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Photographs of place de la Bastille: the colonne de Juillet, the «génie de la Bastille» and elsewhere on the right bank: rue de Bretagne, the Marché des Enfants Rouges; boulevard Saint-Denis, portes Saint-Martin and Saint-Denis, rue de Cléry, gare du Nord, marché Saint-Quentin, boulevard Magenta, rue Manin, parc des Buttes Chaumont, parc de Bagatelle, bois de Boulogne, parc Monceau, and parc de la Villette. Regardez cette page en français…

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At the top is the «Génie», a national mascot that was on the ten-franc coin.

The sun blasts through some clouds behind the colonne de Juillet in place de la Bastille

 Le Génie de la liberté in place de la Bastille, sculpted by Augustin Dumont.

The «génie de la Bastille», at the top of the Column of July
The July Column was built in place de la Bastille to commemorate the “three glorious” days in July 1830 that saw the fall of Charles X and the inauguration of the “July Monarchy” of Louis-Philippe.

La colonne de Juillet, with the Opéra in the background.

 The names of 84 people, engraved on the Colonne de Juillet, who died on Thursday July 29th, the third of the «Trois Glorieuses» revolutionary days of 1830.

Names engraved on the Column of July, martyrs of the revolution of 1830
The statue named le «Génie de la Liberté» at the top of la Colonne de Juillet in place de la Bastille, with orange clouds behind. The monument was designed by architect Jean-Antoine Alavoine, following a commission from King Louis-Philippe in 1830.

The “Spirit of Freedom” at the top of the July Column

 La colonne de Juillet, with the New Opera in the background

The Column of July, place de la Bastille
The south side of the Column of July, seen from the northern edge of bassin de l’Arsenal.

The colonne de Juillet, seen from boulevard Bourdon

 A Métro sign from the 1970s, containing an M in plastic, surrounded by stainless steel rims, on boulevard Henry IV.

A yellow Métro sign at place de la Bastille
Just opposite the métro station

Street musicians at place de la Bastille

 A typical passageway leading off rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, filled with cabinetmaker workshops.

Furniture shop signs in passage du Chantier
Master cheese purveyor Jouannault’s shop at 39 rue de Bretagne.

The cheese shop on rue de Bretagne at the corner of rue Charlot

 Seafood on sale at the marché des Enfants Rouges, on rue de Bretagne.

A seafood stand inside the Marché des Enfants Rouges
Built in 1615 by two of King Louis 13th’s war commissioners, the Marché des Enfants Rouge is Paris’ oldest market.

Fruit and vegetable stands at the Marché des Enfants Rouges

 Italian cuisine, one of many kinds on offer at the Marché des Enfants Rouges.

Italian Cuisine at the Marché des Enfants Rouges
A flower stand inside the Marché des Enfants Rouges.

Flowers for sale at the Marché des Enfants Rouges

 This photo could have been taken any time in the last thirty years.

A Citroën DS parked in front of an alimentation générale
The statue in place de la République, seen from rue du Faubourg du Temple.

Clouds behind the statue at place de la République

 A business sign for P. Bouly, a wholesaler in tiles and accessories for bathrooms and kitchens started in 1867 at 140, boulevard Richard Lenoir.

Ceramic advertising on boulevard Richard Lenoir
Boulevard Saint-Denis, under red and green traffic lights

Boulevard Saint-Denis, with portes Saint-Martin and Saint-Denis

 Looking up rue de Cléry at night from boulevard Saint-Denis.

Rue de Cléry at night
The view looking north between tracks 20 and 21 at Gare du Nord, seen from a small overpass next to a parking lot along rue du faubourg Saint-Denis.

Train tracks at Gare du Nord

 Building façades on boulevard Magenta, reflected in the windows of Marché Saint-Quentin.

Reflections in the windows of marché Saint-Quentin, on boulevard Magenta
An extremely dilapidated street sign on rue d’Aboukir at the corner of rue Montmartre. Rue d’Aboukir was named in memory of the French army’s victory over the Ottoman Empire, July 25th 1799.

A street sign on rue d’Aboukir

 This building is very representative of those built in the last third of the nineteenth century

Façades along rue Manin in the 19th arrondissement
The northern, uphill side of the park is riddled with manmade waterfalls, streams, and footbridges.

Waterfalls in parc des Buttes Chaumont in the 19th arrondissement

 One of the mansions of château de Bagatelle, built in 1775.

A pavillion in the parc de Bagatelle, bois de Boulogne
False roman ruins built around the oval basin on the eastern side of parc Monceau.

Corinthian columns in parc Monceau

 Corinthian columns around the oval basin on the eastern side of parc de Monceau.

Roman “ruins” at the eastern side of parc Monceau
La Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie was inaugurated in March 1986, on the occasion of a passage of Halley’s comet.

The Science Museum in Parc de la Villette

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