The Conciergerie is one of my favorite buildings in Paris, and I was horrified to see it covered last Thursday in advertising – and for Apple, no less. Most of the time when they are redoing building facades here, they will put up scaffolding covered in a photo of the building, so you at least have an idea of what you’re missing out on.

I understand that the French government is short on money for building renovations, but this is just atrocious. Not to mention that public buildings aren’t supposed to show any external sign of religion or advertising – and you’d think that would be especially applicable in this case since the Concergerie is part of the Palais de Justice!
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