le petit palais

triptych: grand palais

reasons the grand palais is fairly fabulous:

1) because the architecture is in the beaux-arts style and therefore decadent.

2) the chanel fall and spring shows are always shown here.

le panthéon: aux grands hommes

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a former church, le panthéon was converted to a memorial and burial place for les grands hommes de france after the revolution. features the tombs of dozens of the great men of french history like voltaire, rousseau, victor hugo, alexandre dumas...and marie curie...in other news: did you know women didn't get the right to vote in france until 1945?

paris at night

c'est trop beau, n'est-ce pas?

diptych

things i like about these two pictures: 

1) caryatid lampposts. what could be better?

2) they are right next to the opéra garnier.

3) note the galeries lafayette in the background.

4) this haussmanized area of paris always reminds me of caillebotte, who is of course fab.

5) the sun is shining! it was the first time in days! and it hasn't graced paris with its presence since : (