Mon 21.Mar.2022
Paris, France
Imagery 25.feb.2022

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You don't fly directly to San Francisco from Rhodes, or even from Athens. Why not connect in Paris, and take a few days in the city?


Today's pictures are all from Luxembourg Gardens, arguably the city's nicest park.


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Nearby, the oddly asymmetric towers of St Sulpice church.


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Inspired by Florence's Boboli Garden, the (more-or-less) Italian-style park was built to please a French Queen who missed her native Florence, Italy.

The French Senate now meets in her former palace.


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The Pantheon, home to the original Foucault pendulum in 1851.


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The Medici Fountain, a cool fountain with a great reflecting pool.


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Coming up - more Paris
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