Ah, Paris......Some photos from our visit to Paris in December 2024.
The Eiffel Tower as viewed from the Esplanade du Trocadéro. This is the location where the opening ceremony for the Paris Summer Olympics took place.
A view down the Avenue des Champs-Élysées towards the Place de la Concorde and the ancient Egyptian obelisk located there.
Notre Dame Cathedral along the Seine. The cathedral and grounds were closed to the public, due to the planned grand re-opening ceremony, which was to occur the day after we departed. This is one of the only clear shots of the church that I could get.
Place de la Concorde and the Egyptian obelisk. The plaza is where 100s of executions by guillotine occurred during the French Revolution. The obelisk is from Luxor in Egypt. It was donated to France centuries ago.
A view of the Arc de Triomphe up the Avenue Des Champs-Élysées. It is an iconic triumphal arch built to commemorate Napoleon's victories.
Place Vendôme, at the center of which stands the Colonne Vendôme. The bronze column was commissioned by Napoleon to commemorate his victory at the Battle of Austerlitz in 1805. Modeled after Trajan’s Column in Rome, it the bronze was crafted from cannons captured from the Russian and Austrian armies.
Place Vendôme, at the center of which stands the Colonne Vendôme. There had been an event in one of the buildings there, and this troupe of musicians had just packed up their bus and were preparing to depart.
Chanel store, located in Paris' trendy downtown fashion district. It's tradition for the major designers to put up elaborate Xmas light displays each year.
Dior store, located in Paris' trendy downtown fashion district. It's tradition for the major designers to put up elaborate Xmas light displays each year.
Chanel and Dior stores, located in Paris' trendy downtown fashion district. It's tradition for the major designers to put up elaborate Xmas light displays each year.
Early morning in the pyramid courtyard at the Louvre.
One of the most famous museums in the world, the Louvre is the national art museum in Paris. It occupies the Louvre Palace, a royal residence originally built in the late 12th to 13th century and redesigned and extended many times. During the French Revolution, the National Assembly decreed the Louvre should be used as a museum to display the nation's masterpieces. The museum opened on 10 August 1793. The Louvre pyramid, designed by renowned architect I. M. Pei in the 1980s as a new main entrance to the museum. The Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel is in the background and the gardens of the Jardin des Tuileries beyond that. The roof of the Grand Palais is in the far distance.
A wedding photographer taking photos of an elaborately dressed bride and groom in the Louvre courtyard.
The Louvre pyramid, designed by renowned architect I. M. Pei in the 1980s as a new main entrance to the museum. The Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel is in the background and the gardens of the Jardin des Tuileries beyond that. The roof of the Grand Palais is in the far distance.
A view down the Avenue de l'Opéra.
A view of Place Vendôme, at the center of which stands the Colonne Vendôme. The bronze column was commissioned by Napoleon to commemorate his victory at the Battle of Austerlitz in 1805. Modeled after Trajan’s Column in Rome, it the bronze was crafted from cannons captured from the Russian and Austrian armies.
The Queen of England (?). Little art mosaics were located in several spots throughout this neighborhood.
I couldn't help but capture what I thought to be an Oh So Very Paris scene.
This cat stepped on onto it's perch from the adjacent apartment window, when it's owner hung clothes out to dry. He just sat there surveying his domain.
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