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Bayeux |
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Interior of Bayeux Cathedral |
The pulpit, Bayeux Cathedral |
Window in South transept |
The transept chapel |
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Water mill at Bayeux |
Bayeux Cathedral |
Cathedral from the war cemetery |
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The war cemetery at Bayeux |
memorial cross in cemetery |
The Bayeux war memorial |
An
1932 Austin Seven for England |
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Colmar |
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Frosty trees |
Christmas shoppers |
Street scene |
Restaurant |
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Trees and bike |
Colourful buildings |
Christmas Market |
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Well and Christmas tree |
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Street decorations and signs. |
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Colmar was granted the status of a free
imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire in 1226. During the Thirty Years'
War, the city was taken by the armies of Sweden in 1632, who held it for two
years. The city was conquered by France under Louis XIV in 1697.
In 1679 (Treaty of Nimwegen) Colmar was ceded to France. With the rest of
Alsace, Colmar was annexed by the newly formed German Empire in 1871 as a
result of the Franco-Prussian War. It returned to France after World War I,
was annexed by Nazi Germany in 1940, and then reverted to French control
after the battle of the "Colmar Pocket" in 1945. |
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Frosty twigs and lamp. |
Frosty beck |
Tank as a liberation memorial |
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Giverny |
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Colour in Monet's Garden |
The lily pond |
Lilies and the lily pond. |
A
bridge |
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The lily pond. |
The Japanese bridge |
Across the pond! |
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Closer
looks at water lilies |
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Hydrangeas |
Roses |
Monet's house at Giverny |
A
view from the house window. |
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Honfleur |
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Interior of wooden church, Honfleur. |
Side streets, Honfleur. |
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Honfleur harbour |
Street sculpture. |
Cafe, Honfleur |
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Metz |
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Bus at night |
Christmas Market |
Town Square |
Cathedral |
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Christmas decorations |
Cathedral |
Decoration on building |
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Paris |
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Eiffel Tower |
Palais de Chaillot |
Marechal Foch statue |
Eiffel Tower at night |
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Avenue Champs-Elysees |
Obelisk de Luxor |
Eiffel Tower in distance |
Place de la Concorde |
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Place de la Concorde |
Avenue Champs-Elysees at night |
Louvre |
Notre Dame Cathedral. |
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East window Notre Dame |
Memorial plaque |
West window Notre Dame |
Door Notre Dame |
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Opera House |
Christmas store illuminations |
Hanging decoration |
Shop floor under the dome |
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Riquewihr |
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Riquewihr is certainly the object of an
enchantment which lasts for centuries. Its layout and structure have not
changed since the Middle Age.
Every piece of architecture is miraculously preserved. If today's Riquewihr
resembles so much the Middle Age town it is because the people have not
changed much either. For they have the same lifestyle and their existence
revolves around the industry of wine making. |
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Cold sight seers |
Side alley through archway |
House in Square |
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Street decorations |
Side street |
Christmas decorations |
Side street |
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House |
Decorated windows |
Hotel |
Strollers in street |
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Decorated wine bar |
Fox and bottle |
Tower and street |
Down the main street |
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Busy main street |
Tempting macaroon display |
Christmas decorations in bar |
The old pump |
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Christmas decorations |
Church and street |
Cobbled street |
Steps and trees |
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Fountain |
Shop |
Post Office |
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Rouen |
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Old side street |
Cafes in the Old Market Square |
Side street from square. |
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This modern church replaces the former St
Vincent's Church which was destroyed in 1944. It is set in a sunken position
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The Old Market Square |
Saint Joan of Arc's Church |
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Interior shots of Joan of Arc Church |
Joan of Arc statue |
Church windows, some fish shaped. |
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Cathedral spire from the Old Market Square |
The west door |
Rouen Cathedral |
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Side chapel |
East window and interior |
The baptistry |
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Versailles |
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Royal Chapel in palace |
Ceiling of Royal Chapel |
Doorway |
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Versailles corridor |
Hall of Mirrors |
Picture gallery |
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Table in room |
Louis XVI bed |
Drawing room. |
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