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View of Bélvès, a picturesque village situated on a ridge overlooking the Nauze Valley in the Périgord Noir region of the Dordogne department, France, provides stunning views of the surrounding countryside. Bélvès is officially classified as one of the "Plus Beaux Villages de France" (The Most Beautiful Villages of France), a designation awarded to villages that excel in heritage, charm, and beauty, and Bélvès certainly meets these criteria..
Photo: Bélvès at the Nauze valley hill - by © Richard Poppelaars #About_Pixels #Photography (Nikon D90) / #village - #history #LPBVF / #UrbanPhotography at #urban in #PaysdeBelves, #Dordogne - #France
Bélvès (Est. 300 BC first settlement by Celtic Bellovac tribe), photo July 2014 after 2314 years since 300BC in history.
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Pays de Belves: Urban Photography
The history of Bélvès dates back to approximately 300 BC, when a Celtic tribe, presumably the Bellovaci, settled at this strategic location. The village thus boasts a history spanning 2,300 years. The Romans were the first to establish a military base there due to its strategic location. Later, in the Middle Ages, Bélvès grew into a fortified town with seven towers, earning it the nickname "the town of the seven towers." During the Hundred Years' War, the village was often on the front lines and experienced periods of destruction and recovery. The current market hall and many other historic buildings date back to the 15th century. A walk through the historic Castrum district reveals that much from that era has been preserved..
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De Groene Poort in Vichte is one of Belgium's premier showrooms for antique building materials and reclaimed furniture. Housed in a vast warehouse, this "treasure hunt" destination offers everything from thousands of historic doors and custom-made salvaged wood tables to industrial decor and architectural salvage, making it an essential hub for designers and homeowners seeking authentic, one-of-a-kind character.
Photo: Vintage and antique treasure chest - by © Richard Poppelaars #About_Pixels #Photography (Apple iPhone 15 Pro) / #furniture #antique - #shop #brocante #DeGroenePoort / #ArtchitecturePhotography at #Vichte in #Anzegem, #WestFlanders - #Belgium
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Anzegem: Artchitecture Photography
De Groene Poort (The Green Gate) in Vichte is a renowned destination for anyone looking to add a touch of history and character to their home. It is widely considered one of Belgium's largest and most unique showrooms for antique building materials and authentic furniture.
The store is housed in an expansive warehouse and is famous for its "organized chaos" charm. It feels more like a museum or a treasure hunt than a traditional furniture store. They specialize in: thousands of antique doors, reclaimed wood furniture, industrial and vintage decor, architectural salvage like old shutters, vintage windows, stone sinks, and hardware for restoration projects and much more.
It is a primary source for interior designers, architects, and homeowners who want to move away from mass-produced furniture. Whether you are looking for a massive oak dining table made from reclaimed barn wood or a specific vintage handle for a renovation, this is the place to go.
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Castle gate in medieval times.
Photo: Richard Poppelaars © #AboutPixels #Photography (Nikon D7200) / #fortress #stronghold #entrance - #castle #medieval #monument / #ChateaudeFrance at #Chateau #ChateaudeCastelnaud in #CastelnaudlaChapelle, #Dordogne - #France
Castle gate Château de Castelnaud-la-Chapelle. An impressive 13th century castle in excellent restored state. A perfect location to walk around in medieval times.
Photo July 2018, Château de Castelnaud-la-Chapelle (Est. 13th century) after +/-768 years in time. In the year 2025 it's 775 years since.
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Chateau de Castelnaud - Château de Castelnaud-la-Chapelle, a 13th century fortress overlooking the Dordogne River in Périgord, erected to face its rival, the Château de Beynac. Today a popular picturesquely restored castle, a monument historique, and includes a museum of medieval warfare with reconstructions of life size siege engines, mangonneaux, and trebuchets.
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Classic Ford Fairlane.
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American Cars and Classics - Classic Cars
This event is a gathering of a whole collection of various car brands, in models and years. From a time period of car design that is so easily recognizable, special use of materials and especially specific appearance that is so visibly linked to only that period.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #sports #classic #vintage #cars #ClassicCars #event #AmericanCarsandClassics in #Hellevoetsluis #Netherlands
Historic and Classic Trucks. A large collection of trucks on the ramparts, some also huge in size and others special in shape and design.
Photo August 2018, Vestingdagen (August 25, 1979) after 39 years in time.
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Vestingdagen - Transport
The Vestingdagen (Fortress Days) in Hellevoetsluis, an annual multi-day event since 1979. Very popular and with lots of activities in and around the former naval base of the Netherlands. With many historic and vintage ships and vehicles, steam engines, fair and market, various types of demonstrations in the air and ofcourse on the water. Also, lots to do like short boattrips, visit the various musea, watch the naval parade and fireworks show late at night. With about 200.000 visitors in total a well attended event.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels in #Hellevoetsluis #Netherlands / #Vestingdagen #event / #classic #trucks
Steam engines - very impressive!. Many historic steam engines, impressive, large and hissing, and beautifully lit in the evening. Not only were they parked somewhere but they also drove around the old city center which got a lot of attention from the public. The sound of the steam whistles has long been the typical sound for another summer edition of the Vestingdagen event.
Photo August 2017, Vestingdagen (August 25, 1979) after 38 years in time.
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Vestingdagen - Steam engines
The Vestingdagen (Fortress Days) in Hellevoetsluis, an annual multi-day event since 1979. Very popular and with lots of activities in and around the former naval base of the Netherlands. With many historic and vintage ships and vehicles, steam engines, fair and market, various types of demonstrations in the air and ofcourse on the water. Also, lots to do like short boattrips, visit the various musea, watch the naval parade and fireworks show late at night. With about 200.000 visitors in total a well attended event.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #classic #steamengines #vintage #Steamengines #event #zuidfront #Vestingdagen in #Hellevoetsluis #Netherlands
Decorative architecture. Doors, wIndows, shutters, balconies, fences and other decorations. In some way they are individual identities of a building. What is is but also for who, where or how the owners or inhabitants are.
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Limeuil
Limeuil - located at the confluence of the Dordogne and Vézère rivers. Historically both commercially and strategically on the highways of trade. This region: was primarily a wine-producing area for subsequent delivery downstream to Bordeaux, on large, flat-bottomed "gabarres". A very nice historical village and on the list of the "Les Plus Beaux Villages de France" most beautiful small villages.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limeuil.
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Richard Poppelaars
About Pixels Photography: #LPBVF #architecture #medieval #Limeuil #FR
Friends forever - with Monsters & Co, they inspire kids.
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Disneyland Paris - formerly Euro Disney Resort, is an entertainment resort near Paris , France. It is the most visited theme park in Europe.
It encompasses the theme parks:
Walt Disney Studios Park (Est. 2002) - celebrating show business, films, and behind-the-scenes.
Disneyland Park (Est.1992) - based on Disneyland and the Magic Kingdom in Florida.
Disney Village - an entertainment district containing a variety of restaurants, entertainment venues and shops.
See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disneyland_Paris
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About Pixels - #Monsters&Co - #WaltDisneyStudiosPark #FR
Spanish soldiers on to the scaffold (Capture of Brielle/Netherlands) - Spanish soldiers on to the scaffold, some end up on the gallows.
Photo April 2018, Capture of Brielle (April 1, 1572) after 446 years in time.
In 2022, Capture of Brielle (1572) after 450 years.
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Capture of Brielle - Procession
April 1st, 1572 - the capture of Brielle by the Watergeuzen. A turning point in the uprising of the Low Countries against Spain in the Eighty Years' War. Militarily the success was minor as the port of Brielle was poorly defended by the Spanish, but it provided the first foothold on land for the rebels at a time when the rebellion was all but crushed, and it offered the sign for a new revolt throughout the Netherlands which led to the formation of the Dutch Republic.
The Watergeuzen were led by William van der Marck, Lord of Lumey, and by two of his captains, Willem Bloys van Treslong and Lenaert Jansz de Graeff. After they were expelled from England by Elizabeth I, they needed a place to shelter their 25 ships. As they sailed towards Brielle, they were surprised to find out that the Spanish garrison led by the Spanish "Iron" Duke of Alva protagonists was poorly defended. On the evening of April 1 in 1572, the 600 men sacked the port, rammed the city gates, defeated the Spanish soldiers and liberated Brielle as the first Dutch city in the Netherlands from de Spanish .
Nowadays a very popular annual UNESCO event with lots of Watergeuzen, Spanish soldiers and medieval dressed people in a city center all dressed up just like then on that historical day.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_Brielle.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels in #Brielle #Netherlands / #CaptureofBrielle #UNESCO #event
Without a move for hours.
Photo: Richard Poppelaars © #AboutPixels #Photography (Nikon D7200) / #performer #artist - #art #theater / #Streetperformers at #Medievalcenter in #SarlatlaCaneda, #Dordogne - #France
Always some very nice streetperformers at the Place de la Liberté. People but most of all kids enjoy it. The acts, music and performances really do add some extra color.
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Sarlat-la-Caneda - One of the most prominent villages in the Dordogne region is Sarlat-la-Canéda. A very popular destination in the Périgord Noir, maybe because modern history has largely passed it by. Sarlat has remained preserved and one of the towns most representative of 14th century France. The old centre consists of impeccably restored stone buildings, with 77 protected monuments it's on France's tentative list for future nomination as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Largely car-free with lots of narrow ancient streets and small stores, an absolute pleasure to walk through and to discover.
Time to go nuts with Limburgs "Brand" beer. though, the real recipe not adapted by Heineken is actually much tastier.
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Valkenburg aan de Geul - the name refers to the central town of this municipality, Valkenburg, and the small river Geul. Since the 12th cntury sieges and conquests have been the recurrent theme in the history of Valkenburg, especially in connection with Valkenburg castle, Today a very popular town with lots of visitors the whole year round.
See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valkenburg_aan_de_Geul
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Culinair - "Beer" (Valkenburg/NL)
Cassis Château "The Castrum" - a fortified enclosure built in the 13th and 14th centuries, no doubt on top of the remains of an earlier building dating from the 8th century.
The Castrum belonged to the powerful Baux family from 1232 onwards. They also owned the barony of Aubagne and the seigneury of Roquefort.
It was inside this "Castrum" that the mediaeval Cassis developed, seeking to protect itself from the barbarian invasions and brigands.
At the end of the 15th century, this fortress housed more than 250 people. Today a privately owned property and a luxury guest house.
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Cassis (Est. 500BC) - along the coastline of the French Riviera in Southern France.. Still a nice and colorful French vintage type of harbor. With nice terraces, walking on the boulevard, day at the beach or a boat trip to the Massif des Calanques further along the coast.
See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassis
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Performing Manu Chao - Clandestino.
Photo: Richard Poppelaars © #AboutPixels #Photography (Nikon D7200) / #performer #artist - #art #theater / #Streetperformers at #Medievalcenter in #SarlatlaCaneda, #Dordogne - #France
Performing Manu Chao - Clandestino, by the sound of it, his basic outfit, and the passionate singing he will be a great artist someday.
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Sarlat-la-Caneda - One of the most prominent villages in the Dordogne region is Sarlat-la-Canéda. A very popular destination in the Périgord Noir, maybe because modern history has largely passed it by. Sarlat has remained preserved and one of the towns most representative of 14th century France. The old centre consists of impeccably restored stone buildings, with 77 protected monuments it's on France's tentative list for future nomination as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Largely car-free with lots of narrow ancient streets and small stores, an absolute pleasure to walk through and to discover.
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Fishing competitors everywhere, each with a different technique.
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World Predator Classic - the Netherlands hosts the annual televised "World Predator Classic", a Pike, Perch and Zander fishing competition with the town of Hellevoetsluis as the base. It's an important fishing contest with competitors from many countries
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About Pixels - #competitors - #event #WPC #Hellevoetsluis #NL
Always lots of visitors in a cheerful mood, people gather around the grand fire. An experience that will remain in mind from generation to generation as a beautiful memory.
Quote: De #kerstboomverbranding, van generatie op generatie een mooie #traditie. Toch?
Photo: Enjoy a bonfire of Christmas trees - by Richard Poppelaars © #About_Pixels #Photography (Nikon D7200 - January 13, 2018) / #bonfire #Christmastree #visitors - #event / #EventPhotography at #Vesting #Kerstboomverbranding in #Hellevoetsluis #VoorneaanZee #VoornePutten, #SouthHolland - #Netherlands
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Hellevoetsluis: Kerstboomverbranding - Event Photography
The traditional Christmas tree burning is an annual event that takes place the week after Epiphany. According to tradition, January 6 is the date on which the Christmas tree is taken down. Then it is Epiphany, the day on which, according to the Bible, the three Magi from the East arrived in Bethlehem. This holiday symbolizes the end of the Christmas celebration. The Christmas tree burning event is then organized by the municipality, ensures that the trees are collected and plans an evening often attended by many spectators. The event is often enhanced by music and there are stalls selling snacks and drinks. A festive tradition with a warm welcome for the new year.
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An ideal place on board the ss Rotterdam. In this bar you can enjoy a good glass of wine in combination with delicious little dishes from the Restaurant Club Room.
Photo September 28, 2019, SS Rotterdam (1959) after 60 years in time.
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SS Rotterdam
SS Rotterdam (Est. 1959) - also known as "The Grande Dame", is a former ocean liner and cruise ship, and has been a hotel ship in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, since 2010. The ship, Length 228.0 m (748 ft), height 61 m (200.1 ft), 10 decks, speed 21.5 knots, capacity 1,456 passengers and 776 officers and crew, was launched by Queen Juliana of the Netherlands in 1958. The Rotterdam was the last great Dutch "ship of state", employing the finest artisans from the Netherlands in her construction and fitting out process. Her career spanned forty-one years and sailed from 1959 until her final retirement in September 2000.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Rotterdam.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels in #Rotterdam #Netherlands / #SSRotterdam #cruiseship #oceanliner #SS-Rotterdam / #ship #interior #horeca
Onspannen en leuke sfeer.
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The restaurant is always nicely decorated, often with an eye for the rich history of fishing. Almost a home base where everyone feels at home or at the table in Zeeland.
Photo May 2012, Restaurant BRU17 Habraken (2012) after 0 years in time.
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Richard Poppelaars at #RestaurantBRU17 #restaurant #BRU17Habraken in #Bruinisse - #Zeeland / #Netherlands
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BRU17 Habraken
Visrestaurant BRU17 Habraken, a restaurant and fish shop specializing in mussels and many types of fresh fish and sea specialities.
The restaurant has numerous regional fish specialties on the menu and the adjoining fish shop has a wide range of products to choose from. Together they form a culinary gem in Zeeland. BRU17 is the second location along with the shop and smaller restaurant in the harbor of Stellendam.
Info: www.bru17.nl.
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Exclusive Disney shop interior, lots of decorations and color. No plain shop ceiling at all.
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Disneyland Paris - formerly Euro Disney Resort, is an entertainment resort near Paris , France. It encompasses the theme parks Disneyland Park (Est. 1992) and Walt Disney Studios Park (Est 2002) and Disney Village. The most visited theme park in Europe.
Disneyland Park (Est.1992) - based on Disneyland and the Magic Kingdom in Florida.
Walt Disney Studios Park (Est. 2002) - celebrating show business, films, and behind-the-scenes.
Disney Village - an entertainment district containing a variety of restaurants, entertainment venues and shops.
See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disneyland_Paris
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About Pixels - #architecture #shop - #DisneyVillage #FR
Star Wars X-Wing at Star Tours, an impressive life size space dog fighter.
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Disneyland Paris - formerly Euro Disney Resort, is an entertainment resort near Paris , France. It is the most visited theme park in Europe.
It encompasses the theme parks:
Disneyland Park (Est.1992) - based on Disneyland and the Magic Kingdom in Florida.
Walt Disney Studios Park (Est. 2002) - celebrating show business, films, and behind-the-scenes.
Disney Village - an entertainment district containing a variety of restaurants, entertainment venues and shops.
See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disneyland_Paris
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About Pixels - #StarTours - #DisneylandPark #FR
Naakte dame - zicht op de Kleine Geul.
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Perhaps the most special view of the Kleine Geul, but probably also the most photographed woman in Valkenburg. It is a bronze nude sculpture by an unknown artist on a footbridge over the Kleine Geul river. She leans relaxed over the railing of the bridge, aided in height by a champagne cooler as a plinth. A beautiful classic hairstyle above a young face, the somewhat large breasts concealed in the relaxed arms, the back provocatively high in the air on stately slender legs. A little further on is more art in presumably the same style, but then a motorcycle with a coolly dressed motorcyclist, perhaps by the same artist..
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Valkenburg aan de Geul - Art
The name of Valkenburg aan de Geul refers to the central town of this municipality, Valkenburg, and the small river Geul. Since the 12th cntury sieges and conquests have been the recurrent theme in the history of Valkenburg, especially in connection with Valkenburg castle, Today a very popular town with lots of visitors the whole year round.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valkenburg_aan_de_Geul.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #bridge #statue #woman #nude #Art in #ValkenburgaandeGeul #Netherlands
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All clothing was washed mainly by hand on a washboard in a washtub. That was a lot of work in the past, there are still several washing places along the rivers in the area, also a place where much was discussed.
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Bovigny - Foire À Bon vi Timps - Fair
Foire À Bon Vi Timps - Bovigny relived at the time of "A Good Time". It's a nice fair in the streets and alleys near the Saint-Martin church. Discover various arts by craftsmen, some typical regional exhibitions, animated scenes with heart and imprints of regional authenticity
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Bovigny - a locality and sub-municipality of the Belgian municipality of Gouvy in the province of Luxembourg.
Info: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gouvy.
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Richard Poppelaars
About Pixels Photography: #demonstration #washing #event #Bovigny #BE
From the time of the American poineers. Frontierland recreates the setting of pioneer days along the American frontier. According to Walt Disney, "All of us have cause to be proud of our country's history, shaped by the pioneering spirit of our forefathers. Our adventures are designed to give you the feeling of having lived, even for a short while, during our country's pioneer days." In short, some very nice building and scene designs.
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Disneyland Paris - formerly Euro Disney Resort, is an entertainment resort near Paris , France. It is the most visited theme park in Europe.
It encompasses the theme parks:
Disneyland Park (Est.1992) - based on Disneyland and the Magic Kingdom in Florida.
Walt Disney Studios Park (Est. 2002) - celebrating show business, films, and behind-the-scenes.
Disney Village - an entertainment district containing a variety of restaurants, entertainment venues and shops.
See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disneyland_Paris
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About Pixels - #architecture - #DisneylandPark #FR
Botanic illumination by Lotus flowers and Water Lilies (or Nymphéas) - a stunning collection of more than 250 different species with beautiful flowers, large in size and in various colours. The long paths just above the waterline allow visitors to get very close to the flowers.
Photo: Lotus flowers and Water Lilies - by © Richard Poppelaars #About_Pixels #Photography (Apple iPhone 11 Pro) / #pond #flower #waterlily - #garden #Arboretum #botanicalgarden / #NaturePhotography at #WatergardensofCarsac #JardinsdeEau in #CarsacAillac, #Dordogne - #France
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Carsac-Aillac: Jardins de Eau - Nature Photography
The "Les Jardins d'Eau de Carsac", translated "The Water Gardens of Carsac", dedicated to the luxuriance of lotus, water lilies, exotic and tropical water lilies. The Three hectares of garden and lush vegetation includes a unique Aquatic labyrinth with a more than 500 meters long footbridge between aquatic flora and fauna. Also an arboretum with frogs and dragonflies who will guide the visitors.
Take a rest at the picnic area or visit the gift shop, nursery and aquatic garden center or enjoy feeding Japanese Koi carp.
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Historical commemorative coin Maarten Tromp: "De felle zee en Vlaemse ree en al haar wesen die is herstelt door Tromp den helt Godt sy gepresen..
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Historisch Museum Den Briel - a Dutch museum located inside Brielle's former weigh house and local prison, built in 1623 in the historical city of Brielle. Previously known as the "Trompmuseum", after Brielle-born Maarten Tromp who defeated the Spanish fleet in the Eighty Years' War.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historisch_Museum_Den_Briel
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About Pixels - #coin #tromp - #Museum #Brielle #NL
Historic and Classic Trucks. A large collection of trucks on the ramparts, some also huge in size and others special in shape and design.
Photo August 2019, Vestingdagen (August 25, 1979) after 40 years in time.
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Vestingdagen - Transport
The Vestingdagen (Fortress Days) in Hellevoetsluis, an annual multi-day event since 1979. Very popular and with lots of activities in and around the former naval base of the Netherlands. With many historic and vintage ships and vehicles, steam engines, fair and market, various types of demonstrations in the air and ofcourse on the water. Also, lots to do like short boattrips, visit the various musea, watch the naval parade and fireworks show late at night. With about 200.000 visitors in total a well attended event.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels in #Hellevoetsluis #Netherlands / #Vestingdagen #event / #classic #trucks
Kermis mag niet ontbreken. A fun fair should not be missing, fun for the children and a colorful spectacle in the evening.
Photo August 2017, Vestingdagen (August 25, 1979) after 38 years in time.
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Vestingdagen - Fun Fair
The Vestingdagen (Fortress Days) in Hellevoetsluis, an annual multi-day event since 1979. Very popular and with lots of activities in and around the former naval base of the Netherlands. With many historic and vintage ships and vehicles, steam engines, fair and market, various types of demonstrations in the air and ofcourse on the water. Also, lots to do like short boattrips, visit the various musea, watch the naval parade and fireworks show late at night. With about 200.000 visitors in total a well attended event.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #attraction #FunFair #event #fair #Vestingdagen in #Hellevoetsluis #Netherlands
Study object - island of Aegina.
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Study object, island of Aegina. Replicas each offer the opportunity to examine a famous or not-famous art object in form. That would be impossible only with the original sometimes very expensive or rare objects.
Photo November 2017, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (1818) after 199 years in time.
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Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
The National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden, founded in 1818. In addition to numerous impressive collections, the Egyptian collection is one of the largest and most complete collections of Ancient Egyptian art in the world.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rijksmuseum_van_Oudheden.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #antiquities #research #museum #RMO #RijksmuseumvanOudheden in #Leiden #Netherlands
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Culinairy gem of Zeeland.
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Restaurant BRU17, located in a colorful building with a spacious terrace directly on the fishing port. You smell the fresh salty sea, you see the oyster beds, the best place for a culinary surprise.
Photo May 2012, Restaurant BRU17 Habraken (2012) after 0 years in time.
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Richard Poppelaars at #RestaurantBRU17 #BRU17Habraken in #Bruinisse - #Zeeland / #Netherlands
© About Pixels Photography - #AboutPixels #restaurant #BRU17 / #terrace.
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BRU17 Habraken
Visrestaurant BRU17 Habraken, a restaurant and fish shop specializing in mussels and many types of fresh fish and sea specialities.
The restaurant has numerous regional fish specialties on the menu and the adjoining fish shop has a wide range of products to choose from. Together they form a culinary gem in Zeeland. BRU17 is the second location along with the shop and smaller restaurant in the harbor of Stellendam.
Info: www.bru17.nl.
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In the light of darkness we enjoy the warm light of a simple candle. It's very different when we think to do the same using electric bulbs.
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Mechelen - Restaurant De Oude Brouwerij
Hotel Restaurant "De Oude Brouwerij" - one of the best culinair gems in the Geuldal region. Typical Limburg hospitality combined with culinary local specialties, really a place to discover, taste and take home as a wonderful memory and return a next time.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels in #RestaurantDeOudeBrouwerij #Mechelen #Netherlands / #candlelight
Griezelige winkeliers doen ook mee. Deelnemers aan de Spooktocht zijn bijzonder verkleed, zelfs de lokale ondernemers. Ook opvallend veel bezoekers die ook gewoon meedoen.
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Halloween Spooktocht - Halloween
Halloween Spooktocht Brielle - een jaarlijks Halloween evenement waarbij in een optocht door de historische binnenstad publiek en deelnemers in een wisselend thema maar altijd op een leuke wijze Halloween beleven.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #parade #Halloween #event #Spooktocht #HalloweenSpooktocht in #Brielle #Netherlands
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Make an entrance through Fantasia Gardens and Disneyland Hotel. It's a nice area to enter the park, a pond with fountains and a huge hotel with a sunny type of facing of warm colors, shady shutters. At night illuminated with lots of lights...
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Disneyland Paris - formerly Euro Disney Resort, is an entertainment resort near Paris , France. It is the most visited theme park in Europe.
It encompasses the theme parks:
Disneyland Park (Est.1992) - based on Disneyland and the Magic Kingdom in Florida.
Walt Disney Studios Park (Est. 2002) - celebrating show business, films, and behind-the-scenes.
Disney Village - an entertainment district containing a variety of restaurants, entertainment venues and shops.
See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disneyland_Paris
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About Pixels - #architecture - #DisneylandPark #FR
Vrijthof - historic heart of the city. The history of the Vrijthof is unique in the Netherlands because of its continuous use since Roman times, with the remnants of the Via Belgica in the bottom until today surrounded by a square with the most historical and monumental buildings.
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Maastricht - the capital and largest city of Limburg located on both sides of the river Meuse. Developed from a Roman settlement to a medieval religious centre, and today a thriving cultural and regional centre. It has 1677 national heritage buildings and member of the Most Ancient European Towns Network.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maastricht
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About Pixels - #architecture #history - #Maastricht #NL
Medieval scenes and all dressed up (Capture of Brielle/Netherlands) - Medieval scenes and atmosphere, various streets and locations with lots of people dressed up for the event.
Photo April 2018, Capture of Brielle (April 1, 1572) after 446 years in time.
In 2022, Capture of Brielle (1572) after 450 years.
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Capture of Brielle
April 1st, 1572 - the capture of Brielle by the Watergeuzen. A turning point in the uprising of the Low Countries against Spain in the Eighty Years' War. Militarily the success was minor as the port of Brielle was poorly defended by the Spanish, but it provided the first foothold on land for the rebels at a time when the rebellion was all but crushed, and it offered the sign for a new revolt throughout the Netherlands which led to the formation of the Dutch Republic.
The Watergeuzen were led by William van der Marck, Lord of Lumey, and by two of his captains, Willem Bloys van Treslong and Lenaert Jansz de Graeff. After they were expelled from England by Elizabeth I, they needed a place to shelter their 25 ships. As they sailed towards Brielle, they were surprised to find out that the Spanish garrison led by the Spanish "Iron" Duke of Alva protagonists was poorly defended. On the evening of April 1 in 1572, the 600 men sacked the port, rammed the city gates, defeated the Spanish soldiers and liberated Brielle as the first Dutch city in the Netherlands from de Spanish .
Nowadays a very popular annual UNESCO event with lots of Watergeuzen, Spanish soldiers and medieval dressed people in a city center all dressed up just like then on that historical day.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_Brielle.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
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Sunset - time to go when you arrived by boat.
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Kralingse Plas - located in the Kralingen district of Rotterdam, is a water of approximately 100 hectares, which is used for small water sports and sport fishing. The lake is surrounded on three sides by the Kralingse Bos. The east side is dominated by the so-called Plasmolens, De Lelie (from 1740) and De Ster (from 1886), two windmills where spices are still ground
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Donate a Christmas gift - by Stichting Zonnebloem and the Salvation Army.
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Hellevoetsluis - Leger des Heils - Struytse Hoeck Kerst
Christmas shopping - from mid-October to the end of December, Christmas decorations and related items can be purchased again. The shopping malls and garden centers are full of almost unimaginable quantities in all shapes and sizes with a choice that is much wider than just a Christmas tree with balls and lights.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
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Hearthstone dutch stadtholder William III, Prince of Orange, later King William III. He left the port of Hellevoetsluis in 1688 with a huge invasion fleet of 463 ships and an army of 40.000 soldiers to overtake King James II of England. It was to become the "Glorieuze Overtocht", the "Glorious Crossing".
Photo June 9, 2018, Prinsenhuis after 354 years.
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Prinsenhuis
Prinsenhuis (Est 1664, monument) - built in the mid-seventeenth century as a home for the "commies", an official, and lodging of the Committed Councils of the States of Holland and West Friesland who supervised Hellevoetsluis on behalf of the Committed Councils of Holland charged with the supervision, construction, maintenance and operation of the port and Fortress and collecting taxes. With building included living- and guest rooms on the first floor, and a meeting room, kitchen and pantry on the ground floor.
From 1963 to 1966, with the support of funds from the flood disaster (Watersnoodramp), the restoration was carried out to bring this Admiralty building back to its original 17th-century Dutch Classical style. The layout and interior have also been adapted, such as a new council chamber on the first floor and many original decorations have been restored. Today we see a stylish facade of bricks with the original 17th-century cross frames and a stately landing. With on either side the outbuildings such as the 'De Ruyterhuis' and 'Het Kleine Kerkje', formerly warehouses and rifle storage and workshops, this as a whole gives a stately and appropriate historical appearance.
The monumental building is still in use by the municipality, with the main public role being the use of the council chamber as a wedding hall.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellevoetsluis.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
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Something extra for sale?.
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Always nice to buy a small gift now and then. A nice collection of gift items might do the trick.
Photo February 2023, Landwinkel Klok (2012) after 11 years in time.
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Landwinkel Klok - Shopping
Supermarket Landwinkel Klok - Apples, pears, plums and cherries are grown on this farm in a sustainable and environmentally conscious way. In the old barn you will find a large country shop, where you can find many other healthy products besides fruit. There is farm cheese, fresh farm dairy, local beef, vegetables & fruit, and many organic foods.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
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Amsterdam Expo - National Geographic "Titanic - The Artifact Exhibition" (Amsterdam 2014).
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Titanic Artifact Exhibition - National Geographic
RMS Titanic - a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early hours of 15 April 1912, after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. There were an estimated 2,224 passengers and crew aboard, and more than 1,500 died. RMS Titanic was the largest ship afloat at the time, an Olympic-class ocean liner operated by the White Star Line.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Titanic
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Amsterdam Expo - National Geographic "Titanic - The Artifact Exhibition" (Amsterdam 2014).
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
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Cheers to Festival Toutatis.
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It's a very nice terrace to enjoy some food and drinks. A nice cup decorated with the name is a nice souvenir.
Photo May 2023, Parc Astérix (April 30, 1989) after 34 years in time.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
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Parc Asterix
Parc Astérix (Est. 1989) - a theme amusement park based on the comic book series "Asterix" by Albert Uderzo and René Goscinny. France's best-selling comic abroad with more than 370 million copies sold worldwide in 111 languages.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parc_Astérix.
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A fun fair for everyone to enjoy. A fun fair should not be missing, fun for the children and a colorful spectacle in the evening.
Photo August 2017, Vestingdagen (August 25, 1979) after 38 years in time.
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Vestingdagen - Fun Fair
The Vestingdagen (Fortress Days) in Hellevoetsluis, an annual multi-day event since 1979. Very popular and with lots of activities in and around the former naval base of the Netherlands. With many historic and vintage ships and vehicles, steam engines, fair and market, various types of demonstrations in the air and ofcourse on the water. Also, lots to do like short boattrips, visit the various musea, watch the naval parade and fireworks show late at night. With about 200.000 visitors in total a well attended event.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
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Demonstration SAR helicopter and Rescue Brigade. Together with the rescue brigade, the KNRM, divers and brave volunteers, a SAR helicopter shows what skills are needed to provide assistance on the water. And this is still in good weather what is different at sea...
Photo August 2015, Vestingdagen (August 25, 1979) after 36 years in time.
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Vestingdagen
The Vestingdagen (Fortress Days) in Hellevoetsluis, an annual multi-day event since 1979. Very popular and with lots of activities in and around the former naval base of the Netherlands. With many historic and vintage ships and vehicles, steam engines, fair and market, various types of demonstrations in the air and ofcourse on the water. Also, lots to do like short boattrips, visit the various musea, watch the naval parade and fireworks show late at night. With about 200.000 visitors in total a well attended event.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #SAR #ResqueBrigade #event #Vestingdagen in #Hellevoetsluis #Netherlands
Signatures of a facade. Decorative architecture. Doors, wIndows, shutters, balconies, fences and other decorations. In some way they are individual identities of a building. What is is, but also for who, where or how the owners or inhabitants are.
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Limeuil - Architecture
The village of Limeuil, located at the confluence of the Dordogne and Vézère rivers historically both commercially and strategically on the highways of trade. This region was primarily a wine-producing area for subsequent delivery downstream to Bordeaux, on large, flat-bottomed "gabarres". Nowadays a very nice historical village and on the list of the "Les Plus Beaux Villages de France", the most beautiful villages of France.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limeuil.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
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Enjoy the view a little longer during the bike ride. This bench was placed at this spot for the parents by their children.
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Heemtuin “De Tenellaplas” - a 3ha landscape park landscaped by Cees Sipkes in 1949-1950. Managed by the South Holland Landscape (ZHL). Around the Tenellaplas, all the characteristic biotopes from the dunes of Voorne have been brought together on a small surface: a dune lake, marshy banks, pasture, dry sand slopes, thickets, upright forest, a piece of heather field and more than 300 other plant species.
Info: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heempark_De_Tenellaplas
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About Pixels - #view #cycling - #Tenellaplas #Rockanje #NL
Friends forever - with Monsters & Co, they inspire kids.
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Disneyland Paris - formerly Euro Disney Resort, is an entertainment resort near Paris , France. It is the most visited theme park in Europe.
It encompasses the theme parks:
Walt Disney Studios Park (Est. 2002) - celebrating show business, films, and behind-the-scenes.
Disneyland Park (Est.1992) - based on Disneyland and the Magic Kingdom in Florida.
Disney Village - an entertainment district containing a variety of restaurants, entertainment venues and shops.
See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disneyland_Paris
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Geschut 24 IJ (Est.1870) kanon.
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Don't shoot! - on the ramparts of Hellevoetsluis you can find the "Geschut 24 IJ" (Est.1870) canon, this type was the first large-caliber rear loading gun in the armament of the Dutch artillery. At the time there were 13 canons of this type of artillery at the fortress of Hellevoetsluis, as far as we know never used for actual defensive action. In the "National Military Museum" (NMM) in Soest is also a pristine example on display but without the fortress view.
Some details: the firing tube is 4560 mm long and the largest diameter at the height of the chamber piece (the thickest part) is 990 mm. Total weight of the entire construction is 22,710 kg, projectile velocity 380m p/s, range 3,000m, one shot every 4 minutes.
Photo March 2019, Nationaal Militair Museum (2014) after 5 years in time.
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Nationaal Militair Museum - History
The Nationaal Militair Museum (NMM) (Est. 2014) is a museum that focuses on the Dutch Armed Forces in past, present and future, with extra attention to the collections of the Royal Netherlands Army and Royal Netherlands Air Force derived from the Legermuseum from Delft and the Militaire Luchtvaart Museum from Soesterberg which were merged into the NMM.
Info: www.nmm.nl.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
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Demonstration SAR helicopter and Rescue Brigade. Together with the rescue brigade, the KNRM, divers and brave volunteers, a SAR helicopter shows what skills are needed to provide assistance on the water. And this is still in good weather what is different at sea...
Photo August 2015, Vestingdagen (August 25, 1979) after 36 years in time.
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Vestingdagen
The Vestingdagen (Fortress Days) in Hellevoetsluis, an annual multi-day event since 1979. Very popular and with lots of activities in and around the former naval base of the Netherlands. With many historic and vintage ships and vehicles, steam engines, fair and market, various types of demonstrations in the air and ofcourse on the water. Also, lots to do like short boattrips, visit the various musea, watch the naval parade and fireworks show late at night. With about 200.000 visitors in total a well attended event.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #SAR #ResqueBrigade #event #Vestingdagen in #Hellevoetsluis #Netherlands
Classic car hood design and decoration, some of them of amazing design level, elegant and well decorated.
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American Cars and Classics - an anual event in the historical city center of Brielle with lots of classic and vintage cars
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Fountain after more then 800 years in time.
Photo: Richard Poppelaars © #AboutPixels #Photography (Nikon D7200) / #well - #urban #monument #bnw / #History at #FontainedeStMarie in #SarlatlaCaneda, #Dordogne - #France
The enchanting Fontaine de St. Marie, constructed in the 12th century. It's nice location to refresh hands and face in the running water and to listen to the echo of many waterdrops. It's so exciting to feel the freshness of this well just like more then 800 years ago in history.
Photo August 2019, Fontaine de St. Marie (12th century) after +/-869 years in time.
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Sarlat-la-Caneda - One of the most prominent villages in the Dordogne region is Sarlat-la-Canéda. A very popular destination in the Périgord Noir, maybe because modern history has largely passed it by. Sarlat has remained preserved and one of the towns most representative of 14th century France. The old centre consists of impeccably restored stone buildings, with 77 protected monuments it's on France's tentative list for future nomination as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Largely car-free with lots of narrow ancient streets and small stores, an absolute pleasure to walk through and to discover.