Trocadero Fountains and Eiffel Tower, Paris France
by Liesl Walsh
Title
Trocadero Fountains and Eiffel Tower, Paris France
Artist
Liesl Walsh
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photograph
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This photo was taken at the Trocadero area across the Seine River from the Eiffel Tower, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. In 1878 the old Palais du Trocadero was built for the 1878 World's Fair, but it was unpopular, so in 1937 the more modern Palais de Chaillot was built to replace it on the same foundations. The fountains and garden in front are stunning. The Palais de Chaillot houses a few museums for navy, ethnology, architecture, and has a theater. The Eiffel Tower is the tallest structure in Paris and one of the most recognizable structures in the world. It was designed and built by the company of Gustave Eiffel, and completed in 1889 as the entrance to the 1889 World's Fair. It sits on the Champ de Mars and overlooks the Seine River across from the Trocadero. In the beginning there was much criticism for the design of the Eiffel Tower, with concern that it would overshadow the other magnificent sights in Paris, but now it is the most visited paid monument in the world with 6.91 million visitors in 2015. The Eiffel Tower is 1,063 feet tall ( 324 metres); the top level's upper platform is 906 feet (276 metres) above ground, making it the highest observation deck for the public in the European Union. During construction pieces of the tower were riveted together in a nearby factory and arrived on site on horse-drawn carts. No drilling or shaping was done on site; if it didn't fit it was sent back for alteration. A total of 18,038 pieces were joined together using 2.5 million rivets. Names of 72 French scientists, engineers, and mathematicians were engraved on the Eiffel Tower to recognize their contributions to the building of the tower. The tower was painted in 3 shades of brown: lighter at the top and getting darker towards the bottom to complement the Parisian sky.
You can read about our adventure in Europe in my husband's book, "Vagabonds in France", by Michael A. Barry. Come with us as we lose our home, put everything in storage, and navigate through Europe for a few months with no return date or home to come back to. Sail across the Atlantic, dodge pickpockets, climb mountains, descend into the Paris Metro, endure nasty weather and illness, witness the flood of the century, and meet some wonderful and not-so-wonderful people. Chuckle with us as we live among the French and try to learn their ways and language. Then make it back home to an empty house we'd never seen before. The book with its 75 illustrations is available in both paperback and Kindle on Amazon at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01NCUNSEK .
Featured in the following FAA Groups:
Music CD Cover Designs 8-25-2016
The Earth is Art 4-20-2018
Images That Excite You 4-20-2018
Black and White - The Art Form 4-20-2018
Beauty in Art 4-20-2018
Digital Art and Photography For a Simple Imagination 4-20-2018
Composition of Any Medium 4-24-2018
Created by Southern Artists 4-27-2018
The Grayscale Outdoors 4-28-2018
World Landscape Lovers of Art 4-29-2018
Your Very Best Photography 4-30-2018
Creative Black and White Photography 5-7-2018
Art For Ever With You 5-10-2018
Fine Art Photography 5-13-2018
Out of the Ordinary 5-15-2018
10 Plus 5-16-2018
First Friday Gallery Group 5-16-2018
Camera Art 5-18-2018
Travel Art 5-19-2018
WHAT Interrobang 5-28-2018
Words Have Wings - Stories and Vignettes 5-30-2018
Forward Exposure 6-8-2018
Nature Landmarks Landscapes Wildlife 6-10-2018
Artist Salon 1 6-27-2018
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Liesl Walsh
Thank you for the features in Forward Exposure and Nature Landmarks Landscapes Wildlife! 6-10-2018
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations on your wonderful photographic art is featured in Camera Art! You are invited to archive your work in the Features Archive thread! group as well as any other thread in which it would fit! ! LF
Liesl Walsh
Thank you for the features in Fine Art Photography and Out of the Ordinary! 5-13-2018, 5-15-2018
Lyric Lucas
Congratulations, your creative and unique art work is Featured in the "Out Of The Ordinary 1 A Day" group! 5/15/18 l/f
Jan Mulherin
Congratulations!! This beautiful image has been selected to be featured for the week in the “Art Forever With You” Group Home Page. You are welcome to add a preview of this featured image to the group’s discussion post titled “2018 May: Stunning Group Featured Images and Thank-you’s” for a permanent display within the group, to share this achievement with others. If the activity is allowed, your image will also be posted to our group Google+ page. Thank you for your participation in the group! ~Jan
Jan Mulherin
Congratulations!! This stunning Black and White image has been selected to be featured for the week in the "Creative Black and White Fine Art Photographs" Group’s Home Page!! You are welcome to add a preview of this featured image to the group’s discussion post titled “2018 May - Stunning Group Featured Images and Thank-you’s” for a permanent display within the group, to share this achievement with others. If enabled, your image will also be posted to our group Google+ page. Thank you for your group participation! ~Jan
Liesl Walsh
Thank you for the features in these FAA Groups: Created by Southern Artists, The Grayscale Outdoors, World Landscape Lovers of Art, and Your Very Best Photography! 4-26-2018 to 4-30-2018
Allan Van Gasbeck
Congratulations! Your outstanding artwork has been chosen as a FEATURE in the “The Gray Scale Outdoors” group on Fine Art America — You are invited to post your featured image to the featured image discussion thread as a permanent place to continue to get exposure even after the image is no longer on the Home Page.
Liesl Walsh
Thank you for the features in The Earth Is Art, Images That Excite You, Black and White - The Art Form, Beauty in Art, Digital Art and Photography For a Simple Imagination, Composition of Any Medium!
Delynn Addams
Congrats your image is special featured on Compositions art group front page. Log your image here. https://fineartamerica.com/groups/composition-of-any-medium.html?showmessage=true&messageid=3956310
Kelley Freel-Ebner
Congratulations! Your extraordinary work has been Featured in the Fine Art America group “Black and White – The Art Form”! You are invited to archive your featured image for permanent storage and for viewing on the Discussions Page in: “2018 Member's Extraordinary Features Images Archive!” theme. Simply copy your image’s Embed URL on your image’s profile page, and paste it into the Discussion Topic site: https://fineartamerica.com/groups/black-and-white--the-art-form.html?showmessage=true&messageid=3910660
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