#Île Saint-Louis

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Île Saint-Louis island in Paris

French vintage postcard

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La ligne de mouettes à la proue de l'île,

participait au voyage intérieur,

sur les lieux les plus vastes de la ville

indiquait un désir du large,

tels les hommes pointillés au bord des rivages.

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(Dans la portée des ombres, extrait)

© Pierre Cressant

(mardi 20 septembre 2005)

[fidjiefidjie]

Bonjour, bonne journée ☕️ 🌞

Baignade et femmes lavant des chiens, quai d'Orléans, île Saint-Louis 🗼Paris 1949

Photo de Frédéric Barzilay

[didionsvision]

studying greek epigraphy is one of my favourite things. granted, i’m rubbish at it right now, but i am so excited to get better and learn more about it!!

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Sacred spaces

Saint Chapelle in Paris is a museum now, but once it was the place of worship for kings. It was built by Louis IX to house holy relics including what was believed to be the crown of thorns worn by Jesus on the cross.

The crown has been moved to a safer location, there are no more French kings and worship services are not held here anymore. You can still feel the echoes, even full of tourists there is a higher presence

This is the art that inspired William Morris and Gothic Revival

[chicinsilk]

US Vogue March 15, 1959

Left: White woolen daywear, as simple as a sailor's jacket; buttoned in Chanel-style brass. Right: Chanel's favorite black lace dress molded to the hips, then fullness; here worn with a necklace frame, secured with a Chanel brooch. The model on both pages is French actress and cover girl, Marie-Hélène Arnaud; she was photographed in the "sumptuous golden rooms" of the Hotel Lauzun on Île Saint-Louis.

À gauche : Tenue de jour en laine blanche, aussi simple qu'une veste de marin ; boutonné en laiton façon Chanel. À droite : la robe en dentelle noire préférée de Chanel moulée jusqu'aux hanches, puis la plénitude ; ici porté avec une armature de collier, fixé avec une broche Chanel. Le modèle sur les deux pages est l'actrice française et cover girl, Marie-Hélène Arnaud; elle a été photographiée dans les "chambres dorées somptueuses" de l'Hôtel Lauzun sur l'île Saint-Louis. Photo Henry Clarke Vogue archive

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Christmas Eve, Île Saint-Louis, Paris, 1951. Louis Stettner. Gelatin silver.

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Iziz (Izrael Bidermanas). Île Saint-Louis, Paris, 1946.

[artfilmfan]

Françoise Hardy in her Paris apartment on Île Saint-Louis, Paris, January 1970 by Michael Holtz

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Peter Turnley Monsieur Bernard, Île Saint-Louis, Paris 1999

[nalyra-dreaming]

To anyone who hasn’t read TVL, there’s actually another layer to Lestat original planning on moving to St. Louis, Missouri. When Lestat was turned he inherited a lot of money, and because he didn’t want his loved ones to see him like that, he basically threw money at them instead. He even bought Nicki a nice house in a fancy neighborhood- where? On the Île Saint-Louis, an island in the River Seine. So when he decided to move to America much later, he chose St. Louis because it shared a name with where Nicki used to live.

And of course the very first words Louis hears Lestat say, and the first words Louis says to Lestat, are also among the first words Nicki said to Lestat when they re-met as adults: “Only the impossible can do the impossible”. So after he sees a man pull a knife on his bro, he decides to stay. Finding out that that man’s name is Louis AND he speaks French AND he repeats Nicki’s words (and reminds him of Nicki in general) proves to Lestat to Louis is his destiny.

Yes. :)

Thank you for expanding on that 💕

There are a lot of references to Nicolas throughout the two seasons already, and I personally loved how they did it.

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Bonjour ☕️ 🥐 🍇et bon Dimanche à tous

La cité vue de l'île Saint-Louis 🗼Paris 1950s

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Flag Wars Bonus Round

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Île Saint-Louis Paris

Photo: Dieter Krehbiel

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Just before the Olympics, one had to have a pass to enter the Île Saint Louis in Paris. It was deserted because of security restrictions. This family set up a wooden table, a kiddy pool for the children and wore dressy attire. They had a beautiful candlelit dinner in the empty street. Notice a number of bottles including some Veuve. Il faut profiter! Très Français! (You have to take advantage!)

From FB group Everything French posted by Marian Margetson

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Sphinx statue

The building is inspired by the Hotel de Lambert in Paris, on an island called île-Saint-Louis. The sculpture on the balcony are from the Hotel de Sully and are avaible here : 

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