Porte St Martin

I snapped this on Friday, when I was in Paris.

It's the Arch at the Porte St Martin which was built in 1674 and restored in 1988. It was ordered to be built by Louis XIV, in honour of his victories on the Rhine and in Franche-Comté. It was designed by architect Pierre Bullet. (source : Wikipedia)

I wonder if Louis XIV could ever have imagined the type of traffic which would pass around this arch today ... cars, vans, bikes and yes, motorised scooters!

[Leana Niemand]

Great shot!

[Peter Day]

Very interesting photograph

[Bep]

A beautiful arch.

[Sally Ings]

Cool architecture and information

[Sarah Bremner]

That's fabulous! Great in B&W too. If the stones could talk they would certainly have stories to tell!

[Penelope Ann]

Great find

[Jennifer]

nice in the b/w

[KWind]

Pretty B&W!!

[Kathy]

Nice street scene.

[SquamLoon]

I love the whole idea of the Portes de Paris. Nice to feature it.

[Milanie]

Love these arches - you definitely know where you are. Nicely done with the b&w

[Denise (lyndemc)]

Well check it out — there's a guy on a scooter! Your mentioned it made me look closer and realized he wasn't actually on a bike. Great scene for a B&W edit.

[Dawn]

A nice street scene and B & W

[Gayle]

Another fantastic Paris photo and interesting background information. I'm learning so much about Paris, thanks to you, Issi. :-)

[Taffy]

It's so elegant looking amid the hustle and bustle of everyday living today.