I've also already posted a photo of the Pantheon in this series, but again, here's another, from slightly farther out. The big charcoal-gray high-rise building behind it is the recently re-furbished tower of the Jussieu university complex:
More to the west is the abbey church called Saint-Germain-des-Prés. It's one of the most ancient churches in Paris,with origins in Roman times. One early church building here was sacked by invading Vikings in the 8th or 9th century, and the church was rebuilt a century or more later.
Below is a stitched-together image of part of the Palais du Luxembourg (the cupola) and the blocky Théâtre de l'Odéon behind it.
I'm not yet finished posting these photos taken at the top of the Tour Montparnasse. Here in Saint-Aignan, life now is devoted to processing tomatoes and other garden produce...
As I said before, these photos are extremely good, and it is very interesting for a former [?] Parisian native to find out which is which. Some monuments or churches are obvious, but some other are not easy to spot and recognize. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteBonjour Cousin,
Delete"former" ou bien c'est "un Parisien en visite" :-)
Bonjour Cousine,
DeleteEn fait, c'est une plaisanterie entre Ken et moi qui date du temps où nous travaillions à Washington et où il était question d'un former Washington native! Si on est natif d'un pays ou d'une ville, on le reste jusqu'à sa mort and beyond. LOL
The palace is pretty close to the Odeon Theatre, or maybe it just appears that way. We've stayed in some nice little hotels near the theatre a couple of times. I love this part of Paris.
ReplyDeleteMe too, Evelyn. It's a great neighborhood. I remember that you stayed in a hotel there.
DeleteI love going to the top of Tour Montparnasse. I went a few years ago and it is magnificent. Try to do something different each trip and this time , a friend of mine who has lived in the suburbs (23 years), joined me. She had never been so a new venture for us both.
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