When Thora is finished with her morning nap, I put her in her stroller and we take off. We don't live in a particularly famous or historic section of Paris. We are, however, surrounded by an infinite number of charming architectural details.
One detail I especially like are doors. Here are a few.
Sometimes the artwork is purely ornamental.
Yesterday Thora and I were walking up rue de Saint Marcel. I'd never taken this route before and as usual, I was looking up. My son tells me that I look up too much because in a city you have to also look down so you won't step in something you will regret. While Paris is a clean city, there are a lot of dogs here as well as homeless people. Need I say more?
If I hadn't been looking up, though, I would have missed this spectacular building. I don't know what the building was used for because there was no sign on it.
I was fascinated by the carvings that ran around the building.
The pictures seem to tell the story of early man in several cultures. I see people from Africa, India, the Arctic, and Australia represented. I'm not sure where the large apes come into the story. I'm hooked, though. I'll be going back to this building looking for answers.
Your right the artwork is amazing! I love how it seems to pop out of the building and seem to tell a story. Just looking at it makes me feel like I'm there! As for the Apes, or giant monkeys, I haven't a clue either:)
ReplyDeleteI can't believe that these buildings look as if they were built yesterday!
ReplyDeleteMost of the buildings look newish and the same because the city was rebuilt following the Napoleonic Wars in the early 1800s. During the wars with England so much of Paris was blown up. At least this is what my son tells me and he is the historian in the family. :-)
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