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au revoir France!

Travel photography to me is about the place, food and the people. I've learnt so much practicing my craft in this beautiful country. But all things must come to an end, I end my France journey in the city of light/ love and would like to thank everyone who took the time to view or liked my photos. I look forward to your continued support and also viewing your wonderful photos as well!

 

The Pont Alexandre III is Paris’s most elegant, grandiose, and sumptuous bridge: one of the most beautiful river crossings in the world. It was built for the Exposition Universelle of 1900, an international world’s fair that introduced talking films, escalators, Russian nesting dolls, wireless telegraphy (radio), and the most powerful telescope ever built. Rudolf Diesel exhibited his new combustion engine which ran only on peanut oil, and the city staged the first Olympic Games outside of Greece. The fair introduced the Art Nouveau style into popular culture and for the first time electric lights illuminated the City of Light.*

 

*https://bonjourparis.com/history/the-bridges-of-paris-pont-alexandre-iii-an-open-air-museum/

 

 

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Uploaded on March 25, 2018
Taken on October 7, 2017