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Chateau d’eau, place Grenette, Grenoble.

When we went to visit our dear friends in Grenoble this Easter/Pesach/Days-off-work, and I promised you that I would keep you updated with some photos from Grenoble. I’ve already posted two in a post called Evening in Grenoble, and today I felt that the time was right to post another photo: this one slightly more photoshopped than the other two :)

Here’s one of Grenoble’s many fountains – one of countless charming features to this charming city.

Chateau d'eau, place Grenette - Grenoble. By CardinalGuzman.wordpress.com

Chateau d’eau, place Grenette – Grenoble. By CardinalGuzman.wordpress.com

(Needless to say, but as always you can click the image for larger version).

Any feedback (positive/negative) or questions is highly appreciated.

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17 Responses

  1. I like the post-processing. It reminds me of a period post card.

    April 15, 2012 at 13:49

    • Thank you Teresita. That’s exactly the effect that I tried to create.

      April 15, 2012 at 13:55

  2. reb

    It looks very aged … I like it!

    Grenoble seems to be associated with skiing, in my mind…

    April 15, 2012 at 15:42

    • There’s a lot of opportunities for sports in the mountains surrounding Grenoble. They had the Winter Olympics back in 1968 and, besides the ski resorts, the area is famous for climbing, rapelling & mountain biking. They also have an icehockey team. I wanted to buy a shirt with the local icehockey team logo, but I totally forgot…

      April 15, 2012 at 17:50

      • reb

        It was probably because of the Winter Olympics, I had it so connected with downhill skiing :)

        April 15, 2012 at 19:59

  3. Love the sepia tones! Like a faded Belle Epoch postcard!

    April 15, 2012 at 17:04

    • I can see that it does remind of La Belle Époque (I had to google it and ended up reading Wikipedias article). There’s a lot of great art from that period, but unfortunately they don’t make absinth like they used to :)

      Thanks for teaching me something new Madhu :D

      April 15, 2012 at 18:02

      • You are welcome :-)

        April 15, 2012 at 19:15

  4. Beautiful fountain, and I do love the post processing in this one. Lovely!

    April 15, 2012 at 17:46

    • Thank you Angeline. I loved your recent bench photos :)

      April 15, 2012 at 20:42

  5. Love this photo of the water fountain.

    BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!

    April 15, 2012 at 17:58

    • Thanks Francine. I see that you’ve pictured some fountains in your blog too. (Great minds etc..)

      April 15, 2012 at 20:44

  6. It’s so big or maybe it’s the angle you shot it from. Seems like such an enchanted place..very lovely.

    April 15, 2012 at 20:06

    • I’m not sure about the actual size of it in meters, but it is rather big and it was designed by Victor Sappey in 1824. In addition to building the fountain that you see in this post – The Fontaine de la place Grenette, (also known as the Château d’eau or Fontaine des dauphins), Sappey also built another fountain in Grenoble: The Fontaine du serpent et du lion (The fountain of the serpent & the lion) which I’ll post a picture of another day.

      April 15, 2012 at 20:51

  7. I love the effect here :) You did not know about La Belle Epoque? Well, you are young ;)

    September 27, 2012 at 09:30

    • No I didn’t know about it, but luckily we have the internet these days, so I didn’t have to go all the way to the library to find out about it :D

      September 27, 2012 at 19:37

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