Secret Paris

Secret Paris:
Winemaking firefighters, a
tree in a church
, an inverted phallus at a well-known entrance, an
atomic bomb shelter
under Gare de l Est,
unsuspected traces of
former brothels, the patron saint of motorists,
royal monograms hidden
in the Louvre courtyard, the presentation of Christ s crown of thorns,
a prehistoric merry-go-round
, a sundial designed by Dalí, war-wounded palm trees,
bullet holes at the ministry,
religious plants in a priest s garden, a mysterious monument to
Freemasonry
at the Champ-de-Mars,
a solid gold sphere in parliament
, a
Chinese temple
in a parking lot, the effect of the Bièvre river on Parisian geography,
a blockhouse in the Bois de Boulogne

For those who thought they knew Paris well, the city is still teeming with
unusual and secret places
that are easily accessible.