Brittany or Champagne region, Walter?
I wonder, how you knew the country, Francis :wink:
But you're wrong with those two regions.
Is the statue one of a Frenchman?
Yes, it is. (Sorry for the delay)
As a hint, the statue at daylight
That statue must be of a French king since he is holding aloft the sceptre of Fleur-de-lis, right Walter?
Hmm, very good, Letty :wink:
And the building used to be the hunting lodge of this person (the monument is a replica, btw) - now housing something a bit different.
Louis XIV, palace of Versailles, Walter? I remember from my Western Civ class that he said, "The state, it is me." or le'etat et moi or something to that effect.
No, Letty, it's not a palace nowadays - even not for those sitting/"working" there.
But it's in the same region as Versailles, though not the same département.
Hmmm. Well, I must run and do some stuff. I'm certain that Francis will know.
Letty wrote:I'm certain that Francis will know.
I'm sure he will . I even could imagine, he'd passed that building only by 200 m :wink:
I was thinking the architecture is very similar to that of Place des Vosges.
It was probably an "Hotel des Chasses" but I fail to identify the king.
I'm looking...
Well, the architecture is indeed similar.
But it's not near that place, not IN Paris actually.
Is the département's number 94?
Incidentally I noticed only today, when looking for pics, that this town is jumelé with a town close to where I live ...
A famous German Volkslied starts (translated) like this
Il cliquette, le moulin, sur le ruisseau bruissant,
Clip, clap
Le jour et la nuit, le meunier veille
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... and one of France's greatest and most influential painters was born in that town, too.
I think you are talking about Eugene Delacroix and the town of Saint Maurice...
Sade was there also..
