There are still a few unpaved streets in Glatigny neighbourhood, it gives the city a sort of country feel to it!
Il y a encore des rues non pavées à Glatigny, ce qui donne un petit air de campagne à la ville !
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On this 4th of July, here's a view of Avenue of the American Independence with the palace looming above in the background. The treaty of Versailles, one of the treaties of the Peace of Paris, was signed in the city on September 3, 1783.
Orangerie street reflected in a Citroën for James' Weekend Reflections.
There are several neighbourhoods in Versailles where smaller, residential streets still have gravel roads, which never fails to amaze me, though I like it as it gives the city an unusual country air and charm! I have no idea how two cars are supposed to pass each other though, it's probably a question of centimetres!
I was showing you a private street on the Avenue de Paris here. Here's a better view of the gate! I dabbled a bit with the sky colour, it was just too white....jpg)
I am sort of cheating again. This isn't a proper doorway, it's a gate. A gate that leads into a private road...
No permanent damage to the knee, time will heal it. The camera is another story. It was only a small Canon Ixus and it's almost cheaper to buy another one. I'll see to it when I can walk better. In the meantime, more photos taken in May. One of the busiest shopping streets in Versailles is this one, with what I think are lovely classical façades.
During Molière month, many streets in Versailles are decorated. This here is the rue du Général Leclerc, ending in an 18th century building which is now a French Army venue on rue Royale.
We haven't been having much of a spring until now. Dreary skies and lots of rain and even thunderstorms. This was taken just before a downpour last week. It is the statue of revolutionary General Lazare Hoche, born in Versailles in 1768. Read all about him here. He stands on Hoche place, which becomes Hoche Street! Notre-Dame church provides a nice background.