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La fontaine Stravinsky
Stravinsky Fountain
located in Place Stravinsky, between the Centre Pompidou and the Church of Saint-Merri
Fontaine des Automates A View on Cities
Contains 16 whimsical works of sculpture (some moving and spraying water)
inspired by the works of Composer Igor Stravinski (including his Rite of Spring)
1 L’Oiseau de feu (The Firebird)
2 La Clef de Sol (the Musical Key of G)
3 La Spirale (The Spiral)
4 L’Elephant (The Elephant)
5 Le Renard (The Fox)
6 Le Serpent (The Serpent)
7 La Grenouille (The Frog)
8 La Diagonale (The Diagonal)
9 La Mort (Death)
10 La Sirène (The Mermaid)
11 Le Rossignol (The Nightingale)
12 L’Amour (Love)
13 La Vie (Life)
14 Le Cœur (The Heart)
15 Le Chapeau de Clown (The Clown’s Hat)
16 Ragtime (Ragtime)
Other Fountains
Élysée (8e)
Fontaines de la Concorde Place de la Concorde
site of many notable public executions (including King Louis XVI and Marie Anntoinette) during the French Revolution
Luxenbourg (6e)
Médici Foutain Un Jour de plus à Paris
Pantheon (5e)
Fontaine Saint-Michel
La Defense
Fontaine Esplanade de la Defense
Fontaine d’Agam
Les Halles (1e)
Fontaine des Innocents
Montmartre (18e)
Fountain Square Suzanne Buisson Walking Tour of Montmartre (Rather Luvly)
The fountain consists of a semi-circular basin, dominated by the stone statue of Saint-Denis holding his head in his hands. According to legend, it is at this holy place where he washed his head after decapitation in 250. Thereafter he continued on his way – head under his arm, to the crypt of the Saint-Denis basilica , where he was buried
Palace of Versailles
Bassin d’Apollo (Apollo Fountain)
Down and Out in Paris and London (Orwell)
Memoir on the theme of poverty in Paris and London
“It is a feeling of relief, almost of pleasure, at knowing yourself at last genuinely down and out”
Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
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Tale of Two Cities (Dickens)
London and Paris before and during the French Revolution
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, …”
Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
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Salle Rembrandt
Salle Rembrandt Room 31
Dutch Painting
The Louvre, Paris
Richelieu Wing
2nd floor
Room 845
Self-Portrait at the Easel
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Paintings_by_Rembrandt_in_the_Louvre
Paintings by Rembrandt at the Louvre
Rembrandt: Master of masters Morley Safer (60 Minutes)
La Salle Des Empereurs
La Salle Des Empereurs
Statue de l’empereur Titus
Hall of Emperors
From Palace to Museum, 800 Years of History
Hall of Ambassadors
From Palace to Museum, 800 Years of History
Hall of Antiques
From Palace to Museum, 800 Years of History
Louis Metezeau
From Palace to Museum, 800 Years of History
Louis Matout
From Palace to Museum, 800 Years of History
The Assembly of Gods
From Palace to Museum, 800 Years of History
Floor Plan (Louvre)
Enter the impressive Hall Napoléon either above from the (I .M. Pei) Pyramid entrance above or if you already have a ticket, through the Carrousel du Louvre underground shopping mall,
étage -2
You ascend escalators into the three wings:
Denon Wing (South Wing of the Louvre)
Richelieu Wing (North Wing of the Louvre)
Sully Wing (Original Structure at the East End of the Louvre)
Maps and Tours
There are four levels, and you can move around the museum through all wings.
Probably the most familiar space is the Grande Gallerie
The Galleries of the Louvre: A Concise Guide and Critical Catalogue By Henry O’Shea (1874)
From Palace to Museum, 800 Years of History
Le Salle Saint-Louis
Salle des Caryatides
The Salle Henri II
The Salle du Conseil d’Etat
The Salle des Boiseries
The Salles Percier et Fontaine
The Salle Mollien
The Salon Carré
The Salon Denon
Salon des sept-Cheminées
The Cour du Sphinx
The Cour Puget
The Cour Marly
The Escalier Daru
The Escalier Henri II
The Rotonde d’Apollon
The Musée Charles X
The Galerie Campana
The Grande Galerie
The Michelangelo gallery
The Napoleon III Apartments. Large drawing room
Anne of Austria’s summer apartments
The Hall Napoléon and the Pyramid
The medieval Louvre
Antique glassware room
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