Place Michel Debré

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC5BTO6ntBFT3txvmNVuUvITcBF02CFqMFEvgtha48OPQZHhBCoVYKjjagvn0ZbaIH3R-gTHOsXTZu3G-qlnc5TsjUCSF84axe-yXwspNJde8KcHFV02LBEZlc_E3JaxL6IrrkZnmINzU/s1600/2013+Nov14+Paris+_20131114+013+DSC_8679.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC5BTO6ntBFT3txvmNVuUvITcBF02CFqMFEvgtha48OPQZHhBCoVYKjjagvn0ZbaIH3R-gTHOsXTZu3G-qlnc5TsjUCSF84axe-yXwspNJde8KcHFV02LBEZlc_E3JaxL6IrrkZnmINzU/s1600/2013+Nov14+Paris+_20131114+013+DSC_8679.jpg" width="422" /></a></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;">Dressed for the autumn weather with its scattered showers, </div><div style="text-align: center;">this woman braved the streets with a confident gait.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">She was in chestnut brown from head to toe, </div><div style="text-align: center;">save the locks of red under her hat.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Must be a French Girl</span></i></span></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: 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 Michel Debré</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75006, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Place Michel Debré

Dressed for the autumn weather with its scattered showers,  this woman braved the streets with a confident gait.   She was in chestnut brown...

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Le Centaure

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEkrWmZKMxmcIy1srN46ZUqq0LYuod-Xob4_p4zBSQ4uqbv9eQnLSQI978tu_IlDTO9nbCSxkSKb6RCCePTPTmCZZ4AB1Iz69xuKRU5dwBG8sDweXlGlLzltXhUaQNpdE_E88l2iM_Nss/s1600/2013+Nov13+Paris+_20131113+054+DSC_8593.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEkrWmZKMxmcIy1srN46ZUqq0LYuod-Xob4_p4zBSQ4uqbv9eQnLSQI978tu_IlDTO9nbCSxkSKb6RCCePTPTmCZZ4AB1Iz69xuKRU5dwBG8sDweXlGlLzltXhUaQNpdE_E88l2iM_Nss/s1600/2013+Nov13+Paris+_20131113+054+DSC_8593.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Le Centaure</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This large bronze sculpture represents the mythical centaur </div><div style="text-align: center;">with the body of a horse and the bust of a man. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It was created in 1985 by the French artist César Baldaccini </div><div style="text-align: center;">(called simply César) and sits in the small place Michel Debré </div><div style="text-align: center;">at the intersection of Rue du Cherche-Midi and Rue de Sèvres.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Interestingly, the artist placed his face </div><div style="text-align: center;">as the head of this strange sculpture</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></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;">Le Centaure</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place Michel Debré</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue du Cherche-Midi et Rue de Sèvres</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75006, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Le Centaure

Le Centaure This large bronze sculpture represents the mythical centaur  with the body of a horse and the bust of a man. It was created in 1...

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