{"id":2484,"date":"2024-07-31T18:03:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T18:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/you-dont-dorsay\/"},"modified":"2024-07-31T18:03:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T18:03:00","slug":"you-dont-dorsay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/you-dont-dorsay\/","title":{"rendered":"You don\u2019t d\u2019Orsay!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After hearing for many years how amazing it is, we finally made it to Mus\u00e9e d\u2019Orsay. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Everybody was right!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not only is this a stunning art museum, but it directly fed into Pieter\u2019s love for train stations. He might have taken more photos of the architecture than anything else. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is also a great example of what can be done with old stations to give them new life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Inaugurated in 1900 for the World Fair, Orsay train station ran services to the capital for passengers from right across southwest France. Also housed within the building were a luxurious hotel and a grand reception room.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>With the modernisation of trains, the station was gradually abandoned. In 1977, the French government decided to turn the building into a museum. The Mus\u00e9e d&#8217;Orsay was inaugurated in 1986. Through paintings, sculptures, decorative arts, photography and drawings, the museum presents the full diversity of artistic creation in the western world from 1848 to 1914 (from the Second Republic to the World War I).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mus%C3%A9e_d%27Orsay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mus%C3%A9e_d%27Orsay<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/images-posts\/1401-you-dont-dorsay.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1401\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/images-posts\/1402-you-dont-dorsay.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1402\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Olympic torch through the arch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/images-posts\/1403-you-dont-dorsay.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1403\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/images-posts\/1404-you-dont-dorsay.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1404\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/images-posts\/1405-you-dont-dorsay.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1405\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Welcome, come on inside!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/images-posts\/1406-you-dont-dorsay.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1406\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/images-posts\/1407-you-dont-dorsay.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1407\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/images-posts\/1408-you-dont-dorsay.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1408\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/images-posts\/1409-you-dont-dorsay.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1409\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/images-posts\/1410-you-dont-dorsay.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1410\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/images-posts\/1411-you-dont-dorsay.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1411\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/images-posts\/1412-you-dont-dorsay.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1412\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Olympic Flame is very unusual and environmentally on point. There are no actual flames, it is water vapor and lights. <br>One more example of the \u2018greenest\u2019 Olympics so far.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/images-posts\/1413-you-dont-dorsay.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1413\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>The Gare d&#8217;Orsay train station, designed by the architect Victor Laloux (1850-1937) on the eve of the Universal Exhibition of 1900, included a hotel for travellers and a function room &#8211; the salle des f\u00eates. It quickly became a popular reception venue for the Parisian middle class.<\/em><br><br><em>The building project to redevelop the station into a museum (1983-1986) preserved this opulent space in the neo-eighteenth century style, with its mirrors reflecting a wealth of gilded stucco ornamen-tations, electric chandeliers, and crystal garlands. The pairs of faux marble columns are purely decorative as the whole building is supported by a metal framework. The decor designed by the architect was created in the workshop of the sculptor and interior designer Kulikowski, and Pierre Fritel painted the decorative schemes, The Chariot of Apollo, the allegories The Dance and The Seasons, and the grisailles, some of which bear the monogram P-O (the Paris-Orl\u00e9ans line).<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/images-posts\/1414-you-dont-dorsay.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1414\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/images-posts\/1415-you-dont-dorsay.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1415\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/images-posts\/1416-you-dont-dorsay.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1416\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/images-posts\/1417-you-dont-dorsay.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1417\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/images-posts\/1418-you-dont-dorsay.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1418\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/images-posts\/1419-you-dont-dorsay.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1419\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Would you look at the time already!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/images-posts\/1420-you-dont-dorsay.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1420\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">First , let me take a selfie!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/images-posts\/1421-you-dont-dorsay.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1421\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Exquisite French pastries for dessert.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After hearing for many years how amazing it is, we finally made it to Mus\u00e9e d\u2019Orsay. Everybody was right! Not only is this a stunning art museum, but it directly fed into Pieter\u2019s love for train stations. He might have taken more photos of the architecture than anything else. It is also a great example [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-paris"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"monkeydads","author_link":"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/author\/monkeydads\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"After hearing for many years how amazing it is, we finally made it to Mus\u00e9e d\u2019Orsay. 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