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2. Church of St-Merry (Merri) and around the Pompidou Centre
The beautiful splendour outer 'flamboyant gothic' style of the mid 16th century Church of St-Merry (completed 1552) on Place Igor Stravinsky. In the left-foreground is the first Parisian contemporary fountain created by Niki de Saint Phalle and Jean Tinguely. The pool also contains numerous interesting 'figures' to ' view' before moving on to the Pompidou Centre!
The 'blue pipes' of the Pompidou Centre on Rue du Renard which houses the Musee National d'Art Moderne. All the usual infrastructure of a building e.g. air/water duct pipes, lifts/escalators etc and even much of the essential structural support is on the 'outside'. Its almost as if the Pompidou Centre is 'inside out'!
The main entrance to the Pompidou Centre in Place Georges Pompidou off Rue St Merry.
Night picture of the sculpture ? on the Rue Quincampoix ?
* Paris is always packed with tourists, no wonder with so many cheap flights and plenty of budget accommodation in this wonderful compact city. However there is lots of space in parks, historic buildings and museums. There are so many places to visit, mainly on foot and metro, and always the camera on hand. * Paris, the capital of France, like any great city is packed with places of accommodation and tourist attractions to suit all budgets and cultural tastes * page updated Jan 15th 2007 * EMAIL Phil Brown * images-photographs-pictures-photos-webshots-views-snaps of the buildings, bridges, streets, squares and views of France © Dr W P Brown * Scenes from other cities in Europe: Dublin, Ireland * London, England * York, England for a quick pictorial visit! |
