Victory statue, Carnavalet Museum, Paris

by | December 29, 2002 • 1:05 pm | Photos

< Previous Photos Next > Victory statue, Carnavalet Museum, Paris Paris, France — Victory statue by sculptor Louis-Simon Boizot in the Victory Courtyard Garden (Cour de la Victoire Jardin) at the Carnavalet Museum. It is his original version of the gilded...

Carnavalet Museum, Paris: Garden & Victory statue

by | December 29, 2002 • 1:01 pm | Photos

< Previous Photos Next > Carnavalet Museum, Paris: Garden & Victory statue Paris, France — The Victory courtyard garden (Cour de la Victoire Jardin) at the Carnavalet Museum. Four beds of patterned boxwoods occupy the courtyard’s four corners, and a...

Place des Vosges, Paris, France

by | December 29, 2002 • 11:40 am | Photos

< Previous Photos Next > Place des Vosges, Paris, France Paris, France — Dan Falato stands in the Place des Vosges, the centerpiece of the Marais district built by Henri IV from 1605 to 1612. Originally known as the Place Royale, it was the exclusive residence...

Place de la Bastille, Paris, France

by | December 29, 2002 • 10:38 am | Photos

< Previous Photos Next > Place de la Bastille, Paris, France Paris, France — The Place de la Bastille and its July Column, on the site of the former Bastille prison (Bastille Saint-Antoine), which was stormed on the morning of July 14, 1789. Although...

Notre-Dame de Reims Cathedral, Reims, France

by | December 28, 2002 • 2:35 pm | Photos

< Previous Photos Next > Notre-Dame de Reims Cathedral, Reims, France Reims, France — Notre-Dame de Reims (Our Lady of Reims), the Roman Catholic cathedral where the kings of France were once crowned, and the seat of the Archdiocese of Reims. Construction on...

Behind Cathedral of Limburg an der Lahn, Germany

by | December 27, 2002 • 1:59 pm | Photos

< Previous Photos Next > Behind Cathedral of Limburg an der Lahn, Germany Limburg an der Lahn, Hesse, Germany — Stone tower and building behind the Cathedral of Limburg (a.k.a. Georgsdom or Limburger Dom in German). Both the cathedral and the castle of Limburg...

Witch hunt victims memorial, Idstein, Germany

by | December 26, 2002 • 5:51 pm | Photos

< Previous Photos Next > Witch hunt victims memorial, Idstein, Germany Idstein, Germany — Marble plaque listing the names of the victims of the witch hunts conducted by John, Count of Nassau-Idstein between February 3, 1676, and March 31, 1677. A total of 31...

Timber-frame (half-timbered) houses: Idstein, Germany

by | December 26, 2002 • 5:46 pm | Photos

< Previous Photos Next > Timber-frame (half-timbered) houses: Idstein, Germany Idstein, Germany — Timber-frame or “half-timbered” buildings dating from about 1600 at König-Adolf-Platz (“King Adolf Place”). At left is the Gasthaus zur...

Rialto Zum Tal restaurant, Idstein, Germany

by | December 26, 2002 • 5:35 pm | Photos

< Previous Photos Next > Rialto Zum Tal restaurant, Idstein, Germany Idstein, Germany — A timber-frame or “half-timbered” building, seen at night in Idstein’s Altstadt (“Old Town”). Situated on Idstein’s Marktplatz at Am...