Monday 4 May 2015

Vauban veille sur les vélos

Vauban bicycle garage Versailles
Remember when VDP showed you the Tardis bicycle garage? It was here. Well, it has looked like this for quite a while now! That's Sébastien Le Prestre, marquis de Vauban, known simply as Vauban, the foremost military engineer of his age. He is also remembered at nearby Vauban primary school, VDP had shown you its door here.

VDP vous avait montré ce Tardis garage à vélos il y a longtemps, c'était ici. Cela fait maintenant un bail qu'il a changé de look avec Vauban à l'honneur, et se situe d'ailleurs non loin de l'école primaire Vauban, dont VDP vous montrait la porte ici.
Vauban bicycle garage Versailles

19 comments:

Olivier said...

original comme protecteur des vélos des versaillais . c'est plus sympa qu'une publicité quelconque

Revrunner said...

A bicyclist, I guess? :-)

Unknown said...

That is the poshest cycle garage ever, so stylish....

Lois said...

I have never seen a bicycle garage before. It would be a great idea here since we have so many college kids riding bikes around town. This one looks nice.

Randy said...

Better than ours. Ours are just plain boxes.

La cachette à Josette said...

bonne idée !

Stuart said...

I prefer this version of the garage. Although Vauban might have wanted to protect it with a fortified wall around it.

Birdman said...

Love the close-up you've rendered for us.

Wayne said...

I've never seen such a contraption, it's brilliant and very nice looking.

PerthDailyPhoto said...

M Vauban is well remembered Ciel and rightly so :)

Sharon said...

I like the new look with a more historic frame of reference.

VP said...

I just scheduled a post of a statue of Vauban in Paris...

Anonymous said...

That's a very elegant looking place to park your bike!

William Kendall said...

The only cycle garages we see here tend to be caged structures with locks.

RedPat said...

It looks quite civilized!

Anonymous said...

Sympa, très versaillais

Loree said...

That's one cool bicycle garage.

EG CameraGirl said...

How cool that the look has changed so much! I like the idea of a bicycle garage. Seems so sensible!

Halcyon said...

Ooooops! I thought it was a public toilet. ;-)