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- Wild Kong
Wild Kong by Richard Orlinski, 2012. - Biot beach
Just casually waiting for a train... - Sunrise
A place where time stops. - Sun pillar
Another morning - another wonderful sunrise. And a sun pillar! - Biot volcano
But what a lovely and remote place it is. - Biot volcano
A tiny hill is all what is left of an ancient volcano. - Freesia
More freesia in the garden. - Carpobrotus
A stunning carpobrotus. How can anyone call this plant 'pigface'? - 20
Tiny details make a street charming. - Biot
Rue de la Poissonnerie in Biot. - Freesia
What a beauty she is. - Hello sunshine
- Good morning!
Before sunrise in my favourite garden. - Good morning!
Ah, the mornings. One can never have enough of them. - Mouans-Sartoux
Le Mur de Mouans-Sartoux. The wall is repainted every two months by a different artist. This one was made by Mister Copy. - Mouans-Sartoux
The French. They can even make an ordinary town hall pretty. - Structure permutationnelle
Structure permutationnelle in the gardens of Château de Mouans-Sartoux. - Structure permutationnelle
Structure permutationnelle, an intriguing sculpture by Francisco Sobrino 1998/2015 in Mouans-Sartoux. - Mouans-Sartoux
This is NOT how you repair an old wall. - Mouans-Sartoux
A lovely old town, very similar to Valbonne. - Mouans-Sartoux
The traffic sign being swallowed by a tree looks almost like a lizard/dinosaur eye. - Mouans-Sartoux
I love the cat's admiring gaze. - Mouans-Sartoux
- Belluny
Well, the path around Belluny is not the most frequented. Yes, this is the path. - Lac de Saint-Cassien
Hydropower plant and its dam. And a lonely tree. - Lac de Saint-Cassien
View from Belluny. - Eucalyptus
And plantations of eucalyptus. We are close to Grasse after all. - Mimosa
Acacia dealbata - Le moulin de Saint Cassien des Bois
The mill is under renovation... and I suppose the people working there had a good time ;-) - Siagne river
What a picturesque place this is! - Siagne river
- Siagne river
- Lac de Saint Cassien
Not much going on in this time of year at Lac de Saint Cassien. - Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat
Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat and Villefranche as seen from Plateau Saint-Michel. - The hills above Èze
Apparently there is wildlife in these woods. A boar or a fox could be 5 m away and I probably wouldn't notice it! - The hills above Èze
A lovely foggy walk starting from Voie Aurélienne. - Èze
Up towards Col d'Èze. Now that is a steep climb! - Èze
Rue du Barri - Èze
Rue du Barri - Èze
- Èze
Château Eza, a lovely corner of the town. - Èze
The clouds are rising so we even got a bit of a view. - Èze
Another wonderfully placed beauty, unfortunately I don't know her name. By Jean-Philippe Richard. - Èze
Exotic gardens in Èze. - Èze
Margot by Jean-Philippe Richard - Èze
Barbara by Jean-Philippe Richards, depicting the wind. - Èze
Melisande by Jean-Philippe Richard. What elegance! - Èze
Hedgehog Agave in the Exotic gardens of Èze. - Èze
I know, I know, Èze is famous for its views... but I love Èze in fog even more :-) - Èze
Carnival in town, Luffy from One Piece. - Èze
Carnival in town, Harry Potter and Naruto. - Poppies!
I love poppies but mid-March is simply too early. Even for Côte d'Azur. - Saint-Paul-de-Vence
A sculptured olive tree. - Olive tree
Sculpture of an olive tree by Constantinos Valaes in Galerie Lefakis in Saint-Paul-de-Vence - Impermanence
Impermanence by Dominique Rayou (2020ish). J'adore. - L’église Collégiale Saint Paul
The church was built between 12th and 18th century. - Saint-Paul-de-Vence
The town fountain. - Saint-Paul-de-Vence
Even mailboxes are art in this picturesque town. - Prévert's house
Jacques Prévert lived here. I would too. - Panthere
Panthere by Nicolas Lavarenne. A sleeping beauty. - Saint-Paul-de-Vence
A wonderful town. I can imagine it can get very crowded so getting there off-season late in the day was a good choice. - Salvador and Frida
- Saint-Paul-de-Vence
- Venus's hand
Venus's hand picking oranges and yet holding an apple :-) - Venus victrix
Auguste Renoir and Richard Guino, Venus Victrix, 1913-1915. - Grande Laveuse
Auguste Renoir and Richard Guino, Grande Laveuse, 1917. Yes, because women do their laundry naked... - Buste de Pâris
Paris by Auguste Renoir and Richard Guino, 1914. - Renoir's house
Renoir's atelier. He moved to Cagnes in 1908. - Renoir's house
The house of Auguste Renoir and his family in Cagnes, now a museum. Not a bad house, not bad at all. - Brunch in Antibes
This brunch was to die for. The softest and lightest brioche perdue I have ever had and will ever have in my life. - Antibes
A lovely morning in Antibes. - Île Saint-Honorat
Areal view of Saint-Honorat. Lérins Islands are so so beautiful. - Above the clouds
Il fait toujours beau au-dessus des nuages :-) - Maritime Alps
I think Cima Ventosa is in the front left. I'd kind of like to know which mountains are in the background: Mercantour, Queyras, Ecrins in the clouds? - Maritime Alps
I think this is the border between sunny Italy and cloudy France. Towards Monte Frisson. - Fly me to the Moon
A sculpture by J. C. Farhi (2011) at Venice airport. Is it just me - but I see Pikachu :-) - Classe
My guess would be that the difference in green background also means the border between the original and restored mosaics. - Classe
More idyllic scenery. Not all of it is completely original though, but I don't know which part is and which isn't. - Classe
Saint Ursus, the bishop of Ravenna ca. 405-431. He built the Orthodox Baptistery. - Classe
One of the many 5th-8th century sarcophagi. This one, called the sarcophagus of the twelve apostles, is one of the oldest ones from the 5th century. - Classe
All around the church are images of bishops. I guess this one became a pope. - Classe
The 6th century abse depicts: - a cross on the sky with 99 stars - the hand of God - Elijah and Moses - three lambs representing Saint Peter, Saint James and Saint John. - Classe
A 7th century mosaic depicting Abraham, Abel and Melchisedek around an altar. And the Hand. Why are there hinges on the curtains? - Classe
What an idyllic scene. - Classe
Saint Elijah. - Classe
A lot of mosaics were ruined (probably by the Venetians), but the apse and arch remained. We're talking 6th century here. On the top is Christ in a medallion with the Evangelists' symbols, underneath twelve lambs and two palms on the sides. - Classe
Saint Apollinaris praying with 12 little lambs. His coat is covered with golden bees, the symbol of eloquence. Wonderful background decorations, flowers, rocks, plants, birds... - Classe
Moses in the sea of clouds. - Classe
Buffalo by Davide Rivalta. In front of the Basilica of Sant' Apollinare in Classe. - Sant’Apollinare Nuovo
The cylindrical campanile dates to the 9th-10th century. - Sant’Apollinare Nuovo
The ceiling. - Sant’Apollinare Nuovo
Let's go: bottom line: Saints Valeria, Crispina, Lucia, Caecilia, Eulalia, Agnes, Agatha, Pelagia and Euphemia. middle: unnamed saints, prophets, evangelists... carrying scrolls or codices. top: the woman at the well, the woman with the flow of blood, Jesus cures the blind, (partial) the calling of Peter and Andrew.