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Just to the north of the
Luxembourg Gardens, tucked alongside an apartment building on a busy street, is a quiet
little, long narrow park called Allée du Seminaire. At the busy street end of the
park was a lovely blooming mimosa tree. Paris is constantly providing peaceful
havens for its inhabitants and visitors. |
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Upon entering the Luxembourg
Gardens, we notice that the building in the northwest corner is hosting an exhibit about
the Himalayas. It was too nice outside to go in, but we paused so that Tom could
have his picture taken with the exhibit's host, this life-size stuffed yak. A sign
on the yak's back pleads with French children - please do not climb up on the yak. |
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Near the building with the
exhibit is this lovely fountain dedicated to Delacroix. |
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And here is our favorite
quiet spot in the Luxembourg Gardens: the Médici fountain. It was restored by
Chalgrin, an architect for the Luxembourg palace, after the Revolution. One of the
Haussmann boulevard-building projects required the fountain to be moved from its location
on the rue Médicis. Another architect, Alphonse de Gisors, constructed a basin in
front of the fountain at its new location near the Luxembourg palace. |