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Today's prompt is "Arch"
You're encouraged to describe your photo--where you shot it, details of what you were doing or what was going on, etc.
Posts: 10278 | Location: Edmonds, WA | Registered: 25 October 2001
I already posted my favorite arch picture here on Slow Talk, from when we canoed under the Pont du Gard.
So here's a composite picture of some Gothic arches at the Cathedral of Bourges. The upper one was taken in 2005; the lower one in 2009, showing the effects of the cleaning.
Roman arch at Glanum, a couple of kms from St. Remy - June 13, 2009, on our way to Les Baux. Three of our group of 6 are in the pic. We also visited the nearby Saint Paul-de-Mausole hospital, where Van Gogh stayed for a year a few months before his death.
Looking through the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel (at the Louvre), past the Obélisque de Luxor (at the Place de la Concorde) and to the Arc de Triomphe in the distance.
Here's an arch of the more natural variety. Came across this one the other day while hiking the GR6 just north of Forqualquier. Takes you through an area called Les Rochers des Morrès (where the photo was taken). All sorts of bizarre rock formations with amazing views across the Durance River Valley and over to the Italian Alpes. It's a great walk (only about 3km north of Forqualquier required to reach this spot). Anyone interested in more details just email me.
How many of these photos do I have? There is an arch, acting as a perfect frame for a scene. It is in a medieval town, a stage set that is both real and unreal. As you enter, and again as you exit. For you are going through a wall, a real wall which once served a defensive purpose. And now it acts as that wonderful frame.
This one is in Brantes, on the north side of Mont Ventoux. We were entering the village, and we were practically the only people there. Outside the walls was a very small group of school children and their teacher, making sketches. We saw almost no one, except a Canadian couple asking for someone to take their photo, which we happily did. Everything was closed. It was quiet and lovely.
Linda
Posts: 1017 | Location: Outlying area of Chicago | Registered: 15 September 2004
oh dear I have so many photo's with arches in them. Here's one of my favourites, taken at La Cavalier which is part of the Knights Templar route in our nearby Aveyron department.
Since Paris lit the Christmas lights on the Champs Elysées yesterday, I thought I'd contribute my holiday photo of the avenue from 2007 -- upside-down arches in the trees leading to the Arc de Triomphe.
Here are the lovely arches of the Russian Orthodox chapel in the old cemetery above Vieux Menton. Many members of the Russian royalty lived in Menton in the late 1800's and are buried in the cemetery.
Arches in the ceiling of the chapel in the Cluny Museum in Paris (Museum of the Middle Ages). When I visited the place, it took my breath away! I really admire the genius of the medieval ARCHitect who created this masterpiece.
