Place Vendome Paris 02
by Weston Westmoreland
Title
Place Vendome Paris 02
Artist
Weston Westmoreland
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Place Vendome, Paris. 20:9 Crop.
Panoramic view of the Place Vendome in Paris.
Place Vendome is a square located to the north of the Tuileries Gardens. Its regular architecture and pedimented screens across the corners give the rectangular place Vendôme the aspect of an octagon. The original Vendôme Column at the centre of the square was erected by Napoleon I to commemorate the Battle of Austerlitz. It was torn down in 1871, by the Paris Commune and subsequently re-erected. It remains a prominent feature on the square today.
Place Vendôme was laid out in 1702 as a monument to the glory of the armies of Louis XIV, the Grand Monarque and called place des Conquêtes, to be renamed place Louis le Grand, when the conquests proved temporary; an over life-size equestrian statue of the king was set up in its centre and later destroyed in the French Revolution.
As for Paris... what can one say about the City of Light that has not already been said...?
More views of Paris one copy-paste away in my Gallery at http://westonwestmoreland.com/collections/paris
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October 19th, 2020
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