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Great
wood sculptures of the Jura
Bringing
the Jura past to life again, and dragonslayers as well
The
village of St George, and the Col du Marchairuz, and in fact the entire Lake Geneva
region of La Côte are all better off now because of these fantastic pieces
of wood sculpture stuck all over the territory. They brighten you up whenever
you drive or walk past them.
The front
door of the hotel at the Col du Marchairuz,
21 March 2004, with a woodcarved statue ("le Vieux skieur") by the guy
in St. George, Paul Monney, who's done a lot more of them all around the region,
including Charlie Chaplin and St George slaying the dragon. 
Four
years later, 5 January 2008, the Old Skier has been joined by somebody else. These
are some of the wood sculptures of the incredible Paul Monney of St.-George, two
of more than 60 works scattered throughout the region (some of them nearly inaccessible
up in the forests).
This
is "Le Chamois", permanently on the roadside (it's still connected to
the root system) on the tiny road called the Chemin de la Glacière that
leads up from St. George to the cave system called "La
Glacière". 
There
is a brochure about Paul Monney's sculptures and where to find them. I reproduce
the text portions of that here; the other side shows an itinerary throughout the
region of La Côte so that you can trot around and see them all. 
Here
are some unprofessional badly-lit photos taken in the village of St George on
27 January 2008, just to show you what you can see if you drive on up here and
look at them more closely. 
St
George and his dragon, of course 
Downtown
St George 
The
original Charlie Chaplin, with some friends The
first Paul Monney sculpture I ever saw was a pharoah's head carved onto a tree
stump way up in the forest above St George. I can't remember exactly where I saw
it, but I will keep looking for it.
A nifty bear (May 2009)
At Signal de Bougy , February 2010
Auguste Piccard the balloonist
Gazing out over Lake Geneva (Lac Léman)
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All rights reserved, all wrongs avenged. Posted 29 January 2008, updated 1 April 2010.
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