Archive for November 2019
Apremont castle, Vendée’s first Renaissance Chateau
The castle of Apremont, today mainly in ruins, was built by a childhood friend of Francois I and was thus the first Renaissance castle of Vendée
Read MoreCastel Beranger, Paris 1st Art Nouveau building
Castel Beranger, Paris’ most emblematic and first Art Nouveau building and one of the French architect Hector Guimard’s masterpieces
Read MoreAuzon, Petite Cité de Caractère in Auvergne
Auzon, a picturesque medieval town of Auvergne boasts an exceptional heritage that earned it the ranking of Petite Cité de Caractère
Read MoreBeny-sur-mer Canadian War Cemetery near Juno Beach
Beny-sur-mer Canadian War Cemetery, the burial-place of the soldiers who fell on Juno Beach and in the first days of the Battle of Normandy
Read MoreLehon, a small town of character
Brittany Lehon, small town of character This page was updated on: Sunday, January 12, 2020 at: 1:13 pm Lehon, a strategic location Lehon developed in the 9th century around the Benedictine Abbey of St. Magloire, on the banks of the small river Rance. It spread at the foot of a promontory where the lords of…
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