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| The Palais de Chaillot is across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower. The fountains are massive. |
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| These idiot teenager boys were throwing their girl "friends" into the fountain. One sad girl is already sitting by the pool, while another is about to join her, being dragged on the top of the hill. |
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| Love this little guy. |
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| Lots of people enjoying the view. |
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| Paris was planned out for views. |
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| Armistice Treaty signed on 11 November 1918 to end WWI on the Western Front. |
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| Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Made November 11 1920. |
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| Some soldiers were gathered here for some reason, we thought they were going to do something, but they were taking too long to get organized. |
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| Mercedes |
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| Arc de Triomphe |
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| Cool view from inside the museum. |
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| I carried a Joby tripod attached to my camera bag and got some good shots with it. |
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| Michelangelo -- Rebellious Slave. Our first taste of Michelangelo on the trip. |
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| Michelangelo -- Dying Slave |
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| Crown Jewels of French Kings |
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| Aphrodite being mobbed by the paparazzi. |
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| Late 2nd Century BC. but discovered in 1820 on Greek island Melos. |
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| Jacques-Louis David -- The Coronation of Emperor Napoleon. The next day we visited Versailles where this painting was originally hung. It was cool connecting what we had seen here with the different places we went throughout our trip. |
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| Jacques-Louis David -- Oath of the Horatii. Along with the Inges painting in my last post, these two David paintings are French Neoclassicism. |
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| Eugéne Delacroix -- Liberty Leading the People. Here is an example of French Romanticism. |
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| The Grand Gallery seems to just go forever. |
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| Swag Ceiling |
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| Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres -- La Grande Odalisque |
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| The room where Mona Lisa is displayed is a madhouse. You've got to get your baseball bat out in order to get in the front and get a good view. |
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| 'Mona Lisa' is pretty small, and you can't get very close to it. It's sorta anti-climatic considering there is so much other great art to be seen at the Louvre. Why isn't there bulletproof glass around every painting there? |
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| 'The Wedding Feast at Cana' by Veronese. This is on the opposite side of the room from Mona Lisa. Jesus sits in the middle at the party where He turned water into wine. |
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| Hall leading to the Daru staircase and Winged Victory |
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| Winged Victory of Samothrace |
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| Pretty cool setup for the statue. Atop a staircase with a skylight dome. |
