Wednesday 19 January 2011

Wednesday Doorway: quatre portes

Four doors today inside Gabriel pavilion in the palace.
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Dans le pavillon Gabriel du château.

23 comments:

Lowell said...

Sounds like a country song: Four doors today ... You made me walk through four doors today ...

Well, I'll let you finish it! ;-)

Lovely photo with that golden glow!

Re the portable classrooms: the school district has these hauled in when a school needs more room and there is no time to build on to the school proper. They aren't great, but not too bad. I taught in one of these the last semester before I retired!

Kay L. Davies said...

What a beautiful photo. Wonderful light. I can hardly wait to see Versailles.
-- K

Kay, Alberta, Canada
An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous Travel

Anonymous said...

I always look forward to Tuesday evenings because I'm going to see an awesome door and this week is no exception :-)

andrew1860 said...

I love the golden light on the stone! This is where the Marie Antoinette tour use to start a few years back.

Randy said...

Wonderful lighting, feels like a warm glow. Nice shot.

Halcyon said...

Cool! Four for the price of one. And the light is fabulous... so golden and glowing.

Jack said...

Four doors? You're showing off!

BTW, I ordered a life-size replica for you today. It will arrive in two years. Gotta keep working until then, at least.

Olivier said...

une porte tres solennelle, avec le gaarde, moi j'oserais pas la prendre ;)

T. Becque said...

You do doors good :)

Small City Scenes said...

Wonderful picture of doors upon doors. Such a golden glow too.

Off to see my Mother for a day or so. See you when I get back. MB

Malyss said...

J'aime bien les lumières chaleureuses et l'enfilade en perspective qui entraine le regard..

Diane said...

You have a never ending source of fabulous photographic material in Versaille! xxxxx

Leslie D. said...

Does the majesty never end? It's mind boggling to consider the work that went into the creation of just this one building..

Cezar and Léia said...

Very smart Ciel, and I like a lot the light in this picture!
Léia

*** last weekend we have visited Dijon ( with my son ).I think I had a "coupe de foudre"for Bourgogne!A DREAM!
And I have tasted "le escargot"for the first time in my life and I loved it! :))

Cergie said...

Et un escalier monumental que je ne sais comment qualifier : à trois volées dont une et un pallier ?
Ce n'est pas beaucoup un simple laquais pour accueillir le roi de Prusse

VP said...

We are beyond the doorway here, this is massive and solemn. Love the light and the symmetry.
As you have seeen I posted a doorway myself today. It is small, fake, but quite realistic...

SRQ said...

Beautiful lighting. Love the archway of the fourth door.

Kaori said...

Very cool how that is lit up ;-D

Genie -- Paris and Beyond said...

It truly does look like a golden palace... 4 doors? You have outdone yourself, my dear!

Bises,
G

Bergson said...

pourquoi 4 portes ?

Sharon said...

You need to do a book on Versailles Light and Color, Ciel.

Sharon

Carol said...

Beautiful photo! Very warm with the lighting.

Loree said...

What an imposing staircase. Love it. And the lighting.