Stravinsky Fountain
by draguza
It is located in "Centre Pompidou"
Dimensions : 1650 cm x 35 cm x 3600 cm
Material : Aluminum, Steel, Engine, Reinforced with fiberglass polyester
Date : between 1982 and 1983
Artists : Catherine Marie-Agnès Fal de Saint Phalle (Niki Saint Phalle), Jean Tinguely
Place : Châtelet - Les Halles
Place Igor Stravinski
600 rooms!
by AndyRG
Louvre presents 30.000 works of art, divided into 7 main collections (oriental antiquities arts of islam, egyptian antiquities, greek-etruscan-roman ones, sculptures, objects of art, paintings, prints and drawings).
There are several exhibitions too... You need one whole day just to see all the rooms and the exhibitions, get up early!
Paris Architecture - Haussmannism
by kris-t
If I'll try to put in to one word what is the first impression from Paris, the word will be - Harmony.
Paris looks perfectly thought-out. The reason why is Haussmannism.
"The Haussmann Renovations, or Haussmannisation of Paris, was a work commissioned by Napoleon III and led by the Seine prefect, Baron Haussmann between 1852 and 1870, though work continued well after the Second Empire's demise in 1870.
The project encompassed all aspects of urban planning, both in the centre of Paris and in the surrounding districts: streets and boulevards, regulations imposed on facades of buildings, public parks, sewers and water works, city facilities and public monuments."
"Hausmannism", a perfectionist art, wasn't satisfied with tracing new streets and utilities. It also intervened in the aesthetic aspects of the habitable building.
The block is designed as a homogeneous architectural one. The building is not treated as an independent structure, but must make, with the other buildings in its block, if not with all others in the same street or quarter, a unified urban landscape. The facade typical of the Haussmann:
eraground floor and 'between floors' with thick, usually street-lateral, bearing walls;
second "noble" floor having one or two balconies;
third and fourth floor in the same style but a less elaborate stonework around the windows;
fifth floor with a unique continuous undecorated balcony.
The Haussmannian facade is organised around horizontal lines that often continue from one building to the next: balconies, cornices are perfectly aligned without any noticeable alcoves or projections.
It was not allowed to build anything higher than 66 feet in the city. Most of the appartment buildings in Paris are exactly 66 feet tall.
As a resalt what you see is the Architecture ensemble wich is really very impressive - a rational city with wide avenues and open spaces.
Perhaps the most important... is "la politesse"
by shrimp56
Perhaps the most important thing in Paris is to observe 'la politesse'.
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ALWAYS start with 'Bonjour Madame/ Mademoiselle/ Monsieur.' And say 'Au revoir' Madame/ Mademoiselle/ Monsieur' as you leave the store. I have learned through many visits that the French formality is cultural, rather than a coolness towards outsiders.
FOOTWEAR
by BerniShand
Wear strong shoes for Paris, good walking boots are best, we wore our comfiest sandals but still our feet ached because of the huge amount of walking we did we really wished we had taken a pedometer with us ! it would have been really interesting to see just how far we had walked