And Bonne Annee to you, too! This empty (but of course!) bottle was sitting in place Dauphine, which is in front of the French Supreme Court (Palais de Justice).The place, or square (it's almost triangular in this case), is a teeny weeny moment of peace, calm, and solitude (car-free) in a city of busyness. When I walked through here in mid-afternoon, there was not a soul in the park. There are a few restaurants, shops, a hotel; if you're rich, you can buy an apartment here. But my attraction to the place is that it's a nice place to walk (albeit a short one) or a quiet time to sit on a bench.
Place Dauphine was created on the edge of Ile de la Cite by Henri IV's regime and was named in honor of the crown prince, the dauphin, the future Louis XIII, father of King Louis XIV (the Sun King.) Originally, the place was surrounded by 32 similar red-brick buildings, of which only two (one on each side of the small passage from Pont Neuf) remain. Buildings on one side of the square were demolished in 1874 to open the view to the back side of the then newly-built Palais de Justice.
I have been here before when the neighbors were playing boules. Maybe today they were still nursing whatever was caused from the contents of this bottle??
Place Dauphine's Christmas trees:
