26/07/1990
Here there is a collective awareness of the importance of values such as freedom or the right to life.
Almost 10 pm in Paris and in the middle of the summer of 1990.
It's still day. The sun has already set, however, there is still a soft luminosity, of blue-grey tones. In the distance, the silhouette of the Eiffel Tower appears already illuminated.
I find myself in a small bar reading "Le Monde" while enjoying a beer whose brand I do not know. My visit to Paris is ending. I will be here all day tomorrow, and I will say goodbye to these magnificent corners.
I recently sent a postcard to a friend, in which she said that it was necessary to know Paris to understand the world. Here we have the feeling that this is the place where everything begins and where everything comes to an end.
This reflects the whole of Europe. Or perhaps here will be reflected all of humanity.
Here the past is evident through the stone of these immense monuments: Notre Dame, Arc du Triom,phe or La Concorde. It is the history of the European peoples that directly or indirectly is reflected here. More recent marks left by the two great world wars are evident painfully and profoundly.
I talked about history. But if I talked about art, I would trace the same path. Paris has always stood out as the capital of culture and the arts.
What if we talk about science or technology? France has never moved away from the top spots. The Eiffel Tower, with a slender silhouette, synthesizes this interesting symbiosis achieved in a harmonious way between Science and Art.
France even emerges as a synthesis of all humanity. Here there is an appreciation of the arts, aesthetics, and harmony. Here there is a collective awareness of the importance of values such as freedom or the right to life.
And all this, perhaps due to the cosmopolitan openness of this city throughout history.
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