While visiting the Eiffel tower again with a friend, I came across this monument at the end of the "Champs de Mars" (a big garden next to the tower), right in front of the military school that you see behind the monument on the photo.
It is a monument dedicated to Peace. It consists of 32 pillars with the word "peace" written in 32 different languages all over them.
I find it kind of ironic to have a peace monument right in front of a military school actually.
And just a little trivia for those interested: Do you know why that big garden is called "Champs de Mars" (field of mars)? No it has nothing to do with the planet.. It's because this area was used as a field to plant potatoes imported from the American continent. These potatoes were planted in the month Mars, hence the name. Yep... Before being a french icon, this area was a potato field :)
Bon appetit!
1 comment:
Thank you for telling to everyone.
I didn't know that.
It's interested.
There is also Korean Character.
Did you find that? hahaha
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