Wed 27 Jan 2010
An interesting church near the les Halles area is St Eustache. It has a very dark interior but the outside has recently been cleaned.
A look at a section of the church. Can you see the sundial up at the top? It has several for some reason.
A view of the old Bourse (the stock market) across the way. There is also a maze of sorts there on the ground.
You can also find this giant sculpture of a head and a hand in front of the church. People like to climb up on the hand to have their photos taken.
As you can see, there has been some major grafitti done. I don’t like grafitti but the sunglasses did make me smile. I saw a bra painted on the sculpture of a female goddess once as well. I hope they can get the paint off.
Why oh why do they have to deface something like this. Love the photos as always Linda. This building looks interesting.
Linda,
Is the maze a prayer labyrinth? When I was teaching religious ed we had a small one that the children could run their fingers through as they prayed and meditated. I know there’s a full-sized one not too far from here in the gardens at Ohio State, not a prayerful place, but the idea is to walk the labyrinth and pray.
It does annoy me immensely when they deface something like this. I have photos off that area, when my friend and I came out in April..it was sunny and warm and we sat for a while, people watching.
How are things in France? Last year we spent a week in Paris and found things very expensive. Also, whenever I tried out my rather bookish French, everyone replied in English. We stayed in a small hotel in Neuilly, quite near the Bois de Boulogne
Those sunglasses must have taken a lot of time to draw on. How do they find that much private time to get away with it I wonder?
Always lovely photos. You have such a great eye for capturing things.
The statue had green lips when I was there last and I do wish they would stop this sort of thing.
Oh well, it must be a really nice exhibition.