Saturday Snapshot
July 14, 2012
Since today is Bastille Day, I wanted to use a picture from France for my Saturday Snapshot. This statue of the Virgin Mary is on top of a basalt pillar in Le Puy-en-Velay and it was quite a feat to climb up to it. The statue was made of 213 cannons captured from the Russian Army during the Siege of Sevastopol. If you look closely, you can see Vance at the base of the statue.
Saturday Snapshot is hosted by Alyce of At Home With Books. It’s easy to participate – just post a picture that was taken by you, a friend, or a family member and add your link on Alyce’s site.
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Gorgeous statue! Thanks for sharing…and for visiting my blog.
Lovely! Not sure how one celebrates Bastille Day, but I feel a strong urge to do so.
It’s majestically lovely!
What a great shot! Vance looks so tiny next to that huge statue!
Here’s my Snapshot.
That statue is amazing – it’s so big I missed Vance at first! My Snapshot is at http://goo.gl/qCafm
Happy Bastille day! I’ll have to think of something French to do
That’s quite a big statue! Great shot.
Beautiful photo, Kathy!
What an awesome picture. I can’t believe how big that is, and I can only imagine how “fun” it must have been to get up to it!
wow, that is an amazing statue, it’s huge! Great shot, Book Savvy Babe
Vance gives some great perspective as to the enormity of the statue. Wow.
Truly grand. Beautiful.
Wow, nice picture! I really like the color of the statue in contrast with the sky.
It doesn’t look so huge until you notice the people at the base.
I haven’t seen this statue before but it looks magnificent.
Happy Bastille Day! I actually have that on my calendar, and I’m glad I get to wish it to someone!
So beautiful.
That’s a perfect way to celebrate Bastille Day. Such a gorgeous statue, huge too. I’d have to walk up there too.
Great photo and I love your little guy at the bottom!
Wow! That is an amazing statue and I love how you caught Vance in the photo too!
Beautiful.
That is a powerful monument.
Beautiful and a powerful statement making it from the melted instruments of warfare …
Happy Bastille Day! That’s a huge statue.
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So serene and beautiful. Yes, I can see Vance!
That was much larger than I thought it would be once I saw Vance in perspective.
I just love the color of that statue
Wow, great looking statue. And what a sensible thing to do with canons.
Great picture!!
What a great pic! And what a beautiful statue!
Is is all red???? That is unusual … and very large!
wow, that is amazing!
A beautiful picture with your son in it.
Melting weapons down to create something peaceful – what a beautiful thing!