Musée du Louvre - Escalier Mollien

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX60qp4Bm8-lAnVoVsawTKU7CBygBP26kFuJxf0EGEFWuAQ-nVZSAHbvOofNbIdfm_qSokMD1Lk8HPubk1pIvLwC9UmTzIQ4eOSXtHgCTbBFFPZ07TiqujK-GxVzVo6u7em-mAZOSrR_4/s1600/2012+Mar+30+Paris_148DSC_5096.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX60qp4Bm8-lAnVoVsawTKU7CBygBP26kFuJxf0EGEFWuAQ-nVZSAHbvOofNbIdfm_qSokMD1Lk8HPubk1pIvLwC9UmTzIQ4eOSXtHgCTbBFFPZ07TiqujK-GxVzVo6u7em-mAZOSrR_4/s640/2012+Mar+30+Paris_148DSC_5096.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Mollien staircase</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;">For anyone who has ventured into the Louvre, the size of this museum is staggering.  This staircase situated in the center of the Pavillon Mollien was built by the architect Hector Lefuel and inaugurated on August 14, 1857, along with the other buildings comprising Napoleon III's Nouveau Louvre.</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;">On my first trip to Paris this ironwork was a subject of sketches </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">as I tried to take in all the architecture Paris could deliver.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Much of my time in Paris now is spent behind a camera lens, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">but I plan to sketch again on my next trip, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">taking the views and details at a slower pace.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></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;">Escalier Mollien - Pavillon Mollien</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Musée du Louvre</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75001, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Musée du Louvre - Escalier Mollien

The Mollien staircase For anyone who has ventured into the Louvre, the size of this museum is staggering.  This staircase situated in the ce...

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