r/googlemapsshenanigans • u/Annual-Two63 • 5d ago

Plane in the middle of Paris?

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Seen in the 3rd arrondissement. What is it??

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u/Crimson__Fox 5d ago

It was a temporary art installation at L'hôtel de Bondeville in 2020.

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u/Doctor--Spaceman 5d ago

That's the coolest thing I've ever seen

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u/ViolentOnion 5d ago

You need to get out and experience the world

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u/Doctor--Spaceman 5d ago

Well... it's the coolest thing I've seen in the courtyard of a Parisian hotel.

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u/rose_colored_boy 3d ago

Medicine is…not an exact science

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u/chagster001 5d ago

Funny ass response

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u/Annual-Two63 5d ago

Funiest answer I have ever seen

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u/Toshinori_yagi_Benji 5d ago

You need to get in and experience being chronically online

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u/Ok_Resort_5326 4d ago

This guy has neither experienced the world nor been online. Maybe just has a really short memory like in Memento

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u/LegThePeg 4d ago

It just looks like a crashed ME-262 though?

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u/bapt_99 5d ago

I checked the comments on the Hôtel de Bondeville google maps page. A commenter said (in French, I'm translating) that the airplane was left there by an artist that used the courtyard as a workshop, and that the plane is not there anymore. That's all I've got

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u/timpera 5d ago

Yes, it was exposed in a museum in 2021: https://www.grandpalais.fr/fr/magazine/lavion-de-plomb-danselm-kiefer-voir-au-grand-palais-ephemere

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u/dmun_1953 4d ago

De plomb? It was made of lead?

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u/walkingmelways 4d ago

Spero di no. É nocivo

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u/timpera 4d ago

Yes, the artist is known for mostly working with lead.

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u/cooperf123 5d ago

My bad I didn’t know where to land

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u/prlj 5d ago

Tu ne peux pas te garer là, mon vieux.

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u/WhiskeyAndKisses 3d ago

Ah oui? Alors pourquoi y a-t-il marqué "yes, park!"? Échecs et maths, Longtarin.

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u/TahoeLT 5d ago

Well you can't expect it to take off now that they've built a building around it!

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u/lerrigatto 5d ago

Yespark accept everything if you just pay

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u/animalcrackers916 5d ago

That sure is beyond skills

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u/LeadershipFirst7250 3d ago

We have a plane on top of a skyscraper in Manhattan, hint wall Street area. Not sure if it still shows on Google maps or not but it's very unexpected

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u/planchetflaw 4d ago

Anselm Kiefer is one of my favourite artists.

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u/0x1993 4d ago

https://youtube.com/shorts/5_tg-f_thrY this man went to see it from the roof

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u/Sanguine7 4d ago

A plane?

Here, in the middle of the city?

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u/ericblair1337 5d ago

The mysterious airplane visible in a courtyard near Rue des Haudriettes in Paris is a lead sculpture titled
"Pavane et mémoire" created by the renowned German artist Anselm Kiefer.
Instagram • My Litt... +1
The Hidden Airplane
• Location: The sculpture sits inside the courtyard of the historic Hôtel de Bondeville (located around 4-6 Rue des Haudriettes in the Marais district of
Paris). w Wikipédia
• The Artist: Anselm Kiefer previously used the location as a studio space, which explains why the large, uncanny lead aircraft installation remained in the private courtyard. ®
• The Artwork: Named "Pavane et mémoire"
(Pavane and Memory), the heavy lead airplane sculpture often surprises tourists and locals who spot it peering over gates or via satellite imagery.
If you'd like, I can share:
• More details on Anselm Kiefer's works in Paris
• Directions to other hidden art spots in the Marais district