Sylvia Beach – the owner of the bookshop Shakespeare & Co – was one of the first people to befriend Ernest Hemingway when he came to Paris in the 1920s. Would she still be there in 1944?
Emile Henry is, perhaps, worthy of his small footnote in anarchist history. His single deed against a perceived injustice, though not wholly successful in its outcome, he actually wanted to kill as many people as possible but managed only to murder one and injure twenty, was a forlorn gesture against arbitrary and prejudicial power.
The great architect le Corbusier designed houses according to harmonic rules in taking into account man’s proportions. His measures include the Golden Ratio and refer to Fibonacci Number.
A miraculous fountain and a magnificent Romanesque church presenting so many symbols is waiting for your visit in an idyllic landscape of Charente Maritime, France.
Architect and artist of great sensitivity and great ingenuity, Mansart produced a very important work and has shown immense talent.
Clarity, subtlety, rigor, richness of imagination characterized his work.
Mansart was the art of building a high degree of perfection. He is the precursor of classical architecture in France.
The Romanesque church of Champagne, Charente Maritime, France is a good example of transition between Romanesque and Gothic. Its décor is highly symbolic.
A look at the world’s third most beautiful bridge, The Der Al Zour Suspension Bridge.
Louise Michel, a ubiquitous figure on the barricades of Paris as the war-torn city burned around her, was born on 29 May, 1830, in the grim Castle of Vroncourt in the Haute-Marne region of France. where her mother was a maidservant.
This article briefly explains who Clotaire Rapaille is and what he deals with. Moreover, there are some personal reflections on the connections between science and power.
A lot has been said and written about the Knights Templars. Let us visit their fabulous chapel in Charente, France, a true testimony of the Order’s life.
