Music Hall outdoor stage area - Chateau des Milandes (Castelnaud-la-Chapelle/FR)

Music Hall outdoor stage area.

 

Photo: Richard Poppelaars © #AboutPixels #Photography (Apple iPhone 4S) / #outdoor #stage - #park #castlegarden / #MusicHall at #ParcJosephineBaker #ChateaudesMilandes in #CastelnaudlaChapelle, #Dordogne - #France

 

Music Hall outdoor stage area with live performances at the time Josephine Baker lived here. It's all still there, the outdoor stage, the hall, but it's silent now. You can feel the presence of this history very clear.

 

Photo August 2013, Josephine Baker (Born as Freda Josephine Baker / June 3, 1906 – April 12, 1975) after 38 years in time. In the year 2025 it's 50 years since.

 

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Chateau des Milandes - One of the most romantic castles has to be Château-des-Milandes (Est. 1489). It has to forms of defence like regular castles. In medieval history it was the former manor mainhouse of the lords of Coumont, owners of the nearby Chateau Castelnaud-la-Chapelle. The castle is renovated between 1900 and 1914, between 1940-1968 inhabited and owned by Josephine Baker. Nowadays it's a well preserved caste, a monument historique, jardin remarkable, with a brassery, bird of prey show and a unique museum and exhibition dedicated to Josephine Baker.

 

Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Château_des_Milandes.

 

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