Luxembourg Palace Paris Acrylic Print

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This basin in front of the south facade of the Luxembourg Palace in Paris is used for miniature boat sailing on sunny, warmer days. But in the early evening of a chilly early April day, there wasn't much of that. Even the resident ducks were hiding in their little house to the right of the fountain. Still, the architecture does not fail to impress and lots of adults were sitting around the fountain enjoying the evening. The Luxembourg Palace was originally built (1615-1645) to be the royal residence of the regent Marie de Medicis, mother of Louis XIII of France. After the Revolution (1799-1805), it was refashioned into a legislative building and subsequently greatly enlarged and remodeled (1835-1856). The building was also used for the peace conference of 1946, and since 1958 it houses the French Senate. Today, the gardens around it are free and open to the public, forming the largest green space in Paris.

FEATURED PHOTO, Photograph Manipulation group, 4/17/16

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Protected with PIXSY About Joan Carroll: I am a Fort Worth Texas-based outdoor photographer who feels at home while on the road...in Texas, in the US, around the world. Although travel and photography were dual interests from a young age, the coming of the digital camera provided undreamed of opportunities and unleashed previously untapped creativity. My photographic goal is to travel the world in a curious yet respectful way, taking the time to see and understand the unique story of each place I visit. Wherever I go I want to walk every street, hike every trail, ride the bus or metro, climb every tower, walk around and through every monument, and then do it all over again when the light changes. In every place, light, mood, color, and...