Tagged With "Winged Victory"

Though over the years I've lost almost everything I owned in 1966, somehow I still have a roll of B&W negatives that includes Winged Victory. Venus de Milo is also on the roll. Thanks for the memory, DrF.

If he ever converts to an AirB&B, that's one place I'd like to stay at!

    The winged lion is a symbol you see everywhere in Venice -- palaces, flags, statues -- everywhere.  It seemed a somewhat unusual mascot for a seafaring power and made me wonder what the origin to the symbol was.  Turns out the...

Computer rendering of the 777-9x   Boeing's biggest 777s are on the way, with wings so long they have to partly fold after landing to avoid hitting other planes and buildings. Production is just starting on the final design for the X series,...

In San Antonio, Samantha and her husband decided to check out the McNutt Sculpture Garden and Outdoor Sculptures at the Briscoe Western Art Museum.

DrFumblefinger visits "Winged Victory", known also as the "Nike of Samothrace". Over 2000 years old, it is proudly displayed at Paris' Louvre.

Man looking to purchase his second jet home in Japan

My daughter and her family enjoy sculpture gardens. She lives in Texas so I will recommend McNutt to her.

Jonathan L shares some of his favorite restaurants in Beaufort, South Carolina

Samantha and her husband made time to stop into the Anchor Bar in Buffalo to try some Buffalo wings where they were invented.

Jonathan L finds Winged Victory welcoming visitors to the Louvre in Paris.

Jonathan L walks halfway across Paris and takes a tour of The Louvre

Terrific! Great photos and great advice on how to tackle one of the world's most extensive art collections.