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Tombant en ruines

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSUp8WavKZQHujkFq8EJmLZr5PiNY3KsfLisvOgjf9ic37vN5ZWsQ3Hgzbc4xhihxiRJgYh0s-j4iHIpMlRlGV6GXoRg-xV4ltHtivA3MsQPCyloEFP_In1f6vq2oalnbeARZt2-X605M/s1600/2014+Sept+16+Tues++++_20140916+451+DSC_7965.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSUp8WavKZQHujkFq8EJmLZr5PiNY3KsfLisvOgjf9ic37vN5ZWsQ3Hgzbc4xhihxiRJgYh0s-j4iHIpMlRlGV6GXoRg-xV4ltHtivA3MsQPCyloEFP_In1f6vq2oalnbeARZt2-X605M/s640/2014+Sept+16+Tues++++_20140916+451+DSC_7965.jpg" width="414" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In need of repair</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">but the ghosts are free</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">to come and go</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What a beautiful tomb this </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">once was</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Père Lachaise</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">75020, Paris</span></i></div>

Tombant en ruines

In need of repair but the ghosts are free to come and go What a beautiful tomb this once was Père Lachaise 75020, Paris

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L'or de septembre

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixkImtG04lJRxhmFJ22-TwjxVVRsg5OzJnTyNtkMulbf91FgxfhlLrs0qZeVUzaOBw3HxA0ZqQcVqvUlo0ciUjZjQ3Sr8zveNJkHoyPrA4BjJBXt2CS57LlxzKoWMcLLXCOpXti8Ch7e8/s1600/2014+Sept+16+Tues++++_20140916+405+DSC_7919.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixkImtG04lJRxhmFJ22-TwjxVVRsg5OzJnTyNtkMulbf91FgxfhlLrs0qZeVUzaOBw3HxA0ZqQcVqvUlo0ciUjZjQ3Sr8zveNJkHoyPrA4BjJBXt2CS57LlxzKoWMcLLXCOpXti8Ch7e8/s640/2014+Sept+16+Tues++++_20140916+405+DSC_7919.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">September "gold"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There is something to look forward </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">to with the changing of seasons</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">in Paris.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is the first glimpse of gold.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It will be another month before the Ginko leaves turn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Père Lachaise</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">75020, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

L'or de septembre

September "gold" There is something to look forward to with the changing of seasons in Paris. This is the first glimpse of gold. ...

8:01 PM

Allée d'arbres

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAdAnh6N2xIjsjWxRWKGI_3gY9hW0E66Ct3w1mbEvmbUz7yZPiTtPpWlUO7eFy5iyA9CUvV9RBclmc1n00_DiCNrcYwilcIrroNrN28cSDIst1Kskzjg5jnst9nqu3ixiqkW-9kVUR2To/s1600/2014+Sept+16+Tues++++_20140916+396+DSC_7910.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAdAnh6N2xIjsjWxRWKGI_3gY9hW0E66Ct3w1mbEvmbUz7yZPiTtPpWlUO7eFy5iyA9CUvV9RBclmc1n00_DiCNrcYwilcIrroNrN28cSDIst1Kskzjg5jnst9nqu3ixiqkW-9kVUR2To/s640/2014+Sept+16+Tues++++_20140916+396+DSC_7910.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A long row of trees</div><div style="text-align: center;">and dancing shadows</div><div style="text-align: center;">in Cimetière du Père Lachaise</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>(Joyeux anniversaire, Lisette!)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Cimetière du Père Lachaise</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>75020, Paris</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Allée d'arbres

A long row of trees and dancing shadows in Cimetière du Père Lachaise (Joyeux anniversaire, Lisette!) Cimetière du Père Lachaise 75020, Pari...

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Le Metivier et la vie quotidienne

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Dxu1gBO2XSI2t072hOHI-AkqAGm073N2xnk4GnE5gs8a0s3J9YSi6E_Z311Lh7ObLbUV0Uf_tjbZKWmb-LZtiEj2lys0qqT9MDI1mvl0GWy1n0mlDeCOB8IAWXo3QQTFvnVNekgpA70/s1600/2014+Sept+16+Tues++++_20140916+387+DSC_7900.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Dxu1gBO2XSI2t072hOHI-AkqAGm073N2xnk4GnE5gs8a0s3J9YSi6E_Z311Lh7ObLbUV0Uf_tjbZKWmb-LZtiEj2lys0qqT9MDI1mvl0GWy1n0mlDeCOB8IAWXo3QQTFvnVNekgpA70/s640/2014+Sept+16+Tues++++_20140916+387+DSC_7900.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Across from Père Lachaise</div><div style="text-align: center;">the tree-filtered sun on the terrace</div><div style="text-align: center;">leaves a lazy afternoon ambiance</div><div style="text-align: center;">as the week draws to an end...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>bon week end</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Le Metivier</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>1, avenue Gambetta</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>75020, Paris</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Le Metivier et la vie quotidienne

Across from Père Lachaise the tree-filtered sun on the terrace leaves a lazy afternoon ambiance as the week draws to an end... bon week end ...

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City Daily Photo Theme Day: "Aging"

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJLjyVR1u0MjpVQVeTfwsg-yMmCiycUQR_jDgtb8Ph50zNT2NP4D67LFGWDysNHe0VafSUnetw-PlykMRYau73QYRQpPEhpQnvWq0A3FbIGyM0GJk6wCGyYb6aNHSw-HBK9A3Gr_6MqqI/s1600/2014+Sept+16+Tues++++_20140916+395+DSC_7909.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJLjyVR1u0MjpVQVeTfwsg-yMmCiycUQR_jDgtb8Ph50zNT2NP4D67LFGWDysNHe0VafSUnetw-PlykMRYau73QYRQpPEhpQnvWq0A3FbIGyM0GJk6wCGyYb6aNHSw-HBK9A3Gr_6MqqI/s1600/2014+Sept+16+Tues++++_20140916+395+DSC_7909.jpg" width="464" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This mature gentleman dined alone </div><div style="text-align: center;">on the café terrace, </div><div style="text-align: center;">enjoyed un café and a smoke, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and then counted out the payment.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">He walked with the assistance of a cane,</div><div style="text-align: center;">independent and self-assured.</div><div style="text-align: center;">He is known in the neighborhood,</div><div style="text-align: center;">acknowledging the greetings that came his way.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">On the first day of each month the City Daily Photo community</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">posts a photo.  The theme this month is "aging."</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Click <a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com.au/2015/02/march-2015-gallery-aging.html" target="_blank">here </a>to see "aging" in cities all around the globe.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Le Metevier</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">1, avenue Gambetta</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75020, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

City Daily Photo Theme Day: "Aging"

This mature gentleman dined alone on the café terrace, enjoyed un café and a smoke, and then counted out the payment. He walked with the ...

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Elle pleure

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0XmGivq7DQjXp6dvRdhENf98tMty5XEM3dnGh6KTy7jBSIS1vGxdJYKLYmfH2jTj0Qa39yBYwISzjyh75eD_xrugG7oDe_k3jEKbAUM8I1Ix6fLLctv8onyFYZQ-7xmq1954POX-mlTc/s1600/2009+Dec+00341.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0XmGivq7DQjXp6dvRdhENf98tMty5XEM3dnGh6KTy7jBSIS1vGxdJYKLYmfH2jTj0Qa39yBYwISzjyh75eD_xrugG7oDe_k3jEKbAUM8I1Ix6fLLctv8onyFYZQ-7xmq1954POX-mlTc/s1600/2009+Dec+00341.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">She cries</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">She has cried many times </div><div style="text-align: center;">over the past century</div><div style="text-align: center;">for loss of innocent lives </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">She cried again </div><div style="text-align: center;">on January 7, 2015</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cimetière du Père Lachaise</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75020, Paris</span></i></div>

Elle pleure

She cries She has cried many times over the past century for loss of innocent lives She cried again on January 7, 2015 Cimetière du Père L...

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Belleville - Rue Dénoyez

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ZphyphenhyphenuElZrM5YD5rEESvQ1LESeQti_PoFuVftlfq_A5fE7zd8CdBIbUJKIr8rr_bboh64XPBgAic_MuqwREGMk7tKYhf8cm-bLgfTjRfiuzjwo8-qYZviJ7rsz1B3_bYQMoF1eKndMZQ/s1600/2013+Nov15+Paris+_20131115+150+DSC_9103.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ZphyphenhyphenuElZrM5YD5rEESvQ1LESeQti_PoFuVftlfq_A5fE7zd8CdBIbUJKIr8rr_bboh64XPBgAic_MuqwREGMk7tKYhf8cm-bLgfTjRfiuzjwo8-qYZviJ7rsz1B3_bYQMoF1eKndMZQ/s1600/2013+Nov15+Paris+_20131115+150+DSC_9103.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Rue Dénoyez - graffiti street</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This street of abandoned buildings and closed shops </div><div style="text-align: center;">has been transformed as a palette for graffiti artists, </div><div style="text-align: center;">welcomed by the Belleville community </div><div style="text-align: center;">and supported by nearby stores, cafés, and markets.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Each time you visit this street, the canvas will have changed,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and you might find one of these artists at work.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue Dénoyez</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(between Rue de Belleville and Rue Ramponeau)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75020, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Belleville</span></i></div>

Belleville - Rue Dénoyez

Rue Dénoyez - graffiti street This street of abandoned buildings and closed shops has been transformed as a palette for graffiti artists, ...

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Cimetière du Père Lachaise XIX

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQwXNNYZsSmoG9W-WzEaYIMBjZvxb7MHIOjrwtoQoiuYQer_U62_AwwfRflH9d5J6PcL_35U2K9oZtqMyS287jHCEIvmVEs3b6viYmYjdBgm8wVTEgFtf7-PQJAQBimdur5dmy8jkDsR4/s1600/2010+June+20+DSC_0852.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQwXNNYZsSmoG9W-WzEaYIMBjZvxb7MHIOjrwtoQoiuYQer_U62_AwwfRflH9d5J6PcL_35U2K9oZtqMyS287jHCEIvmVEs3b6viYmYjdBgm8wVTEgFtf7-PQJAQBimdur5dmy8jkDsR4/s1600/2010+June+20+DSC_0852.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Cimetière du Père Lachaise</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The sculpted paths in this old cemetery </div><div style="text-align: center;">often feel like a rambling garden.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In the summer, trees provide shade from the sun </div><div style="text-align: center;">and the hilltop position lends itself to cool breezes.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cimetière du Père Lachaise</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75020, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Cimetière du Père Lachaise XIX

Cimetière du Père Lachaise The sculpted paths in this old cemetery often feel like a rambling garden. In the summer, trees provide shade ...

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Cimetière du Père Lachaise

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg41HuNtlk3BtauYXo2YGg82ddhFcx5DYye7KoriQi9oFX91bPHRBZuyLJwFHp5ZXBtUJYk9OWpe9rzdeLZKWY_LFYTzCEPaLxohx2DqsioojEEPSxzAa37XVEb-HmJe7O34ImE-HS394Y/s1600/2010+June+20+DSC_0875.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="720" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg41HuNtlk3BtauYXo2YGg82ddhFcx5DYye7KoriQi9oFX91bPHRBZuyLJwFHp5ZXBtUJYk9OWpe9rzdeLZKWY_LFYTzCEPaLxohx2DqsioojEEPSxzAa37XVEb-HmJe7O34ImE-HS394Y/s1600/2010+June+20+DSC_0875.jpg" width="520" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Père Lachaise Cemetery</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Quiet walks, a few cats,</div><div style="text-align: center;">voices from the past,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and a cool spring breeze...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cimetière du Père Lachaise</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span>16, rue de Repos</span></span></i></span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></i></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span>75020, Paris</span></span></i></span></div>

Cimetière du Père Lachaise

Père Lachaise Cemetery Quiet walks, a few cats, voices from the past, and a cool spring breeze... Cimetière du Père Lachaise 16, rue de Repo...

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Père Lachaise en hiver

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrEeR9GT_RIg222fE25EkRPXVASsPx76xC8H6D2KQSxpEfQsWUJlW4JTvgMuxFImkHpih1WItP_UTPF0rDNJVW_NRi7_8FCSKVxU8XatGxOCYQMC7sD09cTlXBalQVdyz__lj1at2_Gww/s1600/2009+Dec+4+00382.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="700" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrEeR9GT_RIg222fE25EkRPXVASsPx76xC8H6D2KQSxpEfQsWUJlW4JTvgMuxFImkHpih1WItP_UTPF0rDNJVW_NRi7_8FCSKVxU8XatGxOCYQMC7sD09cTlXBalQVdyz__lj1at2_Gww/s1600/2009+Dec+4+00382.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Père Lachaise</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In summer these bare branches are filled </div><div style="text-align: center;">with leaves making a canopy of shade from the heat and sun.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">In winter, the "tree bones" litter the narrow stone paths </div><div style="text-align: center;">with a mosaic of shadows.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">If you are a winter visitor, put Père Lachaise on your list.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">You can wander through the 110 acres </div><div style="text-align: center;">and almost have the place to yourself, </div><div style="text-align: center;">or you can get a map <a href="http://www.pariscemeteries.com/pdf/Plan-sepultures-Pere-Lachaise.pdf" target="_blank">(here)</a> and locate a specific grave.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The long shadows of winter will give you memorable photos.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">le Cimetière du Père Lachaise</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">16, rue de Repos</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75020, Paris</span></span></i></div>

Père Lachaise en hiver

Père Lachaise In summer these bare branches are filled with leaves making a canopy of shade from the heat and sun. In winter, the "t...

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Père Lachaise - crossing

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8603213681/" title="2009 dec 4 00380 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2009 dec 4 00380" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8400/8603213681_d50085532f_c.jpg" width="532" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Crossing</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Crossing the stone paths of Cimetière du Père Lachaise</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">perhaps a symbol for passing from this life to the next</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cimetière du Père Lachaise</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75020, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Joining the City Daily Photo Blogs</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">for April's Theme Day</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">"crossing"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Père Lachaise - crossing

Crossing Crossing the stone paths of Cimetière du Père Lachaise perhaps a symbol for passing from this life to the next Cimetière du Père La...

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Père Lachaise - la chouette et son ombre

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8536094078/" title="2009 dec 00364 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2009 dec 00364" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8088/8536094078_e8c5162e9b_c.jpg" width="532" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A majestic tomb</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Rising above most of the tombs in this area of the famed Père Lachaise, three mighty owls stand watch perched between stone garlands.  The crown supports a shield that surely identifies the family.  How could I have failed to note the name and the story.  Alas, a momentary lapse, but I will return for another look.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The skies may never be this blue again</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cimetière du Père Lachaise</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75020, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Père Lachaise - la chouette et son ombre

A majestic tomb Rising above most of the tombs in this area of the famed Père Lachaise, three mighty owls stand watch perched between stone ...

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Père Lachaise XII - les ombres

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8491355632/" title="2009 Dec 3 IMG_0124 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2009 Dec 3 IMG_0124" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8512/8491355632_bd92ae6756_c.jpg" width="600" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Père Lachaise</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I have an affinity for photographing cemeteries and Cimetière du Père Lachaise is a favorite.  No matter the season, the weather, or the time of day, one finds interesting lines, reflections, shapes, and ghosts.    </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Although one would think that a cemetery does not change from day to day,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> it is different on each visit.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> (No, I have not seen ghosts)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">Cimetière du Père-Lachaise</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"></span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">Boulevard de Ménilmontant</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">75020, Paris </span></span></i></div><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">Métro Père Lachaise, or<br />Métro Phillippe Auguste</span></span></i><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Père Lachaise XII - les ombres

Père Lachaise I have an affinity for photographing cemeteries and Cimetière du Père Lachaise is a favorite. No matter the season, the weath...

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Père Lachaise - Thomas Couture

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLvf7UF68q8BPkpNM5Ww2tYGvxJjtwovPltTEmF-QHvbe6GtpCNfon6mOLO2-FXjpNv_OZbsgIeMJMrp6cNO7xkqJcynuKVHqIW6-VDyzXkc9hItlm0Xn14t0UhrdVosYLt3fyrYjpGJg/s1600/2009+dec+hhb+IMG_0120d.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642766536400619986" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLvf7UF68q8BPkpNM5Ww2tYGvxJjtwovPltTEmF-QHvbe6GtpCNfon6mOLO2-FXjpNv_OZbsgIeMJMrp6cNO7xkqJcynuKVHqIW6-VDyzXkc9hItlm0Xn14t0UhrdVosYLt3fyrYjpGJg/s640/2009+dec+hhb+IMG_0120d.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Couture"><strong>Thomas Couture</strong> </a>was a classical 19th Century history painter and portraitist, most famous for his "<a href="http://hoocher.com/Thomas_Couture/Thomas_Couture.htm"><strong>Romans in the Decadence of the Empire</strong></a>" found today in Musée D'Orsay at a grand 472 x 772 cm (15 feet by 25 feet).<br /><br /><br /><br />He was critical of the moral decadence of France under the July monarchy (the ruling class) and alluding to French society the "Romans" of his masterpiece translated to "French in the Decadence." He later left Paris and started his own school, and among his students were Edouard Manet, Henri Fantin-Latour, and Pierre Puvis de Chavannes.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />

Père Lachaise - Thomas Couture

Thomas Couture was a classical 19th Century history painter and portraitist, most famous for his " Romans in the Decadence of the Empi...

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Père Lachaise X

<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFMXIbYotn5lVA4n1pQmIWsm7y6TKXHvk3t8_MHLeZev7ZW7lK4QolHF3UvrI8-pek_UY0S1TbCpA97EW6m6OiohWH_FgFmfJP1wD6fTbY-Qe3BkLP1XJ65V3DJC52TZMVXmu-6fohwl0/s1600/2008+july+paris+DSC_0100.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610120806033475682" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFMXIbYotn5lVA4n1pQmIWsm7y6TKXHvk3t8_MHLeZev7ZW7lK4QolHF3UvrI8-pek_UY0S1TbCpA97EW6m6OiohWH_FgFmfJP1wD6fTbY-Qe3BkLP1XJ65V3DJC52TZMVXmu-6fohwl0/s640/2008+july+paris+DSC_0100.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Granite, limestone, marble, painstakingly chisled...</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;">Shades of green, either paint or patina....</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;">Canopy of trees fully leafed for the season...</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;">All in quiet homage to those who have gone...</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div align="center"></div>

Père Lachaise X

Granite, limestone, marble, painstakingly chisled... Shades of green, either paint or patina.... Canopy of trees fully leafed for the season...

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Père Lachaise IX - Forlorn

Père Lachaise IX - Forlorn

Quite often I think of cemeteries in terms of black and white, but she was just too lovely with her alabaster-like skin offset by the dark g...

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Père Lachaise VIII - Shadows

Père Lachaise VIII - Shadows

The long shadows of winter are perfect for casting shadows on the tomb walls. The twisted bare tree branches reach up in contrast to the cr...

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Père Lachaise - room with a view

<span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWDV4MPMPh5zdOKWq7B7xCeLEHKiyq3aTR7sDegVTKEFC_EFvYu4eQ4c-1hPODbi_wmMVRr83qolnOdWQeKkvZagaL46lDWeNJV0XJoEwBGW6jTyz-IxtfDikq25WIrjrDMPVuE2EFnPA/s1600/2009+dec+paris+00386.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559666177436742146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWDV4MPMPh5zdOKWq7B7xCeLEHKiyq3aTR7sDegVTKEFC_EFvYu4eQ4c-1hPODbi_wmMVRr83qolnOdWQeKkvZagaL46lDWeNJV0XJoEwBGW6jTyz-IxtfDikq25WIrjrDMPVuE2EFnPA/s640/2009+dec+paris+00386.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Known as the "grandest address in Paris" this cemetery of over 100 acres is the final resting place of both the famous and the infamous. It is a great place to wander with a purpose, perhaps to find the tomb of Chopin and Delacroix, or to <em>flâner</em> the cobblestone paths admiring the beauty of times past. Maps are available at the front entrance <em>gratuit</em> if you want a purposeful search.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Cimetière du Père-Lachaise<br /></span></div></span><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Boulevard de Ménilmontant</span></div><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Métro Père Lachaise, or<br />Métro Phillippe Auguste<br /></span>

Père Lachaise - room with a view

Known as the "grandest address in Paris" this cemetery of over 100 acres is the final resting place of both the famous and the inf...

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Père Lachaise VI

Père Lachaise VI

What a heavy load to bear...

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Père Lachaise V

Père Lachaise V

An often-photographed path of Père Lachaise...

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