A little stroll down Rue Mouffetard Paris - July 2013

After Peter and I looked at the Street Art , we talk a walk

down Rue Moufftard , just taking a stroll and

then going for a beer at the bottom of the street.

 

Hope you enjoy this little stroll. As you know this street

is famous for all the little Delis, Cheese shops, Wine shops and

lots more. I do have photos of those from another trip but not this time.



Au Negre Joyeux



 

This ancient advertisement, is  above what was once a chocolate factory,

and dates back to 1748, is situated on the pretty, Place de la Contrescarpe, Paris.

It’s now on Paris’s registry of sites deemed historical and unable to  be removed or modified.

 

If you would like to read more of the history in the link please.

 

I am sure if this was in the UK , it would be destroyed. I hope that the people of Paris

who want to keep it , do,

 

 

Ernest Hemingway

 lived in Paris at 74 Rue Cardinal Limoine in 1922 until 1923 with

his first wife Hadley , an American writer.

 

This is such unusual looking Art work.  Pigs, birds, dear and wild boar intertwining

amongst the plant spirals. is is dating from 1929 - 1931 and the shades of Gold and

Brown are original for the time. Created by  Adigheri   , an Italian artisan using

the sgraffito technique. 

 

Sgraffito is a technique either of wall decor, produced by applying layers of plaster tinted in contrasting colors to a moistened surface, or in ceramics, by applying to an unfired ceramic body two successive layers of contrasting slip, and then in either case scratching so as to produce an outline drawing.

 

I just love walking around and seeing this history , much more than

going to a museum. Not to say I don't go to them , but not very often!

Hope you all have a great week

Take care.

 

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