Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Braille



On our walk up to Notre-Dame de la Garde, we stumbled on a bust of Louis Braille. Braille was born in a village north of Paris and is credited as the inventor of the six-dot system that allows blind people to read. Braille died of tuberculosis in Paris in 1852. One hundred years later, he was re-interred in the Pantheon. I don't know why there's a bust to Braille in Marseille, but it was a fun find!

Photo copyright: Janet M Kincaid, 1/11

2 comments:

Maya said...

Your shot of this bust came out great!

Janet M Kincaid said...

Maya: Thank you!