You Have To See This To Believe It
Here is someone a bit more passionate about the City of Lights than me!
Gerard Brion, creator of this “mini-me” model of Paris, has spent the last 15 years putting together this masterpiece with discarded items–soup cans, baby food jars and old cinder blocks. Amongst the rubbish are well tended flower beds and perfectly shaped boxwoods. His garden has become a tourist site in the village of Vaissac in southern France. If you have been here or are going to be in that area, I would love any additional information. It is all so curious! I’m not gonna lie–the nighttime photo looks pretty awesome.
Photo credit: thesun.co.uk
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12 opinions for You Have To See This To Believe It
Tiffany
Jun 10, 2008 at 1:12 am
WOW - this looks like it took some major time and creativity. Wonderful!
hipmonkey
Jun 11, 2008 at 2:55 pm
How completely awesome!
Jaques Chirac
Jun 15, 2008 at 10:52 am
Photoshopped!
The Eiffel Tower is all out of proportion, the real one would be about 20 miles tall if that is to scale!
Kim
Jun 15, 2008 at 5:27 pm
I don’t think it was photoshopped. I think he got carried away with it!
Kim Petyt
Jun 17, 2008 at 9:37 am
Wow! I don’t even know what to say!!! Geez!! If I’m ever in the area, I will definitely send you a couple more pix!
Nick Sarkozy
Jun 18, 2008 at 3:50 pm
What’s the sense of building a model of Paris in the middle of France? Wouldn’t this be better off in, say…Kentucky?
Nevertheless…brilliant!
Gaje Master
Jun 21, 2008 at 3:15 am
These are really neat and i enjoyed the photos.
B_love
Jun 22, 2008 at 8:28 am
Ever heard about ‘Madurodam’ it is a minature city in Holland. Many tourists visit here every year. Have a look for yourself. http://www.madurodam.nl/templates/mad/global/index.php?lngid=5&sqlmode=1&fid=638
Seems to me that the builders of minature Paris might have been inspired by Madurodam
mike
Jul 15, 2008 at 7:43 am
The original of all these is the model village in Bourton-on-th-Water in Gloucestershire, UK. It is a 100% exact copy of the village of B-on-the-W (including a model model vilage, and a model model model village) and is faithfully kept up to date to reflect any changes that are made in the real village - which is worth a visit for its own sake anyway.
Steve
Jul 15, 2008 at 6:03 pm
Ah, Nick Sarkozy - that’s what Americans have never understood. Simply taking something foreign and placing it in the US does not make you cultured. Las Vegas take note.
Ramona
Jul 16, 2008 at 2:00 am
We went and saw this when we were in France a few years ago. It was fabulous!
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