Whenever someone looks at this picture they instinctively want to lay it down into landscape mode. Is this thing right-side-up?Yes it is. This is a statue that pokes out of the side of the Arc de Triumph, showing its incredible relief and detail to a bustling populace whizzing around the traffic circle that surrounds the structure. I'd heard of the Arc, but had no idea of the significance or beauty before this visit. The thing is just awe-inspiring.
And huge. What a culture it is that produces not just a few, but a city full of these types of things! You've seen the architecture already of an every-day structure such as the apartment house in the previous posting. Add historical structures such as this peppered throughout, plus a great concentration in the swath of city between the Arc and the Louvre, and it staggers the imagination.
I sure didn't expect this, but Paris quickly became a favorite vacation city, a sentiment that has not diminished in the time since returning.
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