August 2018 - Paris Panorama

Welcome to the August 2018 edition of our newsletter Paris Panorama!

Each month we feature an inspiring haiku poem by Anna Eklund-Cheong.  You will also find a photograph of Paris by Sophia Pagan, our restaurant of the month with a link to the review, and an angel of the month by Rosemary Flannery. 

Bonne lecture!

Haiku of the Month

Photograph by Eric Hian-Cheong
Haiku by Anna Eklund-Cheong

Photo of the Month

Four Gilded Statues at Place du Trocadéro
Photograph by Sophia Pagan

Fine art photographer Sophia Pagan has developed a Paris portrait session in collaboration with Entrée to Black Paris  To learn more, follow this link:  Black Paris Portraits.

Our Restaurant of the Month

Cléo
Photograph by Entrée to Black Paris

Gourmet dining in the discrete luxury of a hotel near the Esplanade des Invalides.

Follow this link and sign in to read our review:  http://www.parisinsights.com/restaurants.php.

Angel of the Month

Angel of the Balustrade
Photograph by Rosemary Flannery
Author of Angels of Paris - An Architectural Tour through the History of Paris

Set against the sky, looking upward to heaven, Pierre-Jules-Cavelier’s 1861 stone angel graces the balustrade of Saint Germain l’Auxerrois. It was a new addition to a very old church, founded in the 7th century and rebuilt several times until the Renaissance. By 1859, the church was threatened with demolition, but Baron Haussmann, Commissioner of Paris under Napoleon II, determined to save it. The angel, with its curly hair, immense curved wings, and unfurled banner, reflects the style of the Italian masters the sculptor had studied in Rome, bringing a touch of the Renaissance to a church which had been reborn.

St. Germain l’Auxerrois Church, 2, place du Louvre, 1st arrondissement (Métro: Louvre-Rivoli)

To learn about other angels of Paris, follow this link: Angels of Paris – An Architectural Tour Through the History of Paris.