Friday 1 April 2016

April CDP Theme Day: the beauty of simplicity

Bâtiment archives Bibliothèque Nationale Versailles rue Montbauron
April... First of the month and it's Theme Day in the City Daily Photo blogging community! There aren't all that many simple things in Versailles and that's a bit of an understatement. This building (it is actually composed of three buildings) once housed the repository of documents of the French National Library. It is to be sold next year. More pictures of the buildings can be seen here (by scrolling to the bottom of the page). Now VDP isn't sure that these façades are beautiful but they certainly are simple for Versailles standards...  To see all this month's Theme Day interpretations, click here! Happy April and of course, April fools day!!!

Nous voilà en avril... Premier du mois, jour de thème dans la communauté des blogueurs City Daily Photo et ce mois-ci, vous aurez compris que le thème était "la beauté de la simplicité". Quoique VDP ne soit pas sûre que ces bâtiments, rue Montbauron, soient beaux, ils sont en tout cas simples. Il s'agit de l'ancien dépôt d'archivage de la Bibliothèque Nationale, qui devrait être vendu en 2017. Plus de photos sont visibles en cliquant ici (tout en bas de page). Toutes les interprétations du thème de par le monde sont visible en cliquant . Bon mois d'avril !
Bâtiment archives Bibliothèque Nationale Versailles rue Montbauron

25 comments:

Unknown said...

Yes certainly have to agree with you there, not many buildings like that in Versaille...happy April 1st, try not to play too many tricks on the unsuspecting ;)

Revrunner said...

What's that? The All Seeing Eye? :-)

Taken For Granted said...

I believe you have succeeded in a simple, beautiful photo. Congratulations!

Lowell said...

At my age simplicity has become a necessity. Very nice shots.

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Michelle said...

Much to be said for simple things and simple days. Nicely done.

William Kendall said...

They have something of a monolithic feel.

Bob Crowe said...

They are as much stark as simple. Let's see, remembering how to read Roman numerals. The first one is 1968?

BarbRad said...

I've never been to Versaille, but I agree I've seen few pictures of anything simple. You met the challenge and found something appropriate for the theme.

Jim said...

Great post for theme day.

Jim said...

Great post for theme day.

Wayne said...

Simply beautiful! The last shoot is a bit eerie - like some space alien sizing up the area.

Halcyon said...

What I find beautiful is the blue sky! I'm sick of gray. :)

PerthDailyPhoto said...

I remember thinking exactly that when we were there Ciel, so unusual to find an unadorned building :) I like your perspective here but I'm sure you are enjoying the blue sky even more!

Small City Scenes said...

Well---interesting if nothing else.
April fools LOL
MB

Sharon said...

I think you chose wisely. Very simple fronts to these buildings.

VP said...

Simple and beautiful, but not my favorite year...

Karl said...

Einfache Dinge sind nicht immer einfach zu finden, hier hast Du es geschafft ! :)

LOLfromPasa said...

I like the angles in both your photographs. I would never have guessed what sort of buildings they were. Reminds me of an American department store facade.

Tamera said...

They are certainly far more austere than the average Versailles building!

RedPat said...

A very striking image, Ciel!

Dina said...

They are beautiful in their unusual-ness.

Lois said...

Very nice choice for the theme!

Jack said...

I hadn't thought that for some places, like Versailles and maybe Venice and Florence, the concept of "simple" was banished several centuries ago.

joo said...

Simple and elegant!

MurciaDailyPhoto said...

You are right. Simply facades.