Art, objets d'art, signs, graffiti...France, March 2024
Georges "Danton's (1889) statue on Boulevard Saint-Germain...was placed there in 1889 to celebrate the first centennial of the French Revolution."
"John Hamon (born 1982) is a French street artist known for posting his image on buildings across Paris. Since 2001, he has affixed and projected the image of his identity card photo onto monuments in 33 countries and 77 cities. He describes his motivation as 'C'est la promotion qui fait l'artiste ou le degré zéro de l'art' ('It's the promotion that makes the artist or the zero degree of art')."
Henrici Magni -
"The equestrian statue of Henry IV is a bronze equestrian statue completed by Pietro Tacca. The statue, which now stands on the bridge Pont Neuf, was indirectly commissioned by Marie de Médicis for her husband, King Henry IV of France."
Street sign meaning closed to all vehicles - SAUF except bicycles.
Graffiti:
SI IELS VEUT, AIDE TES POTES À SE VENGER. IF THEY WANT, HELP YOUR FRIENDS GET REVENGE. TU N'ES PAS SEULE YOU ARE NOT ALONE
"The Académie Française also known as the French Academy, is the principal French council for matters pertaining to the French language. The Académie has recommended the avoidance of loanwords from modern English (such as ... computer...), in favour of neologisms, i.e. newly coined French words derived from existing ones (... ordinateur...)."
Christian LAPIE
"Un autre ciel, 2021" Exposition "Les ombres incertaintes"
“Another sky, 2021” Exhibition “Uncertain shadows”
du Mars au 13 Avril. From March through April 13.
I assume May 11, 2017, was the date this sidewalk was completed. In the USA, you might find the date & the contractor. In Paris I was told that the city does all the sidewalks.
"Edmé Bouchardon, official sculptor to the King, created the majestic Quatre-Saisons Fountain, built from 1739 to 1745 in honour of the City of Paris."
Rue de Grenelle.
"Marshal Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau was a French nobleman and general whose army played a critical role in helping the United States defeat the British Army at Yorktown in 1781. .."
"...FOR YOU WHO HAVE DIED FOR FRANCE AND VINDICATED US." Thom Jefferson Sq.
Ca. 1923 monument "in the Place des États-Unis dedicated to the Americans who had volunteered to fight in World War I in the service of France."
"The Square Thomas Jefferson was originally located by the American Embassy at the Place des Etats-Unis, and designed to commemorate the relationship between America and France, it was inaugurated in the 1800s."
Ca. 1910 "...monument to the American dentist, Horace Wells (1815–1848), who was a pioneer in the use of anesthesia."
Ca. 1895 statue of Washington & Lafayette commissioned by Joseph Pulitzer.
"JUNE 30, 1944
THE VILLAGE OF SAOU WAS DEVASTATED BY A BOMBING BY NAZI AVIATION.
15 PEOPLE DIED.
FOR HIS PARTICIPATION IN THE RESISTANCE
SAOU RECEIVED THE CROSS OF WAR"
Sign signifying assembly point.
Château de Montélimar.
We saw many of these sign & it took a while to figure out its significance.
Don't urinate thank you.
Montélimar.
The panniers as well as the bike rack are nicely designed.
Place du Marché, Montélimar.
Balcony with objects soldered on.
Miramande -Village classé.
Extinguishing Public Lighting from midnight to 6 a.m. Caution.
"A new law came into effect in France on the first day of 2019... for the protection of nighttime darkness through controls on the emission of light in outdoor spaces."
GRANE -en Drôme Provençale.
Local residents.
Montclar sur- Gervanne.
Sculpture tucked into the front of a house.
Crest.
- "La liberté se mourt en taute sécurité" "Freedom dies in complete safety"
Don't take a dump here!
Seen while hiking in Le Domain du Roc - Maison d'hôtes.
Love the school bags in the vintage sign.
Le Domain du Roc - Maison d'hôtes
The town of Montélimar is associated with nougat, "the delicious confection of honey, sugar, egg whites, and roasted almonds."
"In 1993 the Nougatiers Federation applied for Nougat de Montélimar to be designated a Protected Geographical Indication (PGI). The application was granted in February 2003."
In Montélimar, there are still dozens of Nougatiers. The annual production is around 4,500 tons, and the Nougat industry employs about 300 workers."
Montélimar.
"The 'Montélimar' is famously cited among a variety of candy flavours in the Beatles' song Savoy Truffle, written by George Harrison and recorded on the White Album)."
"Creme tangerine and Montelimar
A ginger sling with a pineapple heart
Coffee dessert, yes, you know it's good news But you'll have to have them all pulled out
After the Savoy truffle"
Montélimar.
Place St. Martin.
Montélimar.
Paul's Fingers.
Saoû.
L'Oseau sur sa branche (The Bird on its branch) café Restaurant.
Saoû.
"Mon Super-Heros en Slip"
"My Superhero in Underpants"
Beautifully designed train. A work of art.
"TGV inOui is the brand name of premium TGV train services operated by SNCF since 27 May 2017 on certain high speed rail services....The name 'inOui' was adopted because it resembles the French word inouï meaning 'extraordinary' (or literally, 'unheard of')."
Gare de Montélimar.