Jardin du Luxembourg - La Fontaine Médicis

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9846554426/" title="2010 - June 19 DSC_0780 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2010 - June 19 DSC_0780" height="800" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2806/9846554426_ddecae4938_c.jpg" width="532" /></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: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Medici Fountain</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Jardin du Luxembourg</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;">This quiet space is found just east of the Sénat </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">with the closest garden entrance at Place P. Claudel.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The garlands of ivy on the long sides of the pool </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">provide a respite from the otherwise crowded garden.  </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;">Even when all of these chairs are filled, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">there is a hush and reverence, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">perhaps a tacit understanding by those who come here.  </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;">It is one of my favorite quiet places in Paris</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-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon weekend</span></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-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Medici Fountain</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;">Jardin du Luxembourg</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;">75006, Paris</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;"> </span></span></i></div>

Jardin du Luxembourg - La Fontaine Médicis

The Medici Fountain Jardin du Luxembourg This quiet space is found just east of the Sénat  with the closest garden entrance at Place P. Clau...

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La fontaine Médicis -- A quiet place

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicS2vaBozFm23qA8h3ldJbjzh-JJYQnc5v6dLbw4m4NHTmMa5EgiA8iArNlzOSAl6U2H97AuqOhyphenhyphenQIzY9votLWYsXV9TSsrCacB_s4y0E3uB4jlW8ZI0cQznTf-PSSX58o134bbNZyK7w/s1600/DSC_0783saturated.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496950793182525730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicS2vaBozFm23qA8h3ldJbjzh-JJYQnc5v6dLbw4m4NHTmMa5EgiA8iArNlzOSAl6U2H97AuqOhyphenhyphenQIzY9votLWYsXV9TSsrCacB_s4y0E3uB4jlW8ZI0cQznTf-PSSX58o134bbNZyK7w/s640/DSC_0783saturated.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><div>After<span style="color:#000000;"> <strong>Starman's</strong></span> request to feature Catherine de Médicis' fountain in Jardin du Luxembourg, I wondered if I would risk saying that it is my favorite "quiet place" in Paris. A risk, because with each trip to Paris comes the discovery of new favorites and wondering if at some point in the future I would have to toss this special place aside for un nouveau endroit. Certainly someone will remind me if/when that time comes. Hummm, a dilemma.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>This is not a secret place but mostly a quiet, shaded, cool space in the enormous, multi-faceted Jardin du Luxembourg. The fountain is found just east of the Sénat with the closest entrance at Place P. Claudel. The long basin of water is shaded by a canopy of plane trees, inviting a contemplative atmosphere. The familiar green chairs line the two sides of the basin backed by a screen of draped green garlands, shielding the scene from the less serene areas of the park seen <span style="color:#ffcc00;"><a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2010/07/jardin-du-luxembourg-un-repit-petit.html">here</a></span>. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I will bring you back here again, but will leave you with this thought. <span style="font-size:180%;">This is my favorite quiet place in Paris.</span> There now-- I've said it. </div><br /><div></div>

La fontaine Médicis -- A quiet place

After Starman's request to feature Catherine de Médicis' fountain in Jardin du Luxembourg, I wondered if I would risk saying that ...

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