Thursday 13 May 2010

La fontaine du parvis de la cathédrale




The fountain opposite Saint-Louis cathedral. It is visible on the left in this post.
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La fontaine qui se trouve sur le parvis de la cathédrale Saint-Louis est aussi visible à gauche sur ce billet.

22 comments:

  1. Is this merely for decoration or does it serve some purpose. And why such an ugly face? Do you know who or what that face is supposed to represent?

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  2. Is it the light or does that fountain have blue eyes?

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  3. The relief above it is incredible, as well.

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  4. Great fountain, it looks like it could scare away evil spirits.

    But if you tried to eat dinner after 9 p.m. in the states, all the restaurants would be closing soon! :)
    Just curious, if you don't eat until 9 or later, what time do you go to bed?

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  5. Old Blue Eyes himself, LOL. I would like a fountain face in my garden. MB

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  6. "Laver les taches de l'ame" : Quel programme ! L'eau ne suffira peut être pas pour tout le monde !

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  7. A beautiful classical fountain, with very strange eyes...

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  8. "Une eau qui jaillit à la voix du pasteur"?..des yeux bleus..Hum, cette fontaine recèle des bizarreries bien attirantes à mes yeux!
    Tu vas bien?(tu m'as souhaité un bon dimanche!..ça m'inquiète! :)

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  9. That's really interesting! Great details.

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  10. @ Jacob: I haven't found any specific information. I don't think it's ugly! ;-)

    @ Brattcat: I have been asking myself the same question but haven't had time to go back. Will do though. When I took the picture, I hadn't noticed how blue the eyes were.

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  11. This fountain reminds me of the saying, "The devil is in the details!"

    The word verification here is "sersed." If that were a French word, what would it mean? What would it look like if you photographed it? Just food for thought!

    Jan
    GDP

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  12. My dear Ciel: I'm so glad you don't think that face is ugly 'cause that means you might think I was kinda cute! :-)

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  13. He resembles a Satyr with the wild hair and goat-like ears. :D

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  14. More fountains! Glad this one is working, unlike VP's selection for today.

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  15. The patina of those eyes are pretty eerie. Love the bas relief of the swans with their long curving necks.

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  16. Incredible.
    Great captures.
    Happy weekend.

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  17. Wow. That's an interesting fountain.

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  18. I always wonder about fountains spurting out of a mouth.What does it all mean? :)

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  19. This is just great, Ciel. «Louis» would like to visit this parvis and cathedral.

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  20. Fontaine des belle amour; l'eau est là pour nous offrir cette fraicheur qui coule dans nos gorges.

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  21. That's an amazing face. I wonder if someone painted the eyes recently? I doubt it was meant to be that way - or was it?

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