Place de la Liberté Photo

Photographer’s Note

A view of the Place de la Liberté in the picturesque town of Arbois.

Originally taken on slide film and recently converted to digital.

Some information about the town from Wikipedea:

Arbois is a commune in the Jura department in Franche-Comté in eastern France. The Cuisance River passes through the town, which has some pretty streets lined with ancient houses. The town centres on an arcaded central square where one can sample the local wines.

As part of the Duchy of Burgundy, Arbois endured seven sieges, including sackings by Charles I d'Amboise (in 1479 while he was governor of Franche Comté under Louis XI), Henry IV (when the town held out for three weeks against the King's 25,000 troops), and Louis XIV. It has a castle erected in 1270, some vestiges of which survived the dismantlement that Louis XIV ordered in 1678. There are stretches of wall, pierced for archers, three round towers, and the square Gloriette tower.

In 1834 when the republic was proclaimed at Lyons, the town joined the revolt against the government, which promptly sent a small force of grenadiers, cavalry, and a battery of artillery to subdue it.

In September 1944, the U.S. 36th Infantry Division captured Arbois as it moved up the Rhone towards Besançon and then on to the Moselle.

Louis Pasteur, born in nearby Dole, was raised in Arbois and conducted various experiments related to fermentation in his home, which is now a museum.

robjol, besnard, Budapestman, Buin, saxo042, diomed, jlbrthnn has marked this note useful

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mauro61 (15026) 2009-11-13 0:41

ciao Stephen,
bella immagine della piazza con le caratteristiche architetture e i bei colori.
ottima l'inquadratura,
buona giornata
maurizio

robjol (2047) 2009-11-13 0:48

Hello Stephen,
I like this scene as it has so many elements within.
It has an Old World look that I like.
Very good sharp focus with fine colour.

You present good note about this town.

Regards
Robert

A fine morning here, no rain

besnard (30406) 2009-11-13 1:05

Bonjour Stephen
Une belle image ensoleillée de cette place intéressante. Tu as eu de la chance d'éviter le passage des voitures autour du sens giratoire. Un scan d'excellente qualité.
Merci pour le partage et bonne journée.
Nicole

Budapestman (41394) 2009-11-13 1:46

Hi Stephen,
a beautiful nostalgic mood, I like the composition and the lovely details, the colours and lights are splendid, splendid shot of this picturesque square. Have a nice day!
George

Buin (37276) 2009-11-13 2:24

Hallo Stephen!
You show us a really beautiful sight here. Especially this house behind the fountain with its arches looks so homey. A bit ofI think it was made by a specialist ;-) "ideal world"?! The quality of this scan really is amazing - but what are these "things" over the chimneys in the middle ..?!
Greetings from grey and wet Germany! - but rain has become warmer...
Frank

Nicou (44323) 2009-11-13 4:16

Hello,

merveilleus iamge de cette place et son nom, très bel hommage, le cadrage est parfaite, superbe compo.

Bravo et maitié

Nicou

rodgerg (23539) 2009-11-13 5:05

Hello Stephen,

Belle image d'une petite cité de la France profonde. Superbes maisons de pierre sur la gauche et belle perspective ouvrete sur la droite. Très efficace utilisation de la fontaine à l'avant-plan.
Amitiés,
Roger

pattabe (415) 2009-11-13 6:10

Hello Stephen,

this is a great and sunny shot, from a beautiful place, great colors, and good composition, well done, good job.
Thanks

Regards Freddy (Bangkok)

saxo042 (15388) 2009-11-13 8:05

Hi Stephen,
An old picture and quite a different part of France too. We haven´t been to Arbois, but to Poligny, which is not so far away. So the building style looks faniliar! Another pretty French town, in a beautiful region. We will remember this nerxt time we will drive through Germany down to the Mediterranean...
Kind regards
Gunnar

diomed (3649) 2009-11-13 9:20

Hi Stephen,
a lovely image with fascinating architecture and quiet atmosphere.
Nice evening
Antonio

Gerrit (35547) 2009-11-13 14:08

Hi Stwphen,
beautiful square and village.
great colours.
regards, Gerrit

Silvio1953 (41244) 2009-11-13 14:16

Ciao Stephen, great view of lovely square, splendid composition with wonderful light and colors, excellent clarity, very well done, ciao Silvio

jlbrthnn (37390) 2009-11-13 15:10

Bonsoir Stephen,
La numérisation est vraiment excellente. La lumière éclaire vivement, mais sans violence ce carrefour fleuri. Belle image "ancienne", nette, efficacement et agréablement cadrée. Bravo.
Bonne nuit
Cordialement
Joël

claudio74 (6372) 2009-11-13 20:52

Hello Stephen
Nice picture,just like an old french postcard with lovely colors.
Well done
regards
Claude

npecanhuk (13479) 2009-11-14 2:35

Hello Stephen!
Although "old", you prove with this picture that your style is also something that you have carried with you since a long time ago!!! It really looks like one of your present photographs and I really like it!
Light, colors, sharpness, pov and composition truly please me!
TFS - congratulations!
Have a great week-end!
Neyvan