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No caption. It's yours to write. Today on Artsy Versailles: a shop.
It's spring in the grounds of Madame Elisabeth's domain! I still have no clue what that tower with the blue door is. --------------------------------------- 
These, above are reconstructed foundations. All that's left of the building where the Estates General took place in 1789: the beginning of the French Revolution. The buildings around are now the Baroque Music Centre of Versailles. There's a glass roof on Artsy Versailles today.
This is the chapel of Lycée Sainte-Geneviève, a private high and prep school, affectionately known to the locals as 'Ginette'. Amongst the most famous alumni are Marshalls Lyautey, de Lattre de Tassigny, Philippe Leclerc de Hautecloque, better known simply as Marshall Leclerc, a number of businessmen like tyre tycoon Edouard Michelin, politicians, scientists, explorers such as Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza or Charles de Foucauld, actors and writers such as Philippe Sollers to name but a few.
At the start of the month, I showed you the beginning of my love story with the daffs on Avenue de Paris. This was the scene last Sunday! See 2010 here or here and 2009 here. There's a street reflected on Artsy Versailles today.
Saturday VP in Livorno posted a lone street lamp with a salmon background. I dug into my fairly recent photos and here's the Versailles echo to his post: the house with strange windows at Notre-Dame covered market. Michelin Man is on Artsy Versailles today.
Both the statues of André Le Nôtre and Jules Hardouin-Mansart (posted the day before yesterday) stand on a round place between Avenue of the United States and Avenue de Saint-Cloud, a curvy detail of which I am showing you today.
A garage door near Récollets garden. Today on Artsy Versailles: tables, chairs and the promise of a baguette sandwich.
This is Jules Hardouin-Mansart. I have already shown his bust and told you about him here and some of you might remember him in the snow storm. Without this great architect, how would Versailles palace and city have looked? No one knows... Oh, this 1854 statue by A. A. Préault stands right opposite another great man, André Le Nôtre the palace gardener, the good looking guy I showed you here.
Pink things are happening! This gently blooming tree is the only pretty thing here: the building is the taxman's office. Or at least, that's what I like to call it. Because it's just another modern building, I decided to have a little bit of fun with the photo. A detail of Marie-Antoinette's theatre is on Artsy Versailles today.
Last week I showed you the railway bridge in Porchefontaine. What's beneath it is interesting too: a photographic exhibition of parks and gardens in Versailles! Check out more bridges @ San Francisco Bay Daily Photo!
Saint-Louis cathedral after morning market. To see all cathedral posts, inside and out, click on the label below. Oh! And there's the same view today on Artsy Versailles. It's different though!
Waiting for spring at Madame Elisabeth's orangerie. This made me feel like I was in a Jane Austen novel!
With a view into the courtyard. The French pavilion is on Artsy Versailles today. Oh and another thing: for quite a while now, I've been amongst the people who have problems with updates on their dashboard: I can't scroll down the updates. I have to search for your blogs manually and would like to apologise in advance should I miss one of your posts until Blogger gets this problem sorted.

A winter view of the King's small stables. Until now I had only shown you the big King's stables, which are on the other side of Avenue de Paris. Click on the 'stables' label below for a reminder! There's a strange view of Hoche Place on Artsy Versailles today.
The recumbent statues of Charles of Burgundy, a.k.a Charles the bold (d. 1477), duke of Burgundy and Marie of Burgundy, duchess of Brabant and archduchess of Austria (d. 1482) in the palace. Those were the days when Burgundy, now a region of France, was far more powerful than the French kingdom...
I discovered this seemingly recent little public garden in Porchefontaine neighbourhood during a sunny Sunday walk. I made the most of it because this winter has been so rainy and gloomy. I liked the benches and shadows, including a shadow of yours truly!
Today's doorway is the Hôtel des Postes, built in 1752 at the expense of king Louis the 15th. It isn't the post office though! I got kind of lucky with three blue cars in front of the blue door!
Well... it's the first of yet another month! I don't have a favourite part of town, but truth be told, I really like Saint-Louis neighbourhood where you see this kind of village type scene. Happy Theme Day and happy March! Click here to view thumbnails for all participants