You can’t miss It when walking on avenue Rapp near the Eiffel Tower, The Lavirotte building is a superb example of Art Nouveau in Paris.
A facelift for the Eiffel Tower
At almost 132 years old, the Iron Lady is about to return to her original color: a “brown yellow”, imagined by the architect Gustave Eiffel in 1907. Cost of the operation? A trifle of 50 million euros!
Montmartre, a village in Paris
This is my favourite district of Paris and It miss me so much to wander in Its streets… Some of the pics I took there…
A facelift for the Galeries Lafayette’s cupola
When you go shopping at Galeries Laffayette, you find your head under a masterpiece from the Belle Epoque. Rising 43 meters above the ground, the cupola of the Boulevard Haussmann department store illuminates the entire large central hall with its soft golden light.
The most unusual building in Paris
Although it was a rather brief architectural – and artistic – current (from around 1890 to 1910), Art Nouveau produced exceptional buildings of imagination and creativity, of which we find superb examples in Paris. First, the Castel Béranger, in the 16th arrondissement, reputed to be the founding building of the Art Nouveau movement, as well as the Lavirotte building,
A facelift for the Eiffel Tower
At almost 132 years old, the Iron Lady is about to return to her original color: a “brown yellow”, imagined by the architect Gustave Eiffel in 1907. Cost of the operation? A trifle of 50 million euros!
Montmartre, a village in Paris
This is my favourite district of Paris and It miss me so much to wander in Its streets… Some of the pics I took there…
Montmartre glimpses
This is my favourite district of Paris and It miss me so much to wander in Its streets… Some of the pics I took there…
The covered passages of Paris
The covered passages are a Parisian invention. They were built between 1820 and 1840 to allow Parisians to be able to shop sheltered from the weather. These galleries with magnificent glass roofs and wrought iron lampposts became the meeting place for the Parisian bourgeoisie. And now, they allow us to plunge back into an era that is unfortunately over.