Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Les tunnels


















Université Laval has a really nice campus. It’s fairly modern compared to LSU. The earliest buildings were built in the 60’s but there are several that have very modern architecture. It’s obvious that art is really important here too. There is a rock sculpture in front of the ‘student union’ type building engraved with quotations from Felix LeClerc. There are several other sculptures around campus too.

All of the buildings on campus are linked underground with tunnels for pedestrians who have to walk to class during the snowy winters (or the rainy and cold summers). Artists have been commissioned to paint murals all along the walls of these tunnels. One artist was working on a painting but he didn’t want to be photographed. He showed us some of the murals he had already completed. (see image)




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