#hittorff

[archimaps]

Design for a temporary altar for an outdoors ceremony, Paris

[archimaps]

Hittorff’s hypothetical reconstruction of Temple T at Selinunte, Sicily

[detournementsmineurs]

"Jardin de l'Impératrice Eugénie" (ouvert au public depuis 2007) devant l'entrée de la "Fondation Eugène Napoléon" construite par l'architecte Jacques-Ignace Hittorff (1856) - ancien orphelinat du Faubourg Saint-Antoine à Paris - février 2024.

[365mermaid]

8.10.2013 On the final day of this year-long mermaid-a-day 365 project, I learned that mermaids are everywhere. I had to travel halfway around the world to find what was in my own backyard. On November 10, 2012, I posted this photo of a mermaid Designed by Jacques-Ignace Hittorff
 in the Fountain of River Commerce and Navigation in the Place de La Concorde, Paris France: http://365mermaid.tumblr.com/post/35446060707/11-10-2012-there-are-two-fountains-designed-by Today, my last post is an image of one of the "original mermaids" that was presented for sale after the fountain was renovated early in the 20th century. The one I posted on November 10, 2012, unbeknownst to me at the time, was merely a replica. The original shown above can be found at: Urban Archaeology 143 Franklin St New York, NY 10013 For more information: http://www.urbanarchaeology.com/salvage/salvage/MermaidStatue.html

[archimaps]

Hittorff's project for the church of Saint-Vincent de Paul, Paris

[365mermaid]

11.11.2012 
There are two fountains 
Designed by Jacques-Ignace Hittorff
 at the Place de la Concorde in Paris France.
The South fountain is entitled the Fountain of River Commerce and Navigation.
The North fountain is the Fountain of Maritime Navigation.
Said to contain tritons and nereids
but nereids look enough like mermaids to suffice.
Pictured is a third mermaid in the Fountain of River Commerce and Navigation. Pictured is a mermaid in the base of the Fountain of River Commerce and Navigation.