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From Flickr: “Au jardin, magnolia stellata, Bosdarros, Béarn, Pyrénées Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France.” by byb64

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From Flickr: “Au jardin, sous le magnolia stellata, Bosdarros, Béarn, Pyrénées Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France.” by byb64

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From Flickr: “Come and hear Baroness Huard” by Toronto Public Library Special Collections

American-born Frances Wilson Huard was living in a large château in France’s Marne valley when her husband left with the French army in September of 1914. Her book, My Home in the Field of Honour (published 1916), recounts the story of what happened when WWI arrived on the doorstep of Read More →

From Flickr: “St Jean l’évangéliste, pendentif de la coupole, église baroque Notre-Dame de l’Assomption (XVIIIe), Cordon, Faucigny, Haute-Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France.” by byb64

Eglise baroque cruciforme à coupole construite de 1781 à 1785. Son décor de fresques a été réalisé en 1787 par le peintre suisse Léonard Isler via Flickr http://flic.kr/p/qWBVci