The Wandering Scot
An occasional travel journal
Carcassonne
A medieval walled city, lovingly restored in the 19th c by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc.
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| Between the double walls
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19th c restored tower
Note the steep slate roof
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1960s re-restored tower.
Note the unromantic flattish tile roof.
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| Basilique Saint Nazaire
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| Basilique Saint Nazaire
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| Basilique Saint Nazaire
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Avignon
Palais des papes
The Palais des Papes is a mighty Fortress-Palace-Church that was the home of the 14th c Avignon popes.
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| Main Facade (1)
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| Main Facade (2)
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| Papal Chapel
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Around Avignon
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Avignon Cathedral.
12th c core, much extended. BVM is 19th c.
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| Le Pont d'Avignon
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| Riverside defence.
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| Riverside city wall
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| View across Rhone to Fort Saint-André
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Protest March Announcement
Skilfully timed for my planned arrival in Paris.
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Monaco
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| A compact and densely built-up city state.
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| View to Old City and Prince's Palace
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Prince’s Palace
(Toured inside but 'No Photos!')
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| Oceanographic Museum Aquarium
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Monte-Carlo Casino
The very grand, very famous, and very gaudy Casino de Monte-Carlo
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| Vestibule
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| 117 miles North of Avignon
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| 132 miles West of Berne
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Paris
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| Champs Elysee
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| Arc de Triomphe
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| View from Arc de Triomphe
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| View to Montmartre
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| The Great Man himself
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| Washington in Paris!
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| Churchill in Paris!
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| Simon Bolivar in Paris!
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| Obelisk, Place de la Concorde
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| Notre Dame
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| Notre Dame interior
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| Eiffel Tower: center, looking up
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| Eiffel Tower security
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| Les Invalides
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| Church of the Dome, aka the Tomb of Napoleon
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| Tomb of Napoleon
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| Tomb of Napoleon
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| Napoleon bringing order out of chaos
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Napoleon bringing the Code Napoleon
"Clear and Accessible Law"
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| Napoleon fostering Industry and Commerce
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Musee d'Art Moderne
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| La fee Electricite
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| ... including James Watt
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| Delauney: Rythme 3 (1938)
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| Dunand: Les Sprts (1935)
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| Replica of Statue of Liberty flame
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The Louvre
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| Louvre Pyramid
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The Mona Lisa, through a thick glass darkly.
An uncrowded early morning shot.
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| Later: Mona Lisa with adoring hordes
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| Bottocelli, Portrait of a Young Man (1470)
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| Goya, French Ambassador (1799)
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Gros: Napoleon on the Bridge at Arcole
Preparatory study for larger painting (1796)
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| Gros: Napoleon at the battle of Eylau (1808)
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| Louis David: Coronation of Napoleon (1808)
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| Michelangelo, The Dying Slave (1515)
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| Michelangelo, Rebel Slave (1515)
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Greek and Roman statuary
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| Winged Victory of Samothrace
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| Venus de Milo
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| Venus de Milo
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| Dying Gaul (~130 AD)
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| Funerary statue of Marcellus (~20 BC)
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| Head of a Young Man (~50 BC)
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| Apollo (1st c BC)
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| Satyr 2nd c AD
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| Satyr 2nd c AD
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| Artemis aka Diana (2nd c AD)
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Near and Middle East
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| Gudea of Lagash (~2100 BC)
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| Code of Hammurabi (~1750 BC)
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| Persian column capital from Susa (~510BC)
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| Tile archers from Susa
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| Egyptian Scribe (~2400 BC)
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| Akhenaten (~1350 BC)
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Khorsabad Room
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| A fine pair of guardian Lamassu
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| Excited Scotsman with Lamasu
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| Crowded, detailed sea scene.
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| Detail from sea scene
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| A cast of the Chicago giant
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Spain
