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Bones Repurposed
As part of the London Centre program through Ball State, I was given the opportunity to take a lengthy vacation in Paris. This vacation was spent primarily wandering the streets, visiting museums, and eating delicious food, but there was one thing on my list that I found more interesting than anything else we had done during our time there. I managed to talk my friends into taking a small trip down a spiral staircase into a morbid piece of Parisian history. We wandered into a city of the dead and explored what was left for us to find.
The entrance to the catacombs doesn’t really leave a warning to those entering, but it does state “Stop. This is the empire of the dead.” This is the door you are greeted with when taking your first steps into the catacombs beneath the city of Paris.
Many people seem to be reminded of ides of the gates of hell or something similar when they see the way the bones have been arranged. These tunnels were created by the removal of stone for structures above ground and left usable empty space beneath the city once construction was completed and the removal of stone was ceased due to fears that the city would collapse. This meant that the empty space could be used for something else.
The bones within the catacombs are arranged into ornate patterns. These are walls that hide an even larger number of bones behind them.
Behind the ornate walls, there are rooms with even more bones. The bones in the walls tend to shift because of the incredible weight they are holding back. Occasionally these bones must be restructured into a different ornate wall in order to hold back the rest of the remains. Still, this place is open to the public as a silent reminder of the impact the Plague had on Europe. After all, that is where the bulk of these bodies came from.
For more information on the catacombs, click here.
Aktuelle Ausstellung in Versailles zieht zahlreiche Besucher an
Leipzig - Das in einem Vorort von Paris gelegene, weltberühmte Schloss Versailles ist mit seinen prächtigen Gartenanlagen, Museen und Parkschlössern Anziehungspunkt vieler Touristen. Kein Schloss des französischen Nachbarstaates wird so oft besucht wie dieses. Grund für längere Warteschlangen gibt auch die aktuelle Ausstellung im Inneren der Anlage. Die Sammlung von etwa 300 Werken aus aller Welt trägt den Titel "Louis XIV., l'homme et le roi", zu deutsch: "Ludwig XIV., der Privatmann und der König". Das Reiseportal www.reisen.de berichtet über einen ganz besonderen Ausflugsort.
Das Eintauchen in die Welt des Sonnenkönigs gelingt am besten in der Herrschaftsresidenz...Aktuelle Ausstellung in Versailles zieht zahlreiche Besucher an bei Pressehof komplett lesenvia Pressehof
Paris' Pop Stop at Start The Bus today - 15th November
Paris painting from his last show.
More info: www.parispopstop.blogspot.com
Bike-Sharing in Paris - 80% Verlust an Bikes
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/31/world/europe/31bikes.html?_r=1
Artikel der NY Times ueber die nicht ganz so positive Bilanz des eigentlich sehr durchdachten Bike-Sharing Systems in der franzoesischen Hauptstadt.
