Paintings of typical Provencal towns and villages fill panels on the ornate decorative rounding boards fastened to the top of a traditional vintage carousel offering rides to youngsters by the Fontaine de la Rotonde in Place Général de Gaulle at Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France. Many well restored and maintained fairground carousels or merry-go-rounds built in the Belle Epoque era of the late 1800s and early 1900s are still functioning throughout modern France.
Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France: paintings of typical Provencal towns and villages fill panels bordered by elaborate gilded scrollwork and topped by expansive plumes of feathers on the decorative rounding boards fastened to the top of a traditional vintage carousel offering rides to youngsters by the Fontaine de la Rotonde in Place Général de Gaulle. Many lovingly restored and maintained fairground carousels or merry-go-rounds built in the Belle Epoque era of the late 1800s and early 1900s are still functioning throughout modern France and are popular tourist attractions, especially in Paris.
Size: 3750px × 2548px
Location: Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France
Photo credit: © Terence Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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