what major creative force it must have taken to forge this portal gate into existence...multi-starbolts to speed Mercury on his way...
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3 comments:
I must have missed this gate somehow? Where exactly? Really nice anyhow!
I took this photo a while ago when walking along Rue du Faubourg St-Martin but didn't jot down the exact address...[got distracted by a wedding at the Mairie!]...but then again it could have been further along and I don't remember which street I had turned onto after...
[if anyone else has seen it, do let me know the right address!]
So... I will have to take a walk around the area! :-)
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