Palais du Luxembourg, Paris

So Lucy and I are now well into our exploration of the sights of Paris, with four different areas of the city explored, so I'm rather spoiled for choice about what to show you first. In the end I chose this rather splendid building.

The Palais du Luxembourg wasn't on our planned route, but we took a little detour to have a rest in the park which surrounds this lovely building.

The palace was built as a royal residence for Marie de Médicis, mother of king Louis XIII of France and of Gaston, duc d'Orléans, just near the site of an old hôtel particulier owned by François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Piney-Luxembourg, which is now called the Palais du Petit-Luxembourg, home of the president of the French Senate. The Palais du Luxembourg itself is where the French Senate meets.

The gardens around house dozens of statues, including yet another copy of the Statue of Liberty!

For more information on the palace, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg_Palace

Ian

[Lynda]

Beautiful shot Ian, I adore Paris, it is a city I never tire of. Hope you have a ball x x

[Ivan]

Wonderful example of grand French architecture, super image, love the flowers (wallflowers?). Fav.

[Junan Heath]

Wonderful pov and shot! I love the beautiful flower garden!

[Gill W]

What a stunning building - love your POV - the line of the flowers really draws my eye to the palace.

[Dianne]

I totally agree with @gillg about the lines drawing you into the palace - it is a lovely crisp, detailed photo and great description.

[Pyrrhula]

Great to spent you days with those problem. Beautiful capture of this beautiful Palais.
Thank you and all of you family for the nice comments and fav.`s you send me. I`m allway`s very pleased with it . But a return I`ve to remember 4 day`s.

[Molly]

It certainly is a spectacular piece of French architecture with an interesting history.

[Tony]

Perfect composition to capture the magnificence of that grand structure

[Steve and Pam Winfield]

Great shot you have framed the photo well,you get the feel of the place:)

[Cathie]

Wonderful architecture.

[Kathy A]

Such a majestic building!

[Lindsay]

That's a super shot, wonderful pov and lovely composition, a fav!

[Lizzy Bean]

Hi Ian! A beautiful shot and a fav-Thank you for taking us along with you to Paris!

[Fisher Family]

@lyndag

Thank you Lynda - it's a fascinating city and I'm thoroughly enjoying exploring here!

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@ivan

Thank you Ivan, and thank you for the fav! Not sure what the flowers were - too busy looking at the incredible building!

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@paintdipper

Thank you Junan - it's a stunning place for taking photos!

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@gillg

Thank you Gill - it's a fabulous building and park for photos!

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@dide

Thank you Dianne - I'm taking lots of photos and learning a lot here!

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@pyrrhula

Thank you Ferry - so many beautiful places to see here!

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@dolphin

Thank you Molly - Paris is a fascinating city with so much to see!

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@tonydebont

Thank you Tony - the French really do architecture on a grand scale!

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@stevepam

Thank you Steve and Pam - It was such a beautiful palace and garden!

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@cathieg

Thank you Cathie - the French really do wonderful architecture on a grand scale!

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@kjarn

Thank you Kathy - it was magnificent, as are so many of the large buildings here!

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@lindsaydaisyboo

Thank you Lindsay, and thank you for the fav! There are so many fabulous views here!

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@lizzybean

Thank you Lizzy, I'm pleased you could join us on our Paris tour! Thank you for the fav too!

Ian

[Pete Roberts]

Lovely shot of a lovely palace

[Richard Sayer]

This is such a lovely building - I'm glad you got to see it Ian.

[Debbie Arcaro]

Great comp of this beautiful building!

[Fisher Family]

@pjr

Thank you Pete - it was a fabulous building to see.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@vignouse

Thank you Richard. Lucy and I have had a very intensive time visiting as much of Paris as we can while I'm here. It's exhausting but very rewarding!

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@hshdebbie

Thank you Debbie - it's a lovely building surrounded by a large park - a fascinating place to explore!

Ian