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August 12, 2022

Ahh the Louvre and its statues !!!

This has been a monumental task for me. If you read my blog ,you know I am an amateur of history and architecture and tried to put a bit of them in all my posts. You have ,also, read I am friend of several wonderful properties in my belle France; one of them is the sublime Louvre museum !!! I have used official books of the museum boutique ,and my own research to bring this part of it. The names will be in French for more authenticity. Hope you enjoy it as I.

I have other posts on the Louvre museum in my blog, briefly mentioning its interior layout and works of arts; never enough me think However, the exteriors of the Louvre museum is awesome and not only a friend but worked near it for two years in my eternal Paris (out of 9 years total) ,and many visits. I like to bring this manual effort into my blog for you and I to enjoy it forever as it should. The statues figures sometime shows the author and sometimes the year the rest is just the name. This is my rendition in my black and white series, no pictures; of the eternal beautiful Louvre museum of Paris, France.

Galerie Apollon côte Seine : Fronton. Étienne Le Hongré. 1667. Les Deux Anges. Laurent Magnier. 1655.

Galerie Apollon côte Est : Renommée récompensant les Arts. Pierre Jules Cavelier the other authors are unknown : L’Astronomie. Les Victoires. L’Agriculture. Les Victoires. La Musique. and La Géométrie.

Cour Napoléon, Grande Galerie orientale:
Diane sur un cerf. Pierre Louis Rouillard, Paul et Numa Lechesne , Trophée. Claude François Comperot, Morand, Tête de Gorgonne. Wendling Navigation. Ambroise Choiselat, Libersac Tête de Pallas. Paul et Numa Lechesne, Trophée Delafontaine et deux figures. Trophée d’armes Georges Jacquot. Georges Jacquot Diane et chiens. Libersac, Claude Leprêtre Torse de Belvédère. Claude Leprêtre, Aimé Napoléon Perrey Tête de Cérès. Morand, Ambroise Choiselat Navigation. Delafontaine et Pierre Louis Rouillard Tête de Bacchus. Aimé Napoléon Perrey, Claude François Comperot Musique. Hurpin Diane. Louis Alphonse Eudes Le Berger. Jean Bernard Duseigneur Nymphe. Eugène Farochon La Pêche fluviale. Jean Jules Allasseur Mars. Jean Claude Petit Le Guerrier attendant le combat. Eugène André Oudiné Le Commerce. Gustave Crauk Le Pêcheur. Charles Gumery Amazone. Charles Emile Marie Seure, jeune Le Laboureur. Jean Claude Petit.

Carrousel, Grande Galerie Occidentale :
Fronton Albert Carrier Belleuse. La Navigation. Léon Bertaux, L’Astronomie. Jean Joseph Ferrat, L’Agriculture. Ambroise Choiselat Le triomphe d’Amphitrite. Jean Baptiste Cabet Fronton. Florence Walter, Fronton. Théodore Gruyère, Fronton. Aimé Napoléon Perrey. Galathée. Pierre Alexandre Schoenewerk, Fronton. Louis Alphonse Eudes, La Gloire. Vannier, La Musique. Florence , La Toilette de Vénus.  Jean Baptiste Paul Cabet, et Lions. Antoine Barye

Cour Carré Aile Lescot :
Paix. Jean Goujon Neptune et Cérès. Jean Goujon Deux Victoires couronnant le chiffre du roi. Jean Goujon Mars et Bellone Jean Goujon Science. Jean Goujon Archimède et Euclide. Jean Goujon Renommée et Gloire du Roi. Jean Goujon La Guerre et la Paix. Jean Goujon L’Histoire et la Victoire. Jean Goujon Architecture. Onésyme Aristide Croisy Euripyle. Henri Frédéric Iselin Hélène. Antoine Etex Pâris. Antoine Etex Le Message. Alexandre Oliva La Sculpture. François Jouffroy et Diane aux lions. Atelier Goujon.

Cour Carré, Pavillon de l’Horloge :
Renommées. Gilles Guérin Renommées. Philippe de Buyste Cariatides. Gilles Guérin et Cariatides. Philippe de Buyster

Cour Carré Aile Lemercier :
Victoire et Abondance. Philippe Laurent Roland Poésie épique. Denis Antoine Chaudet La Poésie lyrique et la Poésie pastorale . Mansion La Force et la Musique. François Gérard La Puissance et la Richesse. Gérard Van Opstal L’Orfèvrerie. Roland Mathieu-Meusnier La Céramique. Eugène GuillaumeLa Loi. Thucydide et d’Hérodote. Aristarque. Georges Diébolt La Douceur. Jean Esprit Marcellin Cléopâtre. François Auguste Fannière et Le Fleuve de la vie. Pierre Eugène Emile Hébert, fils.

Pavillon Marengo :

Cour Carré, Aile Nord, Rivoli side. Le Génie de la France sous les traits de Napoléon, évoquant Minerve et les divinités de la Paix et de la Législation pour qu’elles succèdent à Mars et à l’ appareil guerrier que la Victoire a rendu inutile.  Claude Ramey. 1811

Cour Carré Aile Nord, Cour: La Paix et l’Abondance. Jean Pierre Cortot. 1824 La Logique et L’Éloquence. Lange. 1824. La Logique et L’Éloquence. Lange. 1824 L’Histoire et l’Éloquence. Louis Alexandre Romagnesi. 1821. L’Histoire et l’Éloquence. Louis Alexandre Romagnesi. 1821
La Tragédie et la Gloire. Etienne Jules Ramey, fils. 1824. La Terre et l’Eau. Jean-Baptiste Louis  Roman. 1826. La Victoire et la Guerre. Théophile François Bra. 1821 Aurore. Nicolas Victor Vilain. 1883 Agriculture. Jean Louis Schroeder. 1879. Narcisse. Paul Dubois.  1866. Pensierosa. Giovanni Antonio Lanzirotti. 1858. Bethsabée. Eugène André Oudiné. 1859 Nymphe des fontaines. Augustin Courtet. 1858. Sapho. Pierre Loison. 1859 Littérature satirique. Roland Mathieu-Meusnier. 1884. Phryné. Louis Elias Robert. 1860. Campaspe. Auguste Ottin. 1883 Amphitrite. François Devaulx. 1866. Art chrétien. Emile Chatrousse. 1860 Trophée d’armes à l’antique. Montpellier. 1815.

Pavillon Saint Germain l’Auxerrois :

Aile Est Colonnade : Minerve entourée des muses de la Victoire, couronne le buste de Napoléon (buste remplacé par celui de Louis XIV, à la Restauration).  François Lemot. 1808. La Victoire sur un quadrige distribue des couronnes. Pierre Cartellier. 1810

Aile Est Cour : Un coq, entouré d’un serpent  Guillaume II Coustou La France et la Charte. Antoine François Gérard Poésie épique et l’Elégie. Petitot fils La Justice et la Force. Charles René Laitié La Tragédie et la Comédie. Jacques Edme Dumont Poésie et la Musique. Jean Debay La Justice et l’Innocence. David d’Angers Sapho. Pierre Travaux Archéologie. Horace Daillon Nymphe. Pierre Bernard Prouha Orphée. Gabriel Jules Thomas Bacchante. Jean Auguste Barre Abondance. Jacques Léonard Maillet Apollon. Nanteuil La Peinture. Jean Turcan Pandore. Pierre Loison Modestie. Louis Léopold Chambard Penthésilée. Vital Gabriel Dubray La Piété. Jean Goujon La Justice. Jean Goujon.

Pavillon des Arts :

Aile Sud , côté Seine :Les armées de l’empire, accompagnées des muses de l’histoire et des sciences. Auguste Félix Fortin. 1809 Deux Génies. Auguste Félix Fortin. Renommées couronnent le buste de Napoléon ( buste remplacé sous la Restauration par un casque de Minerve). Antoine Léonard Dupasquier. 1809.

Aile Sud, côté Cour :Minerve… Jacques Lesueur. La Comédie et la Tragédie. Nicolas Augustin Matte La Musique et la Poésie. Nicolas Augustin Matte La Sculpture et la Peinture. Nicolas Augustin Matte L’Astronomie et la Géographie. Nicolas Augustin Matte Omphale. Gustave Adolphe Désiré Crauk Leucothoe. Jean Jules Allasseur Aphrodite. Georges Clère Reconnaissance. Ferdinand Taluet Circé. Charles Gumery Couronne de fleurs. Mme Lefevre-Deumier Mercure. Aimé Millet Bacchante. Pierre Alexandre Schoenewerk Gloire. Victor Edmond Leharivel-Durocher La Verrerie. Roland Mathieu-Meusnier.

Cour Carrousel :

Pavillon Marsans : La Force et la Prospérité sous le règne de la Loi.  Gustave Crauk Groupe. Ernest Barrias Figure. Charles Jean Marie Degeorge Eloquence. Charles Gauthier Le Sage accueillant la Vérité et repoussant l’Erreur. Jean Marie Bonnassieux Sentinelles. Jacques Léonard Maillet Fronton. Théodore Gruyère Groupe. Delaplanche Figure. Pierre Loison et Figure. Maximilien Bourgeois

Aile de Marsans : L’Astronomie. Gabriel Jules Thomas Fronton. Pierre Jules Cavelier L’Architecture. Louis Barrias L’Abondance. Mathurin Moreau La Législation. Léon Bertaux Fronton. Henri Charles Maniglier Fronton. Amédée Doublemard La Paix. Frédéric Louis Désiré Bogino Bas-reliefs. Gabriel Jules Thomas Bas-reliefs. Pierre Jules Cavelier La Maçonnerie. Louis Barrias La Serrurerie. Louis Barrias Bas-reliefs. Mathurin Moreau Charlemagne. Léon Bertaux Moïse. Léon Bertaux Bas-reliefs. Henri Charles Maniglier Bas-reliefs. Amédée Doublemard Bas-reliefs. Frédéric Louis Désiré Bogino Horace. Louis Charles Janson Pêcheur. Jacques Marie Hyacinthe Chevalier Berger. Jacques Marie Hyacinthe Chevalier Guerrier romain.  Pierre Alfred Robinet Guerrier franc. Pierre Alfred Robinet Amazone. Jean Baptiste Klagmann Vénus. Pierre Loison Elégie. Joseph Michel Caillé Clio. Jean François Soitoux Erato. Jean François Soitoux et Figure. Pierre Bernard Prouha.

Pavillon de Rohan côté cour : France assise au dessous des armes impériales … Georges Diébolt La Marine. Jean Baptiste Carpeaux L’Agriculture. Théodore Gruyère et Le Commerce. François Truphême

Pavillon de Rohan côté Rivoli : Hoche. Eugène Farochon Kléber.  Nicolas Victor Vilain Desaix.  Honoré Husson Marceau. Gabriel Jules Thomas Massena. Anatole Calmels Lannes. Vital Gabriel Dubray Soult. Paul Gayrard et Ney. Pierre Eugène Emile Hébert, fils

Aile de Rohan, côté Rivoli: Kellermann. Léo Alexandre Blanchot Villaret de Joyeuse. Georges Engrand Lefevre. Alexis André Joubert . Alphonse Muscat Junot . Paul Eugène Breton Eblé. Emile Fernand-Dubois Mac Donald. Eugène Léon L’Hoest Oudinot.  Pierre Joyeux Drouot. Jean Louis Bozzi Lasalle. Louis Busson Bugeaud. Charles Perron Lamoricière. René Baucour La Tour d’Auvergne. Louis Elias Robert
Carnot. Eugène Désiré Piron La Fayette. Pierre Gras Lariboisière. Léo Roussel Jourdan. Charles Muller Moncey. Félix Desruelles Poniatowski. Philippe Besnard Bessières. Louis Latour Murat. Victor Peter Duroc. Onesime Hulin Damrémont. Paul Graf et Aumale. Léo Roussel.

Aile de Rohan coté Cour : Le Commerce. L’Agriculture. Trophée d’armes. La Force. Les Arts.  Fronton. All by Combette.

Pavillon Lesdiguières – Guichet Lesdiguières – Pavillon de Trémoille Côté Cour du Carrousel : Les Combats. Edme Jean Louis Sornet La Navigation. Pierre Travaux La Guerre. Gandolfi L’Asie. Jean Jacques Elshoecht L’Architecture. Augustin Dumont La Sculpture. Augustin Dumont Guerrier assis. Jean Joseph Perraud Guerrier assis. Jean Joseph Perraud Lions. Emmanuel Frémiet La Vengeance. Chambard La Navigation. Louis Meunier et La Chasse. Aimé Napoléon Perrey

Pavillon Lesdiguières – Guichets Lesdiguières – Pavillon de Trémoille Côté Seine : Fronton. Théodore Gruyère Marine Guerrière. François Jouffroy Marine marchande. François Jouffroy Fleuve. Antoine Barye Rivière. Antoine Barye Apollon chevauchant Pégase. Antonin Mercié Bacchus. Joseph Félon Pomone. Jean Auguste Barre Apollon. Jean Claude Petit. La Sculpture Jean Jules Allasseur La Science Jacques Léonard Maillet et La Gravure de Jules Antoine Droz.

Pavillon des Etats : La Gloire. Jean Jules Bernard Salmson La Pensée. Gabriel Jules Thomas La Navigation. Pierre Loison La Science. Jules Franceschi La Loi. Mathurin Moreau La Pensée. Jean Jules Allasseur La Prudence. Jacques Léonard Maillet La Victoire. Gustave Adolphe Désiré Crauk La Pensée. Pierre Travaux La Paix. Jean Auguste Barre L’Eloquence. Jean Esprit Marcellin Le Patriotisme. Louis Cugnot La Paix. Jean Marie Bonnassieux La Guerre. Jean Marie Bonnassieux Victoire. Alfred Lepère Amour. Pierre Bernard Prouha Histoire. Joseph Michel Caillé Marine. Henri Charles Maniglier Vérité. Camille Demesmay Vigilance. Jean François Soitoux Guerre. Barthélemy Frison Mer. Jean Louis Désiré Schroder Vendange. Jean Baptiste Halou Harmonie. Pierre Marie Froget La Fortune. Georges Clère La Tempête. Roland Mathieu-Meunier et Le retour de la Chasse. Adolphe Itasse.

Pavillon de Flore:

Nord : Fronton. Jules Franceschi Groupe. Tony Noël La Loi. Jules Isidore Lafrance et La Prudence. Jules Isidore Lafrance
Ouest : Fronton. Jules Cavelier.  1876. Sentinelles. Jules Cavelier.  1876.
Sud : France portant la lumière dans le monde … Jean Baptiste Carpeaux Triomphe de Flore. Jean Baptiste Carpeaux Frise d’enfants. Jean Baptiste Carpeaux.

Aile de Flore : Fronton. Louis Merley La Gloire. Charles Gumery Enlèvement d’Europe. Camille Demesmay L’ Histoire. Jules Franceschi Fronton. Eugène Delaplanche Fronton. Nicolas Victor Vilain La Force. Gabriel Jules Thomas La Victoire. Jean Joseph Perraud Bas-reliefs. Louis Merley Bas-reliefs. Charles Gumery Bas-reliefs. Camille Demesmay Bas-reliefs. Jules Franceschi Fleuves. Eugène Delaplanche Bas-reliefs. Nicolas Victor Vilain Bas-reliefs. Gabriel Jules Thomas Bas-reliefs. Jean Joseph Perraud Le Flûteur. Louis Auguste Edmond Lévêque Le Laboureur. Charles François Marie Iguel Le Guerrier grec. Théodore Gruyère Le Guerrier étrusque. Théodore Gruyère Le Frondeur. Forgeot Le Lutteur . Jean Esprit Marcellin Castor. Jean Claude Petit Pollux. Jean Claude Petit Méléagre. Pierre Travaux Le Vendangeur.  Séraphin Dénéchaux Mercure. Louis Léopold Chambard Terpsichore. Aimé Millet L’Abondance. Pierre Bernard Prouha Minerve. Jacques Léonard Maillet Cérès. Emile Chatrousse Nymphe. Jean Jules Bernard Salmson Naïade. Jean Jules Bernard Salmson Pandore. Joseph Michel Ange Pollet Psyché. Joseph Michel Ange Pollet Baigneuse. Jean Baptiste Paul Cabet Pêcheuse. Jean Baptiste Paul Cabet Hébé. Eugène André Oudiné Daphné. Eugène André Oudiné Melpomène. Gustave Adolphe Désiré Crauk Euterpe . Gustave Adolphe Désiré Crauk Erigone. Pierre Alexandre Schoenewerk Circé. Pierre Alexandre Schoenewerk Lionne.  Auguste Cain Diane.  Emmanuel Frémiet Groupe d’animaux.  Auguste Cain et Groupe d’animaux. Paul Edouard Delabrière.

Cour Napoléon :

Aile en retour Mollien : Lescot. Henri de Triquety Bullant. Pierre Alfred Robinet Le Brun. Jean Claude Petit Chambiges. Jules Antoine Droz Bruant. François Christophe Armand Toussain Delorme. Dantan jeune Palissy. Victor Huguenin Rigaud. Victor Thérasse La Guerre. Edme Jean Louis Sornet La Navigation. Charles Louis Menn L’Horticulture. François Devaulx L’Industrie. Anatole Calmels Les Beaux-arts. Joseph Walcher neveu Le Printemps. Adrien Fourdrin L’Art grec. Charles Edouard Elmerich et La Chasse. Charles Lebourg

Pavillon Mollien :

Côté Cour Napoléon : L’Art et la Science. François Jouffroy Cariatides.  François Jouffroy La Géométrie et l’Astronomie. Jean Baptiste Klagmann L’Histoire et la Vérité. Pierre Loison et La poésie et la Philosophie. Pierre Loison.

Côté Carrousel : La Fermeté. Pierre Bernard Prouha L’Agriculture et les Arts. Eugène Lequesne Cariatides. Eugène Lequesne La Science moderne et l’Art. Charles Emile Marie Seure, jeune La Justice. Camille Demesmay La Puissance. Antoine Laurent Dantan, aîné La Science et l’Industrie.  Jean Esprit Marcellin et L’Astronomie  et la Géométrie.  Jean Esprit Marcellin.

Aile Mollien : D’Aguesseau.  Louis Denis Caillouette Hardouin-Mansart. Jean Joseph Perraud Nicolas Poussin.  François Rude Audran. Jacques Léonard Maillet Sarrazin. Honoré Husson Coustou. Augustin Courtet Le Sueur. Honoré Husson Perrault. Auguste Hyacinthe De Bay De Champaigne. Louis Alphonse Eudes Puget. Antoine Etex L’Etude. Joseph Alexandre Renoir La Fortune. Etienne Montagny L’Abondance. Charles Dubois La Musique. Daniel La Musique. Louis Elias Robert Les Beaux-arts. Henri Charles Maniglier La Renaissance. Louis Eugène Bion Les Beaux-arts. Jean Bernard Duseigneur L’Abondance. André Vauthier Gallé et La Prospérité. Jacques Augustin Dieudonné

Pavillon Denon : Napoléon III entouré de la paix et des arts. Pierre Simart Cariatides. Jean Louis Brian, jeune Cariatides. Georges Jacquot Cariatides. Auguste Ottin Cariatides. Elias Robert Diane avec chiens. Emmanuel Frémiet Courage civique et la Gloire. Théodore Charles Gruyère La Force. Antoine Barye L’Ordre. Antoine Barye La Peinture et la Sculpture. Eugène Lequesne La Gravure et l’Architecture. Eugène Lequesne et Poésie et la Philosophie. François Félix Roubaud.

Aile Daru : L’Hospital. Eugène Guillaume Lemercier. Antoine Laurent Dantan, aîné Descartes. Gabriel Joseph Garraud Paré. Michel Pascal Richelieu. Jean Auguste Barre Montaigne. Jean François Soitoux Houdon. François Rude Dupérac. Jacques Ange Cordier De Brosse. Auguste Ottin Cassini. Hyppolite Maindron Les Beaux-arts. Emile Marie Auguste Guillemin L’Eté. Olesinski Les combats. Jean François Soitoux La Force. François Christophe Armand Toussaint L’Art étrusque. Pierre Hébert, aîné
La Chasse. Auguste Jean Baptiste Lechesne La Marine. Georges Clère L’Art égyptien. François Lanno La Vapeur. Hubert Lavigne et L’Air. Hyacinthe – Philéas Sobre.

Pavillon Daru : La Sculpture et la Peinture. Jean Louis Brian, jeune Cariatides.  Jean Louis Brian, jeune Sculpture et Peinture. François Félix Roubaud La Justice et la Fraternité. Victor Edmond Leharivel-Durocher La Prudence la Force. Victor Edmond Leharivel-Durocher Le Travail manuel. Auguste Ottin et L’Art. Auguste Ottin.

Rotonde d’Apollon : Cousin. Théodore Jacques Le Nôtre. Jean Auguste Barre Clodion. Vital Gabriel Dubray Pilon. Louis Desprez Gabriel. Augustin Courtet Lepautre. Astyanax-Scaevola Bosio La Force. Charles Lebourg L’Automne. Emile Chatrousse La Céramique. Victor Huguenin La Médecine. Isidore Brion La Paix. Joseph Briant, aîné et La Paix. Cavasse

Pavillon Henri II Aile Henri II: Le Lorrain. Auguste Hyacinthe de Bay Grétry. Nicolas Victor Vilain Regnard. Théodore Gruyère Coeur.  Louis Elias Robert Marigny. Nicolas Bernard Raggi Chénier. Antonin Auguste Préault Keller. Pierre Alfred Robinet Coysevox. Jules Antoine Droz La Vendange. François Devaulx Les gloires de la France. Henri Charles Maniglier L’Empire. Hubert Lavigne L’Automne. Noémie Constant La Chasse. Pierre Alexandre Schoenewerk L’Automne . François Truphême La Pierre. Auguste Poitevin L’Art grec.  Bernard Gabriel Seure, aîné et Guerre. Antoine Auguste Préault.

Pavillon Sully : Napoléon 1er dominant l’Histoire et les Arts. Antoine Barye et Pierre Simart Cariatides. Pierre Simart Cariatides. Francisque Duret La Paix et la Guerre. Pierre Jules Cavelier L’Art.  Nanteuil L’Encouragement. Nanteuil La Beauté et l’Art. Eugène Guillaume L’alliance de l’art antique et de la Renaissance. Jean Marie Bonnassieux Du Cerceau. Georges Diébolt et Goujon. Bernard Gabriel Seure, aîné

Pavillon Henri IV, Aile Henri IV : Louvois. Aimé Millet Saint Simon. Pierre Hébert, aîné Joinville. Jean Esprit Marcellin Fléchier. François Lanno Commines. Eugène Lequesne Amyot. Pierre Travaux Mignard. Jean de Bay Massillon. François Jouffroy La Musique. Adam-Salomon L’Histoire. François Devaulx L’Anatomie. Pierre Eugène Emile Hébert fils Le Printemps. Noémie Constant Le Bois. Auguste Poitevin La Civilisation. Célestin Anatole Calmels Le Théâtre. Charles Stanislas Capellaro L’Art assyrien. Jean Louis Jaley et Paix. Antoine Auguste Préault

Rotonde de Beauvais : Côté Cour Napoléon : Condorcet. Pierre Loison Denis Papin. Jean François Soitoux Sully.  Vital Gabriel Dupray Vauban. Gustave Crauk Lavoisier. Jacques Léonard Maillet Lalande. Jean Joseph Perraud La Vendange. Jacques François Walcher, dit oncle La Force. Georges Clère La Pêche. Auguste Jean Baptiste Leschesne La Vendange. Aimé Napoléon Perrey Les Découvertes maritimes. Louis Merley et La Mer. Ernest Christoph.

Pavillon de Beauvais, côté Rivoli : L’Abondance. Léon Léopold Chambard La Force.  Léon Léopold Chambard et Le Commerce et l’Agriculture. Léon Léopold Chambard.

Aile Colbert : Molé. Nanteuil Turgot. Pierre Travaux Saint Bernard. François Jouffroy La Bruyère. Joseph Lescorné Suger. Nicolas Bernard Raggi De Thou. Auguste Louis Deligand Boudaloue. Louis Desprez Racine. François Michel Pascal Bossuet. Louis Desprez La Vigilance. Aimé Millet Le Printemps. Jean Auguste Barre L’Astronomie. Louis Auvray L’Art romain. Ferdinand Taluet La Paix. Pierre Eugène Hébert, fils Le Nord. Amédée Doublemard La Pêche. Jean Joseph Ferrat La Moisson. Georges Jacquot La Paix. Charles Stanislas Capellaro et L’Automne. Pierre Alexandre Schoenewerk

Pavillon Colbert : Terre et l’Eau. Nicolas Victor Vilain Cariatides. Nicolas Victor Vilain La Science. Louis Elias Robert L’Industrie. Louis Elias Robert La Navigation commerciale et la Mécanique. Joseph Michel Ange Pollet Le Télégraphie et l’Imprimerie. Joseph Michel Ange Pollet et Le Commerce et l’Agriculture. Joseph Michel Ange Pollet

Pavillon Richelieu : France protégeant la Science et l’Art. Francisque Duret Cariatides. Astyanax – Scaevola Bosio Cariatides. Joseph Pollet Cariatides. Pierre Jules Cavelier Diane avec chiens. Pierre Louis Rouillard La Force et la Paix. Théodore Charles Gruyère La Paix. Antoine Barye La Guerre. Antoine Barye La Justice et la Fraternité. Joseph Félon La Prudence et la Force. Joseph Félon et La Vérité et Histoire. Charles Lebourg

Pavillon de la Bibliothéque : Les Sciences et les Arts. Pierre Edouard Charrier Cariatides.  Astyanax Scaevola Bosio et Les Arts. Antoine Auguste Préault.

Aile Turgot : Grégoire de Tours. Jean Esprit Marcellin Rabelais. Louis Elias Robert Malherbe.  Jean Jules Allasseur Abélard. Pierre Jules Cavelier Colbert. Paul Gayrard Mazarin. Pierre Hébert, aîné Buffon. Eugène André Oudiné Froissart. Philippe Lemaire Rousseau. Eugène Farochon Montesquieu. Nanteuil Le Commerce. Sébastien Delarue L’Hiver. Isidore Romain Boitel L’Etude. Adam-Salomon L’Industrie.  Pierre Damiens L’Océanie. Louis Merley Le Feu. Henri Frédéric Iselin La Pêche. Aimé Napoléon Perrey L’Automne. Louis Félix Chabaud L’Amérique. Jean Louis Veray et L’Afrique.  Louis Rochet

Pavillon Turgot :

Côté Carrousel : L’Histoire et la Poèsie. Pierre Jules Cavelier Cariatides. Pierre Jules Cavelier Calme. Jean Marie Bonnassieux La Religion. Jean Marie Bonnassieux L’Abondance et la Fortune. Charles Emile Marie Seure, jeune L’Etude et le Silence. Georges Diébolt L’Invention et la Réflexion. Georges Diébolt

Côté Cour Napoléon : L’Abondance. Eugène Guillaume Cariatides. Eugène Guillaume La Science moderne et l’Art. Charles Emile Marie Seure, jeune La Commerce et la Paix. Georges Diébolt La Science et l’Industrie. Georges Diébolt et La Méditation. Jean Marie Bonnassieux

Aile Turgot en retour : La Fontaine. Jean Louis Jaley Pascal. François Lanno Mezeray. Louis Joseph Daumas Molière. Bernard Gabriel Seure, aîné Boileau. Charles Emile Marie Seure, jeune Fénelon. Jean Marie Bonnassieux La Rochefoucauld. Noël Jules Girard Pierre Corneille. Philippe Lemaire L’Eté. Vital Gabriel Dubray L’Eau. Hubert Lavigne La Mécanique. Jean François Soitoux La Chasse. Auguste Jean Baptiste Lechesne La Moisson. Pierre Alexandre Schoenewerk L’Hiver. Georges Clère L’Astronomie. Jean François Soitoux et L’Agriculture. Armand Blanc.

The official Louvre museum: https://www.louvre.fr/en

The Paris tourist office on the Louvre museum: https://en.parisinfo.com/paris-museum-monument/71065/Musee-du-Louvre

Ahh the Louvre and its statues !!! A wonderful building and an even greater museum to the world. A must when in anywhere in France ! You have not visited Paris without the Louvre museum !!! Now you have all the features outside and can have more fun visiting it. Hope it helps you understand it better and enjoy your visit more fully.

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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August 12, 2022

The Passage du Havre of Paris !!

I will catch up on some places dear to me when used to lived in Versailles and worked in Paris. This is of course, an updated older post which I hope you enjoy it as I, One of my favorite stops there coming out of the Gare Saint Lazare was the Passage du Havre. The St Lazare train station has been improved tremendously over the years now and so has the Passage du Havre. Therefore, let me tell you a bit about it ok.

I used to stop by for picking last minute requests from my sons at the FNAC and having my wrist watch fix all the time lol! and just getting some hot chocolate. The place is totally renovated from when I used to stop by. Go figure Paris moves quickly and never a dull moment coming back for a visit, again! And yes this is a passage for many off the beaten path! The passage du Havre is a covered passage located in the 9éme arrondissement This passage was formed in 1845 on the grounds belonging to Sieurs Fouquel, Selles, Doux and Durand-Billion. Its opening to the public was in 1846. It was  name du Havre due to the nearby Cour du Havre street.

It has now 40 stores on 23,500 square meters facing gare Saint-Lazare train station, the Passage du Havre shopping center was launched in 1997, and acquired in 2000 by Eurocommercial, and renovated in 2012 to cope with the transformation of the train station itself into a commercial center. Eurocommercial in France , the real estate company includes Les Grands Hommes (Bordeaux), Les Atlantes (Tours), Les Trois Dauphins (Grenoble) and Grand A (Amiens) as other shopping centers.  This passage du Havre at a right angle before its transformation included numerous toy stores and models of boats and trains. Now the main stores I have visited are L’Atelier du Chocolat, FNAC, L’Occitane, Maison Pradier, Louis Pion (where they always fix my watches lol!) Yves Rocher, The address location is 109 rue Saint Lazare.Open Mondays to Saturdays from  9h30 to 20h,Sundays from 11h to 19h. Escalators are available at the entrances to Rue du Havre and Rue Caumartin. They allow you to move effortlessly between the two levels of shops. The Passage Terrace is accessible from the garden. You can sit down for lunch or take advantage of the deckchairs to take a break.

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To facilitate your access to the metro network, direct access to lines 3, 12, 13 and 14 is possible via level -1 inside the Passage du Havre. In addition you have access nearby to the RER E station Haussmann Saint Lazare. The Vélib bike network with stations at Saint Lazare and Cour du Havre nearest. And plenty of bus service at the bus depot next to the train station or gare Saint Lazare even taken by yours truly on bus lines 24 27 80 81 95 amongs many others,

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A wonderful place already in an area full of shopping galore, the best in Paris triangle with the nearby Au Printemps and Galeries Lafayette dept stores! Enjoy the shopping as we did bringing back many memories as I write this post. Another reason to visit Paris ,a nice spot to indulge all things Parisiens!

The official Passage du Havrehttps://www.passageduhavre.com/liste-des-boutiques/

The Paris tourist office on the Passage du Havrehttps://en.parisinfo.com/shopping-paris/81994/Passage-du-Havre

There you go folks, another happy shopping in Paris at the Passage du Havre ! Again, hope you enjoy the post and thanks for reading me over the last 12 years ! 

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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August 12, 2022

Wines news of France XXVIII !!

Yes folks , Summer is here and it is hot, Anyway, always good to bring the best of Wine news of France. First ,thanks to all my readers and/or followers! We have done quite a bit of work around the house, and still some more until September , Oh yeah, the wines ofFrance are just super simply awesome and a great tradition. Often imitated, some time equaled ,but never surpass! Let me give some news shall we; hope you enjoy it as I.

After the debacle of the 2021 vintage, what can we expect in 2022? Despite the episodes of frost, hail and drought that have hit the vineyard in recent months, the predictions are encouraging. With one of the hottest months of July ever recorded since 1959, the harvest will undoubtedly not be level of those of 2018 and 2020, which had reached record levels in terms of yields. According to the first estimates established on August 1, the 2022 wine production would be in a range between 42.6 and 45.6 million hectoliters, higher than 2017, 2019 and 2021. Among the announced winners of the vintage, Champagne , which will have been relatively spared by the frost, but also Burgundy, whose production would be close to full potential , which will perhaps have the effect of limiting the surge in prices following several catastrophic vintages , but also the Jura, devastated by frost in 2021. In the Loire Valley, Bordeaux, the South-West, Languedoc-Roussillon, the South-East and Corsica, the drought is hovering over exciting flowering and beautiful clusters emerging the threat of a significant fall, even if the harvest will be early. Only the Charentes, affected by hail and high summer heat, see their hope of exceeding the average of the last five years dwindle.

Many mention this as an anecdote but it is old story for me. The statue of Thomas Jefferson is in Paris at Rue de Solferino and Quai Anatole France start of passarelle Léopold Sédar Senghor. The story with wines is this one. At the end of the winter of 1787, the Ambassador of the United States of America rushed towards Burgundy in his horse-drawn carriage, direction the Côte de Nuits. On February 28, 1787, one must imagine Thomas Jefferson, Ambassador to Paris of the United States of America, leaving his residence at the Hôtel de Langeac, avenue des Champs-Élysées, to visit in turn Auxerrois, Burgundy, the Rhone Valley, Provence, Northern Italy, Languedoc, Bordeaux, Nantes, Angers, Tours and Orleans before returning to Paris, full of use and reason, on June 10. In his autobiography written on the eve of his life, the man who had become the third president of the United States in 1801 reported that he had undertaken this journey on the advice of his surgeon. Racing towards Burgundy in his four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage at the rate of 90 km a day, Jefferson skimmed the Champagne region, where he returned in April 1788 for a crossing of the Montagne de Reims and the Côte des Blancs. On March 7, after passing through Dijon where a bottle of Vosne sold for 4 pounds delighted him, he finally reached the famous coast, north and south of Nuits-Saint-Georges, whose wines made lovers of France, Prussia, England and America. Past Montrachet, Jefferson continued on his way… Chalon-sur-Saône, Tournus, Mâcon, Vinzelles… After Lyon, where the almond trees were in bloom, reached the hillsides which descended steeply towards the Rhône, this torrent rushing south. In Burgundy, Thomas Jefferson, however fond of white wines, gave his favor to reds, and the advantage to Chambertin over Montrachet. All from a book you can purchase « Thomas Jefferson à Bordeaux et dans quelques autres vignes d’Europe», by Bernard Ginestet, Ed, Mollat, 1996.

The 5th edition Lyon Tasting will take place on October 8 and 9, 2022 at the Palais de la Bourse in Lyon 2nd district , on Saturday: 11h – 19h and Sunday: 11h to 18h, Elsewhere, taste a wide selection of cuvées: in white, red and champagne, learn about prestigious master classes, surprise yourself with Côtes du Rhône workshops, treat yourself with a food offer around gastronomy lyonnaise.Access Palais de la Bourse : https://www.lyonpalaisbourse.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Plan-dacce%CC%80s-2022.pdf

Along the Loire, from the Nantes region to the Coteaux-du-Vendomois, the 19th edition of Vignes Vins Randos highly anticipated event will take place on September 3 and 4. More than 18 routes are scheduled, Organized by the Loire Valley Wine Interprofessional and partner winegrowers, here is a great opportunity to immerse yourself in the local terroir and taste its flavors The theme of this 2022 edition, ” Transmitting your passion”, will be an opportunity to discuss the profession of winegrower and why not to arouse some vocations. With 18 courses, 22 appellations tasted and 500 winegrowers here is an offer that will give you a global vision of the territory, with the idea of ​​transmitting a common passion. The classic routes, from 5 to 8.5 km have an average duration of 3 hours, the family route travels over 4 km for 2 hours. And for the most curious, a deepening of knowledge will be offered by the School of Vines, the opportunity to perfect your knowledge of tasting with oenologists, sommeliers and winegrowers. More info webpage : https://www.vvr-valdeloire.fr/

Some of my latest suggestions are

Domaines Schlumberger Take the adventure tour of the Schlumberger estate is such a sharing of history, geography and conviviality that it can even seduce those who are not wine lovers: the estate covers 70 hectares, including 4 grands crus with dizzying relief. In a small group of 2 to 6 people, they take you on a tour of the vineyard with steep terraces in 4/4, before a visit to the winemaking and aging facilities and a tasting of 11 cuvées and more. webpage : https://www.domaines-schlumberger.com/

The legendary Bruno-Eugène Borie as for any bullfighting enthusiast, imperial yellow reigns supreme among the queen colours. In the plazas de toros, from Madrid to Mexico, the emperor-colored handkerchief bestows grace on the animal, an exceptional reward for the legendary horned. At Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, by happy chance or opportune coincidence, imperial yellow has embodied the identity of the property since 1870. Grace, in all its forms. At the end of the 19C, the Borie saga took root on the Plateau des Millevaches where Eugène and his brother Emile were among the peasants converted into merchants in Meymac-près-Bordeaux. Located in Corrèze and 285 km from the Place des Quinconces, the town of 2,455 souls has been added the suffix with Girondine sounds, more salesman to the ears of Belgian or Lille customers. First owner of Château Caronne Sainte-Gemme then Château Batailley in Pauillac, the Borie family obtained the lease of Ducru-Beaucaillou in 1941. They settled there permanently in 1960. A new cellar will rise from the ground to accommodate the 2026 harvest. and will replace the current structure, inaugurated in 2000. Ducru Beaucaillou is a model of Bordeaux-style excellence, as the 2021 primeurs have once again confirmed. Webpage : https://chateau-ducru-beaucaillou.com/en/chateau-ducru-beaucaillou

The Château Les Carmes Haut-Brion, an archipelago of vines surrounded by asphalt and concrete, cultivates an oasis-like insularity. The vines of the property deploy their roots between Bordeaux and Pessac, a unique and almost anachronistic fact as the city tends to take precedence over the vines. The cellar is the perfect example. Designed by Philippe Starck and Luc Arsène-Henry, this metal blade allows for raw elegance without compromising the cutting-edge technique required by the aura of the property. Since 2012, fermentations in whole bunches allow a better finesse of the tannins, made more balanced. In addition, vinification by infusion drastically limits the handling of musts, favoring ever more delicate extraction. Elegance, always. so every year since 2017, an artist dresses them with a fresco still mixing art and technique. After Ara Starck, Sergio Mora or Beniloys, it was the turn of the watercolourist Christelle Téa to decorate and sublimate tank n°16 for this 2020 vintage. The designer, one of the most prominent on the French scene, delivers an original interpretation of the ecosystem of the Carmes, between preserved fauna and flora, mixing the meanders of the Peugue with the grapes of the terroirs, webpage : https://www.les-carmes-haut-brion.com/en/caracteres/les-carmes-haut-brion

Gaillac in the Sud Ouest or South-West vineyard. You have my all time favorite and family from the area got it to me first back in 1991! The Château Clément Termes ;young and old alike will never be bored at Maison de Clément, a five-bedroom gîte, furnished in the former residence of the winegrowers with a beautiful French ceiling and a wooded park. In addition to a private tour of the estate with wine (or grape juice) tasting and games for children, many hikes and walks are to be discovered (also a special course for juniors). A bottle offered in the gîte where all the decoration is reminiscent of the vine. Swimming pool among the trees. Take the opportunity to discover 100% prunelart, a typical Gaillac grape variety . webpage : http://www.clement-termes.com/page-147-notre-domaine.html

Another area good bottle always and nice lodging is the Château de Mercuès This magnificent fairy-tale castle, with its crenellated towers above the Lot valley, has been the place of reception for bishops since the 13C. It was restored by the Vigouroux family and architect Axel Letellier, respecting the style and history of each room. It is one of the oldest Relais & Châteaux in France (sixty years old) with a starred gourmet restaurant, a bistro in the main courtyard and Chef Julien Poisot’s Table. 24 rooms and 6 suites with period furniture, parquet floors and exposed beams distributed in a maze of corridors, stairs and terraces. Webpage for the wines : https://g-vigouroux.fr/fr/chateau-de-mercues.html

In Touraine, the emulation of frank and digestible chenins continues in Montlouis. After languid years, the Vouvrays are regaining panache. Chinon dusts itself off with joyful and digestible wines. Bourgueil and Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil present cuvées with lively frames, sometimes a bit angular. Saumur-Champigny remains the stronghold of slippery and super juicy Cabernet Francs. On the shales of Anjou, the chenin reveals itself with much more roundness, and sometimes excesses of richness. Finally, the Muscadet, in great shape, delivers extremely refreshing “traditional” whites and crus cut for laying down.

We fell in love with this lively and refreshing red wine from the Loire Valley: the 2021 cuvée L’Inattendu from Domaine de Montgilet in Vin de France. Here is a Loire Cabernet Franc made without added sulphur. Drinkable, easy to access, and with a refreshing crunch of fruit. The unexpected Red is a pure expression of a Cabernet Franc from the Loire. The absence of sulfite keeps the fruit crunchy and full of delicacy. The fruity notes of cherry, blackcurrant and raspberry mingle in a velvety attack on the palate. The vinification is carried out without SO², under the protection of carbon dioxide: the grapes are vatted fresh in a vat saturated with carbon dioxide. Pure delight from mother earth ! Domaine webpage : http://www.montgilet.com/?lang=en

There you go folks, another wine episode of my belle France! The wines of France that is, superbe, sublime, wonderful, gorgeous, enjoy without moderation but accompanying a meal, family table just perfect. See you in the vineyards of France.

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

August 12, 2022

And little Loyat will not stay behind !

Yes indeed, in my road warrior mode again in my backyard of the Morbihan breton! And voilà new towns even passed by close never in until now! It goes without saying my previous comments, will need a lifetime to see them all just in my beautiful Morbihan. On my way home, went again by a new town for a road warrior stop . Now, I give you little Loyat !

The little town of Loyat is located in my beautiful department 56 of Morbihan, in my lovely region of Bretagne. Loyat is mentioned in a deed of donation made, around 1055, by Josselin, viscount of Porhoët, in favor of the abbey of Redon or the priory of Sainte-Croix de Josselin.

What we could see was the church. The Church Saint Pierre et Saint Paul was originally built in the 18C; it was blessed in 1749, but renovated last in 1937 and the bell tower is from 1963. It has the shape of a Latin cross, and its two secondary altars are under the name of the Rosary and Saint Anne. There is not much information on it probably because it is all new as churches goes here. Nevertheless, it is an impressive monument in city center surrounded by many pubs and restos.

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Something to see here which we had no time as were just passing by is the Château de Loyat, 18C,with guided visits is better but individuals have a set time of the year. The Château de Loyat built between 1718 and 1734 was a former fortress belonging to the Viscounty of Porhoët.

The official Château de Loyat: https://www.chateau-loyat.com/pr%C3%A9parer-sa-visite

The official little town of Loyat: http://www.loyat.fr/fr/information/89768/cadre-vie

There you go folks, another dandy road warrior trip by yours truly, this time with my boys and Dad, Rex our dog stayed home. We are looking forward to discover more beauties in my beautiful Morbihan in the future, the potential site is awesome! This is laid back little Loyat ! Hope you enjoy the post on the new find as I

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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