Continuing with the theme of odd public art is this statue on Montmartre in Paris of a man who did not manage to escape from a wall.

This fountain is located between Ile de La Cité and Rue de Saint Germain on the left bank. It appears to me to be the archangel Michael defeating Lucifer.

A close up on the kings on the facade of Notre Dame in Paris.

A closeup of one of the famous gargoyles on Notre Dame. Yes tey are just glorified water spouts on the building, but they are very cool.

Sightseeing boat on the Seine in Paris near Ile Saint-Louis.

Paris is better known as a place to go in the Spring but a cool December day could not keep this artist indoors.

A couple of couples walking along the Seine around the perimeter of Ile Saint-Louis in Paris. If you are not familiar with Ile Saint-Louis it is immediately up river from Ile de la Cité which is the site of Notre Dame.

This is the main entrance for the Louvre museum in the light of a Paris in the late Winter afternoon.

In the comments on last week’s photo Friday image (Venice, Italy – The Bridge of Sighs) I commented about this picture. I have always thought that the red banner that was hanging down from the ceiling in this picture made such a natural frame that this picture looked like a postcard.
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I love this little corner of Paris that most tourists don’t get to. The St Martin’s Canal is an old barge canal that cuts through Paris to the Seine. I first learned about it in a walking tour in the Eyewitness Travel Guide to France. While walking along the canal I saw this couple sitting [...]