In Opera Garnier We Trust
10 Comments Published by Cedric Benetti on Wednesday, January 28, 2009 at 1/28/2009 12:56:00 PM.![](https://resources.blogblog.com/img/icon18_edit_allbkg.gif)
Labels: Architecture Instant Love, Interiors, Monuments
The Cathedral Project IV
2 Comments Published by Cedric Benetti on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at 1/27/2009 08:12:00 PM.![](https://resources.blogblog.com/img/icon18_edit_allbkg.gif)
The Cathedral Project III
3 Comments Published by Cedric Benetti on Saturday, January 24, 2009 at 1/24/2009 09:47:00 PM.![](https://resources.blogblog.com/img/icon18_edit_allbkg.gif)
The Napoleon Complex
7 Comments Published by Cedric Benetti on Friday, January 23, 2009 at 1/23/2009 09:42:00 PM.![](https://resources.blogblog.com/img/icon18_edit_allbkg.gif)
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There is still a lot of restauration work going on here, though the biggest part has already been finished (re-guilding the iterior of the dome)
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To the greatest joy of massive flocks of camera-swinging tourists from all over the world and empire-obsessed french royalists, here lies the man with the plan.
![DSC01559](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3525/3220294813_79a1a09273.jpg)
God Napoleon illuminating the world, long before Edison created the lightbulbs. Napoleon also was a fitness buff, working out 27 hours per day, hence his massive muscular body. Arnold was a fan.
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The tomb of Marechal Foch in marvellous blue light.
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Napolen, minutes before declaring "I am the man!"
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A signature, saying "Napole". No need to elaborate when everybody knows your name.
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The freshly guilded dome
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Labels: Monuments, MUSEUMS, Royalist stuff
Liberty's Last Stand in Paris
4 Comments Published by Cedric Benetti on Thursday, January 22, 2009 at 1/22/2009 12:33:00 PM.![](https://resources.blogblog.com/img/icon18_edit_allbkg.gif)
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Labels: Monuments, New York, paris history
Labels: TOILETS of PARIS
Outlining the Bastille
6 Comments Published by Cedric Benetti on Wednesday, January 21, 2009 at 1/21/2009 11:36:00 PM.![](https://resources.blogblog.com/img/icon18_edit_allbkg.gif)
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The markings are made on the cobblestoned street itself and some on the sidewalks.
Can you see one of the Bastille's round corner towers on this pic?
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Labels: Monuments, paris history, Paris street stuff (NOT a TOILET)
![DSC01461](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3307/3215396293_f4e2921920.jpg)
Ghosts of the past reappear
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Presences that haunted your mind
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Even the Penguin, they dragged out here
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For a last showdown before vanishing into darkened history
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Sending him off
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The last goodbye
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And gone
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Labels: drunk politicians, Obamalicious, photography, Politics
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From a French newspaper cover.
The Obama portrait is being integrated in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC.
Labels: celebrations, Obamalicious, Politics
TOILETS of PARIS
5 Comments Published by Cedric Benetti on Monday, January 19, 2009 at 1/19/2009 06:22:00 PM.![](https://resources.blogblog.com/img/icon18_edit_allbkg.gif)
![R. Mutt 1917](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3381/3209461101_a875ed9e1e.jpg)
![R. Mutt 1917](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3416/3209458675_4167fb0ae3.jpg)
Can be found in the Pompidou Center
Labels: Art, MUSEUMS, TOILETS of PARIS