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The Eternal Quest for Beautiful Fesses – Our Fesses of the Month

Saturday, October 14th, 2017
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Fontaine de Mars

Fontaine de Mars by Pierre-Nicolas Beauvallet
Photograph by Discover Paris!

The Fontaine de Mars is a large fountain that was installed around 1806 – 1808 on rue Saint-Dominique in the 7th arrondissement. On the eastern and western flanks of the fountain are vases, both of which depict the same fetching goddess. The features of her pulchritudinous fanny are clearly visible to fortunate passersby who happen to glance up.

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The Eternal Quest for Beautiful Fesses – Our Fesses of the Month

Tuesday, November 5th, 2013
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Tom Taking a Photograph of the Pediment of Crédit Lyonnais Bank

Tom Taking a Photograph of the Pediment of Crédit Lyonnais Bank
Photograph by www.DiscoverParis.net

We found this month’s featured fanny on a pediment high above boulevard des Italiens in the 2nd arrondissement. The allegorical figure to whom these fesses belong is part of a group sculpted by Camille Lefèvre in 1880-1883.

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The Eternal Quest for Beautiful Fesses – Our Fesses of the Month

Tuesday, August 6th, 2013
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20 rue de Longchamp

Tom Photographing Mermaids at 20, rue de Longchamp
Photograph by www.DiscoverParis.net

August 2013 – Fesses of the Month

Beautiful fesses are displayed in the most surprising places in Paris! This month’s featured fanny can be found on the lintel above the entrance way to an apartment building at 20, rue de Longchamp in the 16th arrondissement. The alluring mermaids that flaunt their beauty there were sculpted by Jean-Désiré Ringel d’Illzach (1849 – 1916).

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