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Sunday, June 27, 2010

Paris - Liberté Egalité Fraternité - 8me

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Plate LXXVII – Liberte Egalite Fraternite … 
On my way to find the Elysée Palace I passed this doorway.
I cannot recall the address, or exact location, and certainly do not know what lay beyond its gates, but the inscription above it brought back every memory I have of that rallying cry of the Révolution - Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité. It is small unexplained details like this about the city that fascinate me, and every street in the older parts of Paris has its own rewards. I could happily wander for days discovering and pondering the origins of them
Even today this simple three word phrase remains a noble aspiration for citizens of every society. I put it up there with the 1960’s dream of the Age of Aquarius!!!

Posted by Dave at 11:23 PM

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