Showing posts with label Jardin des Tuileries. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jardin des Tuileries. Show all posts

Saturday, September 1, 2012

La Grande Roue de Paris #3

The ferris wheel is a major attraction of the "fête foraine des Tuileries" during the sommer months.

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Bird´s eye view #1

The view of the Tuileries Garden from the Giant Ferris Wheel. In the background, on the other side of the Seine you can see the Musée d´Orsay and the Tour Montparnasse.

Saturday, August 6, 2011

Monument to Charles Perrault

This monument to Charles Perrault (1628-1703) is located in the Jardin des Tuileries, right next to a children´s playground. Perrault established a new literary genre, the fairy tale, and wrote amongst others "Little Red Riding Hood" or "Bluebeard".