Pierrefonds...

This little critter was hanging around on a wall in the courtyard at the Chateau de Pierrefonds, near Compiegne, France. Pierrefonds was a transit point for alot of troops moving toward the front lines during World War One, which were not all that far away from Pierrefonds. This past November there was a great exhibition there on World War One graffiti and other artifacts from the "Great War", like a large cross made out of pieces of shrapnel. The exhibition was organized by Michel Boittiaux, who, as mentioned earlier, is one of the co-authors of the excellent book about First World War graffiti, the cover of which appears below here.

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