Europe 2014 - Paris, Colonne de Juillet

To conclude the series on Paris photos, this and the next couple of posts will be of various items in no particular order, but which captured my interest for one reason or another.

On the day that Allison and I struck out on our own for an afternoon, we ended up here.  Allison was in search of a certain bakery that we never found, but happily encountered sights and scenes that otherwise would have been missed.

Through research upon our return I found out that this is the Colonne de Juillet (English: July Column) commemorating the fall of Bastille in 1789.  Very interesting history here, including the fact that over time the remains of 815 victims of the July Revolution were interred in its base.