Place des Vosges - les ombres

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpSrRIeRxp6BSD5LSnDTZvuF-FJr68n0gtdKod9HXtkWOGSFSUCA2TL1d9GutgdySEXBktVDQTyZIL-gUl1bSwGTRBgosuJHajYRCmEAEdXbt-RWbUAh0TeIA9epmCBSMFOiMT1pbTOjg/s1600/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+115+DSC_0814.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpSrRIeRxp6BSD5LSnDTZvuF-FJr68n0gtdKod9HXtkWOGSFSUCA2TL1d9GutgdySEXBktVDQTyZIL-gUl1bSwGTRBgosuJHajYRCmEAEdXbt-RWbUAh0TeIA9epmCBSMFOiMT1pbTOjg/s1600/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+115+DSC_0814.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Place des Vosges</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Designed and built in a perfect square over 400 years ago, </div><div style="text-align: center;">the arcades frame the inner courtyard/park.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">The inauguration of this open air square in 1612 </div><div style="text-align: center;">was witness to the celebration of royals in a double wedding: </div><div style="text-align: center;">King Louis XIII to Anne of Austria and of his sister Elizabeth to Philip IV of Spain.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The brick and stone design is typically seventeenth century French </div><div style="text-align: center;">and has been attributed to Louis or Clement Métezauh </div><div style="text-align: center;">or Jacques Androuet de Cerceau.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It is amazing that these buildings survived turbulent times relatively intact.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">However, the bronze statue of Louis XIII was melted down by the Revolutionaries </div><div style="text-align: center;">and replaced two centuries later.</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: 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;">Place des Vosges</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;">75004, Paris</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Place des Vosges - les ombres

Place des Vosges Designed and built in a perfect square over 400 years ago,  the arcades frame the inner courtyard/park.   The inauguration ...

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