Paris then and now

is there any truth that these were planted by Napoleon so he could walk in the shade to go to Berlin, or Cologne that was a French province those days?

Mehar I don't think Pegasus will appreciate you highjacked his thread , there is a joke section for this.

please remain on topic.

 

Sorry about going off topic, I didn't mean it as a joke either. I had a professor who would say that was indeed the reason why the trees were planted but it was never something I looked into. The images reminded me of it.

 

Hello, Merk, I am glad you like the photographs, I have not read the book Is Paris burning, I did some looking around at ww2 photos on the net before I went and as went around site seeing found most of the places I was looking for, theres usually a ww2 connecting you can make in northen European cities, I intend to have a look around Liverpool and take some pictures of evidence of ww2
Incidently I really enjoyed Paris, the weather was great and we had a excellent time

 

No problem Mehar, in that case your former professor is an idiot. Let us move on. This being said there are no such trees in cities. There are along the countryside roads, though and foreigners are always surprised when they realize how much it cost in time and money for the maintenance, just for a matter of esthetics. They were in fact planted before the French Revolution. Nowadays there is a big contreversy, because of security reasons, leaving you no chance when you fall asleep or for drunk drivers. (instead of driving in a field you smash yourself to death in a tree)

 

or watch the fim with the same name Pegasus, you'd like that one too

 

The film is quite slow in places but it does have a nice documentary feel. There are some great shots of Paris.
I seem to remember a scene showing a gun battle around Notre Dame.
It also shows the German surrender at Hotel Meurice.

Great pix of Paris. What a truly fantastic city.