Écoute
Écoute stands in Paris before the Church of St-Eustache, presenting a giant stone head beside a cupped hand. Henri de Miller created the sculpture in the late twentieth century. Its scale makes the stone form a striking presence beside the church’s Gothic architecture and stained-glass windows. St-Eustache has a history reaching back to the thirteenth century. Henri de Miller, who lived from 1953 to 1999, also created another work nearby.
The Jardin Nelson-Mandela contains his large sundial, designed with the astronomer Dandrel above the Forum des Halles. That garden, formerly called the Jardin des Halles, brings contemporary art into a busy urban setting. The sculpture’s expressive face and listening hand offer a quiet contrast to the surrounding city. You can see historic church details, modern public space and two works by one artist within this part of Paris.
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The myTuur app is free, and once you are standing at a spot its story starts by itself.
Spots like this one are the stops myTuur strings into tours through Paris. In the app, each story begins where you stand: walk up to a spot and it starts, read it on screen or listen as you go, then follow the route to the next one.
What is myTuur?
myTuur is a free city-guide app. Its tours are built from spots, and each spot carries a story that starts when you get there, to read or to listen to as you like.