XEE4404934: Sappeurs Pompiersde Paris. The ladder's behind the scenes. Manoeuvring the ladder behind the scenes is the simplest. Weighing 34 kilos, 0m45 wide, having, redeployed, a height of 4 meters, it is in two planes, the uprights of the second being embedded in a double groove or slide practiced throughout the height of the uprights of the first. The second plane slides easily on the first and gives it a total height of 7m20., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
YOU4418624: View of the Pont des Arts and the Institut in Paris, the first metallic bridge crossing the Seine, built between 1801 and 1804, connecting the Palais de l'Institut de France and the courtyard square of the Palais du Louvre, the present bridge was rebuilt between 1981 and 1984 in the same way except for the modification of the number of arches. Photography, KIM Youngtae, Paris. / Bridgeman Images
YOU4418674: Alexandre Auguste Ledru Rollin (Ledru-Rollin) (1807-1874), lawyer, French politician, candidate for the French presidential election of 1848, bronze sculpture by David d'Angers (1788-1856), installed at the tomb of the politician at the Pere Lachaise cemetery. Photography, KIM Youngtae, Paris., David d'Angers, Pierre Jean (1788-1856) / Bridgeman Images
YOU4418720: Persee holding the head of Meduse, marble sculpture by Antonio Canova (1757-1822), representnat the heros, son of Danae and Zeus in Greek mythology brandising the head of Meduse, the only mortal Gorgona. Photography, KIM Youngtae, Musee Pio Clementino, Vatican, Rome, Italy., Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4417205: Representation of Clio, muse of History, as a young girl crowned with laurels, holding in her hand a roll of papyrus to record historical facts (Clio (or Kleio), muse of History, crowned with laurels and holding a parchment scroll). From “Mythology of Youth” by Pierre Blanchard 1803., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
YOU4420194: View on the portal of honour of the castle of the Upper Koenigsbourg, Castle built and reworked between 12th and 17th century, Tombs in ruins after the Thirty Years' War, Restore between 1901 and 1918 by the German architect Bodo Ebhardt (1865-1945), the portal and its low reliefs being a creation of the latter during the restoration are controversial. Medieval military architecture., Orschwiller, Bas Rhin, Alsace Champagne Ardenne Lorraine. / Bridgeman Images
YOU4420054: View the fountain of Neptune and the portico made in the Rococo Baroque style by Jean Lamour (1698-1771), installed on Stanislas Square, They are part of the architectural ensemble wanted by Stanislas Leszczynski (1677-1766) and designed by the architect Emmanuel Here (1705-1763), built between 1751 and 1755, inscribed in World Heritage Site of the UNESCO. Photography, KIM Youngtae, Nancy, Meurthe and Moselle, Lorraine. / Bridgeman Images
YOU4420131: View of the castle of Beynac overlooking the village of Beynac and Cazenac, Chateau fort built from the 12th century by the barons of Beynac, taken by Richard Coeur de Lion in 1189, remained essentially in the hands of the English until the French victory of Castillon in 1453, ending the Hundred Years' War. Medieval military architecture., Beynac and Cazenac, Sarlat la Caneda, Dordogne, New Aquitaine, France. / Bridgeman Images
YOU4420182: View of the government palace in Nancy from Place de la Carriere, mansion commissioned by Leopold 1er de Lorraine (1679-1729), designed by the architect Germain Boffrand (1667-1754) to replace the ducal palace which became too small and desuet. Built between 1715 and 1753, never finished. Civil architecture in classical style. Photography, KIM Youngtae, Nancy, Meurthe and Moselle, Lorraine. / Bridgeman Images