Wednesday 5th February 2020.
The Tuileries Gardens take their name from the tile factories which previously stood on the site where Queen Catherine de Medici built the Palais des Tuileries in 1564. André Le Nôtre, the famous gardener of King Louis XIV, re-landscaped the gardens in 1664 to give them their current French formal garden style. The gardens, which separate the Louvre from the Place de la Concorde, are a pleasant place for walking and for culture for Parisians and tourists; Maillol statues stand alongside those of Rodin or Giacometti.
Not sure who these statues are by, but they must have been quite cold in the nude as it was a chilly day.
People were better dressed for the weather than the statues.
People were sitting around this lake watching the seagulls, which were a long way from the sea.
A Henry Moore sculpture, Reclining Figure, 1951.
Just a glimpse of La Tour Eiffel, probably the closest we'll get this trip.
The Tuileries Gardens take their name from the tile factories which previously stood on the site where Queen Catherine de Medici built the Palais des Tuileries in 1564. André Le Nôtre, the famous gardener of King Louis XIV, re-landscaped the gardens in 1664 to give them their current French formal garden style. The gardens, which separate the Louvre from the Place de la Concorde, are a pleasant place for walking and for culture for Parisians and tourists; Maillol statues stand alongside those of Rodin or Giacometti.
People were better dressed for the weather than the statues.
People were sitting around this lake watching the seagulls, which were a long way from the sea.
A Henry Moore sculpture, Reclining Figure, 1951.
Just a glimpse of La Tour Eiffel, probably the closest we'll get this trip.
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