Sometime a photo can be inspired by a music or a song. This is it. It’s typically french, we call this kind of music “musette”.
There is an old song, from the early fifties called “Sous le ciel de Paris” (under the sky of Paris). When I saw this view from the Pont de la Tournelle, over the Seine, I thought about it.
Sous le ciel de Paris
Coule un fleuve joyeux
Hum Hum
Il endort dans la nuit
Les clochards et les gueux
Sous le ciel de Paris
Les oiseaux du Bon Dieu
Hum Hum
Viennent du monde entier
Pour bavarder entre eux
This decoration on the side of the Viaduc d’Austerlitz reminds us with the origin of Paris.
The first parisians, the parisii, were known as boatmen and traders. Since middle age, the motto of the city is a latin sentence “Fluctuat nec mergitur”, which means “I float and I don’t sink” and the logo of Paris is a sailing boat over white lily flowers (the symbol of french kings). The logo is crown by a wall which represents the wall of Philippe Auguste, built in 1280 around Paris. Every municipal equipment bears it.
The boat here is surrounded by fishes, ropes and two marine anchors.