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Heading north again, for moment... Within the city of Paris lies
Le Jardin du Luxembourg. It
is quite simply immense. You can spend hours in the garden and find something new around
each turn in the multitude of paths. I wouldn’t call the paths a maze for the simple
reason that the most of them are wide broad avenues. They are mostly shaded and all are
different. Here, you’ll find the avenue of Queens and female saints, there, the avenue of statues
(there are hundreds of statues throughout the gardens), here, the octagon-shaped pond with fountain, there the
Medici Fountain (1630, 1866). And don't forget the bronze
Fountain of the Observatory. If you go, plan to
spend some time to get the most from it. I met a man in the gardens, from the States and now
lives in France and he comes to the gardens at least once a week just to read
and take in the strolling pedestrians, the difference in the garden with each
season, and the flowers. Of course the flowers. They are everywhere. You could
say France is flower-crazy, and when you see how it enhances urban scenes, you
don’t wonder why. I spent hours here and didn’t even make it up to the
palace
itself! I was too busy trying to see as much as I could of the garden. I won’t
repeat what you can find in the links in this post, but I will say, the
Jardin du Luxembourg is very worth seeing if you’re ever in Paris…
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| The Sorbonne in the distance with Pan dancing below |
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| Closer, Pan dances to his own tune... |
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| From the palace side looking over the gardens. The tower of Montparnasse is in the distance. The only "grate ciel" skyscraper in Paris |
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| With the fountain and lawn in front... |
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| One of the statues on the Avenue of Queens and female saints |
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| Another one...I think there are twelve total along the avenue of queens and saints |
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| The Medici Fountain. Often the rotate artwork IN the fountain. Very unusual. |
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| The Lion statue |
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| The dear statue |
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| One end of another avenue with statues stretching the entire length |
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| If you look closely, or click on photo to make it larger, you'll see more statues down the length of the avenue |
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| The man who comes to the gardens to read, relax and enjoy the passers-by... |
Medici fountain photo from:
I've always wanted to go to Paris! Lovely photos!
ReplyDeleteThank you Lisa, for taking me back to Paris for a few brief moments. How lucky for that man from the States to be able to come and enjoy it daily. I could see me doing that, and sketching, if I lived there. We spent little time in the gardens, as we instead wanted to see the museums, but they are on the list for next time. Loving your series on France. I'm doing ART if you get a chance to drop by my blog.
ReplyDeleteVos photos sont belles! I can hardly wait to get there and take a few photos of this place myself :-) Thanks for sharing them!
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