Showing posts with label strasbourg. Show all posts
Showing posts with label strasbourg. Show all posts

Thursday, 20 August 2026

Wednesday, 19 August 2026

Cock-a-doodle-doo

Cocorico in French. The rooster "guarding" the local newspaper, Dernères nouvelles d'Alsace, aka DNA.
 

Monday, 17 August 2026

Hearts on stone


 Once again, blocked by bloody Facebook, unable to post on groups.

Monday, 10 August 2026

La Spirale Aby Warburg

AKA Monument to the living, by visual artist Bert Theis, situated Republic Square in Strasbourg. Aby Moritz Warburg was a German art historian and cultural theorist.
 

Saturday, 8 August 2026

Hôtel du Préfet

AKA hôtel de Klinglin. Historical monument, built between 1732 and 1736 for the royal moneylender François Joseph de Klinglin. Now the residence on the prefect of the département Bas-Rhin.
 

Wednesday, 5 August 2026

Metamorphose

Old photo, a beauty salon, now closed. Beautified by local artists.
 

Saturday, 1 August 2026

CDP theme day: purple

Strasbourg carnival a while ago.

More purple rain... I mean posts right...HERE
 

Thursday, 30 July 2026

The haze

Frankly, I don't remember taking this photo... Was it a hazy day, or smoke?
 

Sunday, 26 July 2026

Place du Marché Gayot

Next to the cathedral, a quiet square with good restaurants. What looks like a stone in the background is actually made of cast iron, a sculpture by Daniel Pontoreau, called Pierre trouvée, found stone, in 1992.
Part of the castrum, roman camp. Strasbourg was founded in the year 12 AC by roman soldiers, 2038 years ago.
 

Thursday, 23 July 2026

Olive oil

Olive oil surpasses everything, it says. Well, here in the north east of France, we don't use it much, it's rather a southern thing.
 

Sunday, 19 July 2026

Pots

A traditional Alsatian house, decorated with traditional Alsatian earthenware pots.