Rue du Cardinal Lemoine - a courtyard for all seasons

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/11140431346/" title="2013 Nov17 Paris _20131117 227 DSC_9874 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2013 Nov17 Paris _20131117 227 DSC_9874" height="800" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7401/11140431346_ce2e528c28_c.jpg" width="530" /></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;">Courtyard</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Rue du Cardinal Lemoine</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;">Palms, wisteria, fatsia, evergreens, honeysuckle, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and the climbing vines that turn electric shades of yellow, orange and red in autumn.</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 will have to check out this courtyard in the other seasons.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I think that it was designed for appeal no matter the time of year.</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-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">69, rue du Cardinal Lemoine</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;">75005, Paris</span></span></i></div>

Rue du Cardinal Lemoine - a courtyard for all seasons

Courtyard Rue du Cardinal Lemoine Palms, wisteria, fatsia, evergreens, honeysuckle,  and the climbing vines that turn electric shades of yel...

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Une cour privée

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/10770639784/" title="2012 Oct 7 Sun am_49DSC_8887 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Oct 7 Sun am_49DSC_8887" height="800" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3815/10770639784_9e679ae7e6_c.jpg" width="530" /></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;">a private courtyard</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 hesitate to call this a courtyard as it should qualify as a full park.  </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The beautiful wrought iron gates were open </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and I only stayed a few minutes.  </span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">There are small private courtyards all over Paris </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">but this one could not be seen from the street </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and was revealed to be larger than I could imagine.</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;"><br /></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;">Avenue du Général Leclerc</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;">74014, Paris</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></i></span></div>

Une cour privée

a private courtyard I hesitate to call this a courtyard as it should qualify as a full park.   The beautiful wrought iron gates were open  a...

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Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine - une cour

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9707695632/" title="2009 0929 2004 0715 072 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2009 0929 2004 0715 072" height="800" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5536/9707695632_ca515a6946_c.jpg" width="600" /></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;">A courtyard</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;">Locked away from the peering eyes on the street is this charming courtyard.  We stayed for two weeks with a view of the rooftops.  Our spacious apartment was on the fifth and sixth floors, beautifully furnished with a delightful cross-breeze in the heat of the summer.  We did not gain an ounce or a gram with the daily climbing of steps.</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;">We even enjoyed the pleasure of a delightful resident cat who took the stairs more easily than we did and who had full run of the courtyard with another friend.</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;"><br /></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;">Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine</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;">75011, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine - une cour

A courtyard Locked away from the peering eyes on the street is this charming courtyard.  We stayed for two weeks with a view of the rooftops...

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Colonnes de Buren - une étude en noir et blanc

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM3wSakFBwUTG7b1ObVEM7PeXpcFmFRFAG85imOuRlkZiLn0v9nbK5wLs2rge69WPt3YmSY21NtSroJMA-3J_C8ACtuChLgm45pAcRcKFj2dnTLDkdD4MJ6SJinxNCGxJEbbZ5BtjAvSc/s1600/2010+June+18+DSC_0521.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM3wSakFBwUTG7b1ObVEM7PeXpcFmFRFAG85imOuRlkZiLn0v9nbK5wLs2rge69WPt3YmSY21NtSroJMA-3J_C8ACtuChLgm45pAcRcKFj2dnTLDkdD4MJ6SJinxNCGxJEbbZ5BtjAvSc/s640/2010+June+18+DSC_0521.jpg" width="594" yda="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Les Deux Plateaux</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>more commonly known as Colonnes de Buren</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>(Buren Columns)</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Since their installation in 1986 in the Coeur d'Honneur of the Palais Royal, they have been a source of controversy.  Made of steel, concrete, marble, stone, and aluminum their presence invites <a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2011/02/blanc-et-noir-et-rouge.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #bf9000;"><strong>playful children of all ages</strong></span></a>... and photographers.  The angles and points of view are limitless, with or without a human subject.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">When the lines begin to run together, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">then it is time for rest, play and a good weekend.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Les Deux Plateaux</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Buren Columns, La Coeur d'Honneur</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Palais-Royal</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75001, Paris</em></span><br /><br />

Colonnes de Buren - une étude en noir et blanc

Les Deux Plateaux more commonly known as Colonnes de Buren (Buren Columns) Since their installation in 1986 in the Coeur d'Honneur of th...

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Courtyard stairway

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQeSAKqTg0MnmTt72IKKjk2-GbDkoE8tUXkTwMki88Scvqt8LryTx-HszRaGsMoiZIXrDmc7XlK10Prg3Y4jeGC9B8v50C-ER0lOiLE8V873pi_RUbDYEcSzujOph5MtDjXQC6F_t52Go/s1600/2011+april+7+DSC_0193.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQeSAKqTg0MnmTt72IKKjk2-GbDkoE8tUXkTwMki88Scvqt8LryTx-HszRaGsMoiZIXrDmc7XlK10Prg3Y4jeGC9B8v50C-ER0lOiLE8V873pi_RUbDYEcSzujOph5MtDjXQC6F_t52Go/s640/2011+april+7+DSC_0193.jpg" width="424px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Peering into a quiet courtyard, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">these steps and terrace were inviting us to enter.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Courtyard stairway

Peering into a quiet courtyard, these steps and terrace were inviting us to enter.

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Petit Palais

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWdbI7O74549wKDvm38IH6z4avwDglegc7_qiyDJGuqE_erKOWLaqHLPNGK6WqyaMgsm6uIHRC0nGAcpg9_c7-8hZhSWV8T1gK2qqOHXdCGpkiD78EImqmWSTJ_fH55eMIzgDfo4jAOmY/s1600/2011+april+2+DSC_0554.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606403244528599650" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWdbI7O74549wKDvm38IH6z4avwDglegc7_qiyDJGuqE_erKOWLaqHLPNGK6WqyaMgsm6uIHRC0nGAcpg9_c7-8hZhSWV8T1gK2qqOHXdCGpkiD78EImqmWSTJ_fH55eMIzgDfo4jAOmY/s640/2011+april+2+DSC_0554.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br /><br /><br />The day Marie and I went to Petit Palais, there was a special exhibit, pieces of which were in every room. As a result, there were "no photos allowed!" The courtyard did provide a vista filled with art and nature, all warmed by the spring sunshine.<br /><br /><br /><br />Do not forget to look "down" also!

Petit Palais

The day Marie and I went to Petit Palais, there was a special exhibit, pieces of which were in every room. As a result, there were "no ...

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Umphhh!

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOvAJSVzJJA-ah_AHeeA_J1ikPmx8erYpyc4EmnxkEO10OT566TWcwMLcFKjfwYdmog-vtqcqubOiiYvpyyDNV-jpik_MC5rJnijtBDrN9VAK0awTVIWd_F5QgB1TJvEEbri8MgWRrH9o/s1600/2009+dec+Paris+00148blog.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532927505903687362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOvAJSVzJJA-ah_AHeeA_J1ikPmx8erYpyc4EmnxkEO10OT566TWcwMLcFKjfwYdmog-vtqcqubOiiYvpyyDNV-jpik_MC5rJnijtBDrN9VAK0awTVIWd_F5QgB1TJvEEbri8MgWRrH9o/s640/2009+dec+Paris+00148blog.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;">I would say that this is a mouthful!<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">Whether you are a history buff or not, you would surely enjoy the display of cannons in Cour d'Honneur. </span></div><div></div><div><br />We previously visited the cannons <a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2010/09/cour-dhonneur-les-invalides.html"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>here</strong></span></a>.</div>

Umphhh!

I would say that this is a mouthful! Whether you are a history buff or not, you would surely enjoy the display of cannons in Cour d'Honn...

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Petit Palais

<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVoYnAyjvkcSj3iGFK9nyaB_4r9NhzAwhWlYv-ArJPWhq3FVMgF3QxRXKM0L9EA0f6l8v4ivqxQw9NZcz7hM2FFTPqDdXr3WIJ-UBnxhemj2EuatzkHFuwAhk4MbJkRCm99caVLs2Z4FI/s1600/2006+dec+Paris+DSC_0158for+blog.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528088332519296994" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVoYnAyjvkcSj3iGFK9nyaB_4r9NhzAwhWlYv-ArJPWhq3FVMgF3QxRXKM0L9EA0f6l8v4ivqxQw9NZcz7hM2FFTPqDdXr3WIJ-UBnxhemj2EuatzkHFuwAhk4MbJkRCm99caVLs2Z4FI/s640/2006+dec+Paris+DSC_0158for+blog.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">The </span><a href="http://petitpalais.paris.fr/"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Petit Palais</strong></span> </span></a><span style="font-size:130%;">was built in 1900 and is the site of the City of Paris Museum of Fine Arts. Seen here is an octi-circular courtyard and garden and its ionic columns. It has a remarkable collection of paintings and sculptures.<br /></span><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris</em></div><div align="center"><em>Avenue Winston Churchill</em></div></div>

Petit Palais

The Petit Palais was built in 1900 and is the site of the City of Paris Museum of Fine Arts. Seen here is an octi-circular courtyard and ga...

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Cour d'Honneur -- Les Invalides

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRh7mDfE0Rv53rQhMOAg0PhCCqNyBe_AnXOOnyThR1-d49As5sTDzAwiV-PqXuhjgxsRFPSGag2xK5C6WS0bXWlz2moJ-B3RJjExyy7qB32O7UKwmZJbccScDOWVD4d7qsCi-bfi7Iiqc/s1600/2009+1206+Paris+Dec+Part+I+00155cropped.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519938871540649330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRh7mDfE0Rv53rQhMOAg0PhCCqNyBe_AnXOOnyThR1-d49As5sTDzAwiV-PqXuhjgxsRFPSGag2xK5C6WS0bXWlz2moJ-B3RJjExyy7qB32O7UKwmZJbccScDOWVD4d7qsCi-bfi7Iiqc/s640/2009+1206+Paris+Dec+Part+I+00155cropped.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><div>You do not have to be a fan of France's military history to appreciate the beautiful patina on the cannons in Cour d'Honneur. Some of them date from the reign of François 1er, 1515-1567.</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs8COF1dR_MuTQsjFMGCSumPZHqlT2YuTcu06TcffLXJs3RxOAspkbe9bAxvmonLlGOIuKXoEcRpYnwa1rSCGuZZnFHXQhmsZ-lEow_cNWkspPpra6goocH6AlyK4y482Bkd9FD00ZxMw/s1600/2009+1206+Paris+Dec+Part+I+00154cropped.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519939705146727170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs8COF1dR_MuTQsjFMGCSumPZHqlT2YuTcu06TcffLXJs3RxOAspkbe9bAxvmonLlGOIuKXoEcRpYnwa1rSCGuZZnFHXQhmsZ-lEow_cNWkspPpra6goocH6AlyK4y482Bkd9FD00ZxMw/s320/2009+1206+Paris+Dec+Part+I+00154cropped.jpg" style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><div><br /><div>I have heard that decorators and gardeners go to extreme measures to get the green patina that the centuries have adorned naturally.</div></div>

Cour d'Honneur -- Les Invalides

You do not have to be a fan of France's military history to appreciate the beautiful patina on the cannons in Cour d'Honneur. Some o...

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Hung out to dry

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xM-QcjdKHY2vKGj9TQ0t5wb169X99Fsm_mHzKEK2W8QuOcUeM4qIh87eR2hlLqPvdO4IsO8IEwcd49umCPEhu9Ciqga2bLa-E6yu7JNi-JnVlEN6Cpa2fz_KI7uOv2IUwb70t0R4wrc/s1600/All+of+trip+--+071404+through+072604+071.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496191276968918450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xM-QcjdKHY2vKGj9TQ0t5wb169X99Fsm_mHzKEK2W8QuOcUeM4qIh87eR2hlLqPvdO4IsO8IEwcd49umCPEhu9Ciqga2bLa-E6yu7JNi-JnVlEN6Cpa2fz_KI7uOv2IUwb70t0R4wrc/s640/All+of+trip+--+071404+through+072604+071.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><div>Le cinquième étage, window with a view of Paris rooftops, purring appartement chat, quiet locked courtyard, a gentle breeze....</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>I play an imaginary role as I fashion myself a Parisian, shopping in the market, having "un noisette" in the corner café at "sept heures et demie" each day, greeting the young couple from le deuxième étage as we pass in the courtyard....</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>It just does not get any better than this! Yet, when the time comes I am ready to return to my regular life, my everyday existence, le quotidien..... </div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>To dream of the next trip to Paris... </div><br /><br /><div></div>

Hung out to dry

Le cinquième étage, window with a view of Paris rooftops, purring appartement chat, quiet locked courtyard, a gentle breeze.... I play an im...

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