Ok, yesterday’s drawing for Inktober was a bit of a disappointment (I started with high hopes, I had a sketch that I thought was promising, but the final result wasn’t that good), I couldn’t disappoint anyone today, especially not myself. The prompt is Dragon, and just like every at least […]
Statue
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Just some old pictures from back when I used to live in Paris (their time stamp says February 10th 2006, that’s 11 years and one day ago!) of the Parc de Bercy and Jardin Yitzhak-Rabin on a very cold winter morning. Note that Jardin Yitzhak-Rabin was my favorite […]
The Monument aux Girondins (also know as the Colonne des Girondins) is one of the landmarks of the city of Bordeaux. Located on the western end of the Place des Quinconces, it stands at 54 meters high. It was built between 1894 and 1902 to commemorate the Girondists. It’s […]
This statue of prophetess Veleda could be found in the Toulouse Grand-Rond (a giant roundabout as well as a public garden) about 100 years ago. However, I could be wrong, but I think that it was still there the last time I visited the park. That’s more than […]
A while ago, I had a short lived (or rather “went rapidly dormant”) section in the blog called “Where in Paris?“ Well, I’m reviving it, at least for today (and most likely again in the future) with these shots of Death, no less: So, where do […]
If you know Paris, at least a little bit, you know the statue of the Lion of Belfort on Place Denfert-Rochereau. But do you know its story? Briefly, this statue is a smaller reproduction of the original Lion of Belfort (located in the city of Belfort, duh), about […]
You may know the statue of the Capitoline Wolf as one of the symbols of Rome in Italy. However, this one is in Paris. Do you know where? (it’s not too hard to guess if you know Paris a little).
If you don’t know it already, let me introduce you to the Marshal Ney Statue : If you don’t know who Michel Ney was, let me just tell you that he was one of the marshals in the Revolutionary Wars, alongside and under Napoleon who called him […]