Showing posts with label France.. Show all posts
Showing posts with label France.. Show all posts

Thursday, August 4, 2016

Saint-Michel d'Aiguilhe, France

Saint-Michel d'Aiguilhe is a chapel in Aiguilhe, France.

The chapel was constructed in 962 on a volcanic rock attain 85 m in height built on its surroundings.
to go to, there are 268 levels (which had been set in stone).
For more info pay a visit to Wikipedia Michel d'Aiguilhe

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Aiguilhe- Chapelle St.Miche

Aiguilhe- Chapelle St.Miche


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Aiguilhe- Chapelle St.Miche

Aiguilhe- Chapelle St.Miche

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Aiguilhe- Chapelle St.Miche

Aiguilhe- Chapelle St.Miche

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Friday, July 22, 2016

Rennes le Chateau, France

Rennes-le-Château is a small village in southern France, a lot of conspiracy theories towards the village have been conducted, some say, a priest named Bérenger Saunière found a buried treasure (somewhere around the 19th century), which is the precise treasure is disputed, the claims divers (the treasures of the Temple of Solomon, the Ark of the Covenant and the Menorah). Right after Dan Brown's novel "The Da Vinci Code" printed the village was almost tripled the amount of vacationers. the Spactacular bulding the Tour Magdala between 1898-1905 is on the edge of the village, the. as a library to Saint Mary Magdalene was used dedicated, till these days there is no certainty exactly where did Bérenger Saunière the funds to fund all had buildings he was located guilty in 1911 (at the church) in the sale of ecclesiastical privileges (such as pardons or sinecures), but that is nonetheless not adequate to oppose the several conspiracy theories.

For far more details check out Wikipedia Rennes- le-Château

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Rennes-le-Château Sunset

Rennes-le-Château Sunset

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Rennes-le-Château

Rennes-le-Château

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 Rennes- le -Château

Rennes-le-Château

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Rennes-le-Château

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Friday, June 24, 2016

Lochnagar Crater, France

Lochnagar Crater is probably the most renowned (and terrible) residues at the senseless slaughter of the Somme (Globe War I - I, France). The scale of Lochnagar Crater is large (far more than 90 meters wide and 30 meters deep.) The Lochnagar Crater was (also known as recognized as "The Moles") of a gigantic subterranean explosion of British soldiers from the Royal Engineer tunneling firms that excavated set formed a 600 meters' attack tunnel "below the German trenches, exactly where they placed and detonated two mines on 1 July 1916 briefly - it is not the British as well significantly and the Battle of the Somme raged for a additional four months in which more than 420,000 European men lost their lives. The Battle of the Somme was genuinely a war inside a war, which was also the first operation in the history that the tank was employed. Adolf Hitler was wounded in this battle (it is a shame that he did not die from the injury ...)

For far more info visit Wikipedia - Lochnagar mine

Enlarge map of Lochnagar Crater

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Lochnagar Crater france

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 Lochnagar Crater

Lochnagar Crater

Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Rocamadour, France

Rocamadour is a village in the southwest of France.
Rocamadour is extremely distinctive simply because of the way it was constructed on a steep rock face of the valley, more than the centuries there has has attracted pilgrims from many countries, it is now mostly a tourist location, and for very good reason Apart from the view and the historical structures is Rocamadour also globe famous for its cheese (Rocamadour cheese).

For much more data go to Wikipedia - Rocamadour

Enlarge map Rocamadour

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 Rocamadour, France

Rocamadour, France

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 Rocamadour, France

Rocamadour, France

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Rocamadour, France

Rocamadour, France

Thursday, June 2, 2016

Hotel du Cap Eden Roc, France

Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc (Cape Eden Rock), on the cost of the "Côte d'Azur" (almost halfway in between Nice and Cannes), France.
With a fantastic view of the Mediterranean sea and the Lérins Islands on 1 side and a large pine forest on the other side.
The hotel was initially constructed as a private mansion Villa Soleil in 1863 ("Villa of the Sun"), the hotel itself was initial constructed in 1870 opened

The hotel's site -. hotel-du-cap-eden-roc.com

For more details go to Wikipedia - Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc, France

Enlarge map of Hotel du Cap Eden Roc
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 Hotel du Cap

Hotel du Cap

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 Hotel du Cap

Hotel du Cap

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Eiffel Tower, Paris, France

The Eiffel Tower (or as the French, you name it - La Tour Eiffel,) is an iron tower (named soon after the engineer Gustave Eiffel). built in 1889 and right now is most likely a single of the most popular buildings in the globe, down right here in a handful of spectacular photographs sums

For far more information check out Wikipedia -. Eiffel Tower

Bigger view of the Eiffel Tower

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Eiffel Tower, Sunset

Eiffel Tower, Sunset

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 Eiffel Tower

Eiffel Tower

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 Eiffel Tower

Eiffel Tower

Next image of the Eiffel Tower at dawn by Nitot

Eiffel Tower at dusk

Eiffel Tower at dusk

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 Eiffel Tower

Eiffel Tower puddles

Sunday, May 8, 2016

Carcassonne, France

Carcassonne (south of France) stands on a hill because pre-Roman times, it is a fortified walled city that has some serious restoration function in the second half of the 19th century.
Carcassonne really brings you back the way an old-medieval town possibly genuinely felt like
For more info check out Wikipedia - Carcassonne

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Carcassonne

Carcassonne

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 Carcassonne

Carcassonne

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 Carcassonne & amp amp Fireworks

Carcassonne & amp amp Fireworks

Carcassonne at Night

Carcassonne at evening

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 Carcassonne

Carcassonne

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Carcassonne

Carcassonne

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Carcassonne

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Carcassonne

Carcassonne

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Mont Saint-Michel, France

Mont Saint-Michel (St Michael's Mount) is a rocky tidal island (This indicates that there is an island only at high tide) in Normandy, French.

Mont Saint-Michel is positioned appropriate on the unloading point Couesnon river meets the ocean. Right now there are less than 50 individuals really living on the island, and it is believed it was initial settled about the 8th century

For much more details check out Wikipedia -. Mont Saint-Michel

Larger view of Mont Saint-Michel, France

Subsequent Photo by Alexey Kharitonov

Mont St Michel

Mont St. Michel

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Mont St Michel

Mont St. Michel

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 Mont St Michel

Mont St. Michel

Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Château de Chenonceau, France.

Chenonceau, Loire Valley, France.

Chenonceau is a manor residence near the tiny village of Chenonceaux in the Loire Valley.
It was built on the River Cher, in the final place of an old mill of the 11 century, was burned down and rebuilt in the 15th century.

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 Château de Chenonceau

Château de Chenonceau

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Chenonceau, nighttime

Chenonceau, night time

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Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Mt. Aiguille du Midi, France

Mt. Aiguille du Midi is next to the Mont Blanc massif in the Alps, France.
There is a long cable vehicle that requires you all the way to a panoramic viewing platform, a café and an amazing bridge that is very breathtaking as you can see in the images below

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 Aiguille du Midi

Aiguille du Midi

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l'Aiguille du Midi

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l'Aiguille du Midi

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 Aguille Du Midi bridge

Aguille Du Midi Bridge

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 l 'Aiguille du Midi

l'Aiguille du Midi

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 Aiguille du Midi

Aiguille du Midi

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Aiguille du Midi