Luxor Obelisk, Place de la Concorde, Paris, France : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Luxor Obelisk, Place de la Concorde, Paris, France / ell brown
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示 2.1 |
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| 説明 | one of the major public areas in Paris. Here they were preparing for the Bastille Day celebrationsThe Luxor Obelisk is in the middle of Place de la Concorde, standing where the guillotine used to be in the French RevolutionThe Luxor Obelisk is a 23 metres high Egyptian obelisk standing at the centre of the Place de la Concorde in Paris, France. It was originally located at the entrance to the Luxor Temple, in Egypt. In 1829 the Ottoman viceroy of Egypt, Mehmet Ali, offered two obelisks to France from the entrance of the Luxor Temple. The obelisk now in Paris arrived in 1833, and three years later in 1836, King Louis-Philippe had it placed at the centre of the Place de la Concorde, where a guillotine used to stand during the revolution. The other one stayed in Egypt, too difficult and heavy to move to France with the technology of the period. The French President (Francois Mitterrand) of the early 1990s gave the second obelisk back to Egypt.The obelisk is made of red granite. It is decorated with hieroglyphics of the reign of the Pharaoh Ramses II. Missing it's cap (possibly stolen in the 6th century BC), the French Government added a gold-leafed pyramid to the top of the obelisk in 1998.Building behind is the Hôtel de Crillon.The Hôtel de Crillon in Paris is one of the oldest luxury hotels in the world. It is located at the foot of the Champs-Élysées on the north side of Place de la Concorde.The five-star Crillon, with 103 guest rooms and 44 suites, occupies one of two identical stone buildings, divided by the rue Royale, constructed in 1758 under the auspices of architect Louis François Trouard as a result of a commission from King Louis XV. Initially, both structures were built as government offices, and the eastern one continues to this day as Headquarters of the Royale, the French Navy.In 1788, François-Félix-Dorothee Berton des Balbes, the Count of Crillon, acquired the hotel, only to have it confiscated shortly thereafter by the government of the French Revolution. It was eventually returned to the Count of Crillon's family who ran it until 1907, at which time it underwent a two-year-long refurbishing by the Société du Louvre under the supervision of architect Gabriel-Hippolyte Destailleur. Today, through the Concorde Hotels & Resorts, the Crillon is still part of the Société du Louvre whose shares are listed on the Paris Stock Exchange and is controlled by the Taittinger family holding company. |
| 撮影日 | 2009-07-11 14:17:28 |
| 撮影者 | ell brown , Birmingham, United Kingdom |
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| 撮影地 | Paris, Île-de-France, France 地図 |
| カメラ | FinePix S1500 , FUJIFILM |
| 露出 | 0.007 sec (1/150) |
| 開放F値 | f/7.1 |