Archive for May 2015
Cerny-en-Laonnois German War Cemetery – WWI
The Cerny-en-Laonnois German War Cemetery was opened in 1925 by the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge to bury the men who died on the Chemin des Dames
Read MoreCerny-en-Laonnois French War Cemetery – WWI
The Cerny-en-Laonnois French War Cemetery was opened between 1919 and 1925 to bury the men who died during the Battle of the Chemin des Dames
Read MoreCerny-en-Laonnois – Chemin des Dames – Aisne
The WWI Memorial Chapel of the Chemin des Dames, Lantern of the Dead and British Memorial Column were erected in the village Cerny-en-Laonnois in the Aisne
Read MoreMers-les-Bains seaside resort – Opal Coast
Mers-les-Bains seaside resort is located on the Opal Coast in Picardie and pooled with Le Tréport an Eu, and is renown for its Belle Epoque architecture
Read MoreCalais port and citadel – Historical facts
Calais, a port and citadel saved from destruction by the Bourgeois de Calais, the local notables who handed over the city’s keys to the English king in 1347
Read MoreOpal Coast – Cote d’Opale – Pas-de-Calais
Opal Coast, the 120kms long Pas-de-Calais and Picardie coastline, that spreads from Dunkerque near Belgium, to Mers-les-Bains at the boundary with Normandie
Read MoreGrand Rex cinema – Boulevard Poissonniere
The Art Deco Grand Rex, the largest cinema in Europe and a small replica of New-York Radio City Music Hall, was built by the architects Bluysen and Eberson
Read MoreSquare Gabriel Pierne – Saint-Germain-des-Prés
The Square Gabriel Pierne, a small public garden with fun benches shaped like open books, located behind the Institute of France in Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Read MoreLa Targette British Cemetery – Neuville-Saint-Vaast
La Targette British Cemetery was opened in Neuville-Saint-Vaast to bury the soldiers who fell while attacking Vimy Ridge during the Battle of Arras in 1917
Read MoreLa Targette French cemetery – Neuville-Saint-Vaast
La Targette French war cemetery in Neuville-Saint-Vaast in Pas-de-Calais contains the remains of the soldiers killed in 1915 during the 2nd Battle of Artois
Read MoreQuai Branly Museum Vertical Garden – Paris
The Quai Branly Museum Vertical Garden, a natural ecosystem, a refuge for biodiversity and an important element of urban ecology, in the heart of Paris
Read MoreNeuville-Saint-Vaast German War Cemetery
Neuville-Saint-Vaast German War Cemetery, is the largest WWI German cemetery in France and contains the remains of 44, 833 German soldiers killed in Artois
Read MoreAigues-Mortes – River Port – Petite Camargue
Aigues-Mortes, a inland port and a walled city developed by St. Louis in the 13th century among the salt marshes and ponds of Camargue in Southern France
Read MoreNewspaper kiosks in Paris
Paris’ 150-year old newspaper kiosks, emblematic features of the capital that need to be protected from the the rise of online newspapers and magazines
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