Thursday 26 February 2009

Le château: statue and chapel

Maybe I'm guessing wrong, but some of you might have been wondering if the palace is still there as I only rarely seem to go near it. Well... yes, of course it is still there and here's a little appetizer, because we will most certainly stop near or inside it from time to time... This here is one of the outer courtyard palace statues, standing in front of the royal chapel.
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Je vous rassure, le château est toujours là, même si je ne m'en approche finalement pas souvent. De temps en temps et au gré des saisons, nous irons nous y promener... En attendant, voici l'une des statues de l'avant-cour du château avec en arrière-plan la chapelle royale.

21 comments:

Rob said...

This will be enjoyable to see without standing in those long queues.

Olivier said...

une très belle statue, tu as de quoi faire à Versailles. Elle représente quoi ?

cieldequimper said...

@Olivier: chut, stp, je n'ai pas trouvé dans mon bouquin, roo... Je me suis bien énervée mais ça n'a rien changé au problème... ;-)

crocrodyl said...

Beautiful sculpture! Great capture! I like it!

Bergson said...

J'étais un peu inquiet je pensais que le château prenait ses quartiers d'hiver

Unknown said...

Gorgeous composition! Love it!

EG CameraGirl said...

Magnificent! I look forward to seeing photos of the famous palace!

abc said...

Wonderful. This is what comes to mind when thinking of Versailles. Look forward to more!

B SQUARED said...

Amazing! You are so lucky to be surrounded by such beauty.

Jane Hards Photography said...

Incredibly beautiful image and love the composition.

Juergen Kuehn said...

Simply great! Colors like golden ivory.

Anonymous said...

I really like the clarity of the statue w/ the background a bit blurred! Very nice shot!!!

causeries said...

fan inconditionnelle de cette photo ;-))

Kim said...

This is such a lovely shot. I love the subtle colors and shadows of the sculpture and the building in the background. Very rich and interesting photo to gaze at!
And sunshine! :-)
-Kim
Seattle Daily Photo

Marie-Noyale said...

A nice late afternoon sunlight...

Frankie / Nick said...

What a gorgeous piece of artwork and a lovely photo of it.

Judy said...

Lovely statue and magnificent chapel.

Ninoushka said...

De super photos!!!
Et merci pour tes coms sur le blog de Whit. Il les appréciera surement ;)
bises
Nina

Lowell said...

I love the Palace! We were there in June and it was sooooo cold. But they had just reopened the Hall of Mirrors! We didn't get inside the chapel, though.

Very nice photo, Cielde. And thanks for looking at our blogs today and for all the nice comments!

Petrea Burchard said...

Merci, merci! C'est tres jolie.

Anonymous said...

Oh that's a stunning photo! I went to the palace once, but it was over 20 years ago - I don't think I really appreciated it at the time, i'd love to go back and see it again.