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Scary looking mascarons in Paris

Mascaron at the Serres d’Auteuil, Paris
Photo © Jan Willem Geerinck

I was there exactly one week ago.

She: “Why do they look so scary, so angry?”

This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged architecture, evil, mascaron, ornament, Paris on June 15, 2014 by jahsonic.

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