left of this picture.

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  4. I forgot to add, our Eric came to visit, tried to take a picture, and was told from that distance, to STOP! Remember, Eric?

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  5. Evidemment... tu n'as pas perdu la main, je vois. Evidemment... Paris by night will ever stay Paris by night. Evidemment... :) ... :) ... :) ...
    Thanks a lot, for the beauty.

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  6. I too have taken a lot of photos there as 50% of the time when I visit Paris I stay in a little quiet hotel just a few blocks from this site. It is beautiful day or night.

    We gild buildings in San Francisco too. I'm sure it is very expensive, but I have never heard one San Franciscan complain.

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  7. It's gorgeous! The beautiful building bathed in golden light with the dark sky behind....just lovely. Merci!

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  8. Nice one Eric. A magnificent building.

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  9. Love this glowing photo, Eric!

    @AJ -- Yes, this is the building housing Napoleon's tomb. One passes other monuments before descending to the lower level where the tomb is on center stage in a rotunda. What a life. Now I'm inspired to go see why he wanted this design, which sort of 'lowers' him - not the usual for a monument. Maybe some revolutionary posturing by the emperor!

    @Flore - I'm trying to guess about your first sentence. Is this the French equivalent of our "I see you haven't lost your touch" in English?! If so, I wonder if our phrase came from yours!

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  10. I agree with you that this Church amazed most of us at night because it looks like a dreamy place at night.

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  11. I already commented but wanted to ask Eric what is your camera? Considering getting a new camera and you always take the most magnificent pictures so it can't be a big clunky one if you're always carrying it. Curious...

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  12. @ Carrie : I don't know how to answer ... Maybe bilingual people could tell more than me. 'Ne pas perdre la main' means to remain good at doing a good job... For instance, in photos by night :-)

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  13. Great photo. I wish I could figure out how to get pictures like that.

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  14. I have never been able to get such good pictures, maybe I need another camera. thanks, Arizer Solo

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