When
leaving the Tuileries Gardens (see preceding post) I noticed that something
else was missing.
Well, some of the beautiful lamp posts, candelabras, on Place de la Concorde
(several posts here and here) have suffered. We should remember that they have
been here since the 1830’s when the present look of the Place was created by
the architect Jacques Ignace Hittorf (I talked about him several times, e.g.
here).
Most of
candelabras look fine….
… but a few
are in in need of repairs.
I also noted
that many of the simple ones are differently painted. Are there some intentions
to repaint them all? Will they try to
make these simpler ones colour wise to look like the more elaborated ones?
4 comments:
C'est vrai qu'à Paris il faut se promener le nez en l'air, mais tu es un fin observateur.
Maybe the competent authorities of that divine city will deign to come down from their ivory tower...and see with their own eyes what is happening to the aesthetics of that place...of all places? Is it perhaps too cold now for it to be acknowledged?
This is outrageous and depressing...
Thank you, Peter for showing it to us.
Maria
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But it all takes a lot of money to keep these antiques in good shape.
Wonderful pictures!
I'm particularly taken in on the second one, the candelabrum. It looks magnificent. Also, there is one such, in a place called Ooty (my erstwhile home), in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, which, for a long while (until the Indian independence) was the summer capital of the British administration. That fountain is called the Charing Cross and this second picture of yours depicts an icon that is stunningly and strikingly similar. And, along came a flood of some wonderful memories.
Cannot thank you enough, Peter. I am delighted, beyond words, to be able to see such a magnificent world, through your eyes. And so, I am eternally grateful.
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