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Here's the wider view of yesterday's cherub ... La photo de près, c'était hier .

Let's take another short break from the exhibition. During last summer, Rive Gauche train station got a complete makeover... VDP thin...

Last Sunday a Lent organ concert was held in Saint-Louis cathedral. The cathedral's great organ was commissioned by Louis XV in 1759 ...

Grin and bear it... Another fountain at Grand Trianon castle in the palace grounds! Désolée, encore des photos de fontaine au Grand T...

So it's September. VDP couldn't find rust AND ruins. Rust yes, ruins not really but decay would have been okay. Rust AND ruins pr...

Isn't this sweet? It's a detail of Ceres Fountain which was laid out between 1672 and 1679 by Thomas Regnaudin , after a drawing...

The dragon and the seagull. This is the dragon basin at the edge of the palace gardens, which we owe to the Marsy brothers . It depicts...

While we're at it, here's some more works in the palace gardens: the water theatre grove is getting a makeover, apparently it w...

Behind the cherubs: another view of Penone's 'Tra scorza e scorza' which I showed you here . Theme day is back! The September...

Doesn't he look happy?! This is a detail of the Water Buffet fountain at Grand Trianon . Il n'a pas l'air heureux ? C...

Details of the façade of Notre-Dame church. Again, the scallop is present here. I have explained about it in this post . To view all photos...

For this week's Weekend Reflections hosted by James @ Newtown Area Daily Photo , here are some autumn reflections in a basin in the gard...

A look through a doorway on Hoche street . ----------------------------- Un regard dans une cour rue Hoche .

Am I cute? Or not? At night in the palace gardens. It's bedtime! ------------------------------ Suis-je mignon, ou non ? La nuit dans le...

This cute little angel riding a... uh... I don't know what stands at one of the palace grounds entrances, near Neptune's basin . --...

Let's just go into Saint Louis cathedral again, shall we? Because you see, I like these ornamental cherubs that crown a bench, if I rec...