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This is not too strange, for it was this Queen that had the Palace built. It is now the Senate House. The gardens cover some 62 acres and have flower beds and statues combined to offer many pretty scenes, especially the one including the Medici Fountain. Emerging from the South end of the Gardens, walk South on Blvd. St. Michel, to Blvd. de Pont Royal, East on Port Royal to the Church of the Val de Grace. Architecturally interesting and photographic, this church is the burial place of the heart of Henrietta, wife of Charles I of England. Walk back West to Rue de St. Jacques and North on this street to Rue Soufflot. This takes you through an area of several schools, small shops and many students. At Rue Soufflot you are in view of the Pantheon and the church of St. Etienne. The Pantheon situated on top of Montagne Ste. Genevieve is the highest point of the Left Bank. The top of its dome stretches 272 feets above the street and beneath it rest the bodies of Voltaire. Victor Hugo. Jacques Rousseau and Emile Zola. Built in honor of St. Genevieve, the Patron Saint of Paris, the Pantheon contains fresco scenes of her life. Here also sits the statue of "The Thinker" by Rodin. Your picture of the Pantheon and its dome should be made from along Rue Soufflot. From the Pantheon a short walk back to Rue Soufflot and left on St. Jacques puts you at the Sorbonne. A walk around the University may prove photographically interesting to you. but perhaps you will only want to record the Church of the Sorbonne. From the University, walk \\" est to Blvd. St. Michel and catch a No. 38 or 21 bus to the Seine. Again, if you feel like walking, it is a good idea, as St. Michel is the heart of the Latin Quarter. All along the way you will find interesting side-walk cafes with huddled groups of people talking at a fantastic rate of speed. Your French will have to be good to catch the sense of their conversations. Quaint shops and very unusual, old. narrow side-streets along the way will add flavor to your movies of Paris. Your reach the Seine at St. Michel and are near the center of the He de la Cite. To your right a few blocks awav is the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris. Immediately in front of you and stretching to Notre Dame are the famous Paris bookstalls. These, together with the fishermen of the Seine, r Notre Dame and its reflection, the trees along the way and bustling traffic will give you many excellent scenes and keep you busy shooting for quite a while. The bookstalls are situated along both sides of the Seine and extend in both directions from St. Michel. We suggest a trip from St. Michel up to Notre Dame, across the Pont through the Church and down the opposite bank of the river. This will give you a good look at the bookstalls, with their flying colored prints of Paris, old jewelry, coins and what have vou. Notre Dame can be photographed from the huge court area in front of the Church or its buttresses can be pictured from the left bank of the Seine along the row of bookstalls that continue on past the church. A visit inside the Cathedral should not be missed, but photographically it is impractical. From Notre Dame you can go North across Pont d'Arcole and a few steps further is the Hotel de Ville. The original building, burnt in 1871, was the scene of the start of the revolution and other historic events. Here the first guillotine was used. The present building has an elegant French Renaissance facade and is a copy of the original building. Inside is a veritable museum of modern paintings and sculpture. The facade faces North so you must select a time of day, late in the afternoon, to get some crosslight on the building. Just two short blocks West of the Hotel de Ville is the Tour de Jacques. This tower (1508) is the remains of the church of St. Jacques de la Boucherie. Now used as a meterological station, the statue of Pascal recalls that this philosopher made his first weight experiment here. Surrounded by a small park you will perhaps relax here, rather than take pictures. Going into another area, a Metro to Madeleine stop brings you to the Church of the Madeleine, destined by Napoleon to be a temple of glory to the Grand Army. It was decreed a Catholic Church under the Restoration. Like a Greek Temple surrounded by majestic Corinthian colonnades it has neither a transept nor aisles. The front is topped by a pediment on which is an unusually good relief of the Last Judgment. Massive bronze doors 15 feet wide and 33 feet high form the main entrance. The church can be photographed from Rue Royal which runs from the Church South. Here is a touch of classical Greece in the heart of Paris. From the Madeleine take a bus (No. 52 i on the Blvd de la Madeleine to Place de FOpera. The Opera build • See PARIS on Page 74 64