Strasbourg, France, or Straßburg, Frankreich. Take your pick.
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Tag: France
Frankfurt 3 – Perpignan 1
Leanne from Monochrome Madness is asking for Urban landscapes this week. Not my strong suit. But for what it is worth, here it goes. I tried to add a bit of interest by using vignettes.
And the roofs of Perpignan.
From enemy to kin
“Human friendship across state frontiers serve peace” signed by Willy Brandt, Helmut Schmidt, Annemarie Renger
France – Germany: From hereditary enemy to finding kinship through twinning citiey and towns.
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Shade Seekers
I’ve been doing Dale’s bidding looking for shade for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge. I went looking in my archive – and aye, there’s the rub. The photos in my archive are tagged in German and German doesn’t make a diffference between “shade” and “shadow” … Continue reading Shade Seekers
He looks commanding
and he was commanding – the Army of Sambre and Meuse and the Army of the Orient.
He is Jean-Baptiste Kléber as he stands in Strasbourg, his native city.
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To the South and back
We were driving from Germany to Perpignan, we overnighted in Bourg-en-Bresse. This fellow waved us away and towards the South. Wind turbines on the way. Then we passed the Porta dels Països Catalans, the gate to the Catalan region. And soon afterwards, our first glimpse … Continue reading To the South and back
A proponent of French German friendship
This sculpture by Tomi Ungerer, called either Aqueduct of Janus or Janus fountain (l’Aqueduc de Janus or Fontaine de Janus), signifies the double culture of Strasbourg, shaped by France and Germany in equal measure. It features a double sided Janus head looking in two directions, west and east.
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The Shape of Woman
The woman on the right is the sculpture of Vénus by Aristide Maillot in Perpignan. The sculpture on the right stands in the foyer of a student dormitory in Prag, unfortunately I did not find a plaque with the artist’s name.
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