Category:architecture photos
Touching Up The Photos of the Fortified Farm of Méré
Welcome to the fortified farm of Méré in the Vexin region, west of Paris, a series of pictures that needed a bit of touching...
Brennt Paris? Is Paris Burning?
Is Paris burning? It’s certainly not burning hot at the moment except maybe for the strikes. There is something about France which is incomprehensible...
Portland today and the Portlanders
Today’s post is about Portland, Oregon and Portlanders. I vaguely remember promising one of my readers, ages ago, that I would post my pictures...
The 2013 Tour Paris 13 Contemporary Art Experience
I fished the following pictures of the Paris 13 th district out of my archive. In October 2013, street artists from all over the...
Romanesque churches in Saint Bertrand de Comminges
Romanesque churches are ubiquitous in the Pyrenees. Here a few pictures from Saint Bertrand de Comminges a bit further from the Ariège in the piedmont....
Chateau de Terride in Mirepoix
When preparing this post, I researched Chateau de Terride in Mirepoix with duck duck go. I realised that quite a few chateaux in the south-west...
The Sphinx of Bagatelle
Bagatelle is a chateau well hidden in the Bois de Boulogne where you can find flowers and especially roses, gardens and the Sphinx of Bagatelle....
Val de Grâce: a Saving Grace
The Val-de-Grâce church is much of a saving grace in its neighbourhood. The area has greatly suffered in the hands of ruthless brutalist architects from...
Northern Doorways Around Boulogne
Northern Doorways aren’t grand, they often lead to modest houses in working class areas where unemployment is high and income is low. I lived in...
Z for Zorro en route to Blois Chambord
Some time ago we took the train, a grey train with an orange Z, a Z for Zorro. Even if it wasn’t lightning fast,...
