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Christmas Village decorations.
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Attractive Lemax Christmas Village decorations, plenty of choice and in various themes. Old Dutch scenes, British Dickens period, even American- and German themes and more in a multitude of houses, figurines, trains, sparkling lights and a colorful collection of sounds do the remaining rest. The shops use huge displays attracting lots of customers. A nice activity for some weeks to create your own street or village entirely in Christmas and winter atmosphere, often decorated with lots of snow.
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Aralia - Tuincentrum Aralia
A Christmas village (or putz) is a decorative, miniature-scale village often set up during the Christmas season. These villages are rooted in the elaborate Christmas traditions of the Moravian church.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_village.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
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La Grosse Cloche (Est. 1759).
Photo: Richard Poppelaars © #AboutPixels #Photography (Nikon D90) / #tower #clock - #UNESCO #citygate #bellfry / #LaGrosseCloche at #PortdelaLune in #Bordeaux, #Gironde - #France
The "Grosse Cloche" (15th century), one of the oldest bell towers in France, a historic monument, the belfry of the old town hall in the UNESCO World Heritage district of "Port de la Lune", the old seaport of Bordeaux on the river Garonne . It was built on the remains of the Porte Saint-Eloy (13th century), the gateway to the city center. The famous building is an extension of the Église Saint-Eloi, a church from the 12th century. The structure consists mainly of two 40-metre-high tapered towers next to a smaller tower decorated with a golden Leopard symbolizing the British occupation of Bordeaux in the Middle Ages. On the national day of July 14 or on the Jour du Souvenir, the fallen of the First World War and other wars are commemorated here.
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Astronomical Clock (Est. 1759)
The outside of the tower shows a richly decorated clockwork from 1759, which replaced the previous clock from 1567. The gilded clockwork on the south side with a semicircular hand indicates the solar time and the one on the north the moon phases.
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Clock "Armande-Louise"
The Grosse Cloche bell tower also contains an 18th-century "Armande-Louise" a 7.8-ton two-meter bell and hangs over the former juvenile detention center. The city's magistrates sounded the bell to signal the harvest and warn the population of fires. The Grosse Cloche clock tower is therefore depicted as a symbol on the city's coat of arms. The clock has the inscription: "I mark the hours and I call for mobilization, I sing for happy events and weep for the dead". Today, the bell is rung every first Sunday of the month and six times a year during important events.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_de_la_Lune.
Photo August 2014, La Grosse Cloche (15th century) after +/-564 years in time.
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Bordeaux - Bordeaux (Est. 567 BC) - classified "City of Art and History", home to 362 monuments historiques with some buildings dating back to Roman times. The historic part of the city is on the UNESCO World Heritage List as "an outstanding urban and architectural ensemble" of the 18th century. After Paris, Bordeaux has the highest number of preserved historical buildings of any city in France. Capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region and prefecture of the Gironde department, its inhabitants are called "Bordelais". It is home to the world's main wine fair, Vinexpo, with a wine economy of 14.5 billion euros each year.
A restaurant at every corner.
Photo: Richard Poppelaars © #AboutPixels #Photography (Nikon D7200) / #restaurant - #urban #medieval #monument / #History at #Medievalcenter in #SarlatlaCaneda, #Dordogne - #France
A restaurant at every corner, the villages has many small streets so there's enough to choose from.
Photo August 2019, Medieval Center (14th century) after +/-669 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.
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Mosselzaad kwekerij op de Krammer. Ze worden gekweekt aan lange hangende netten. De natuur in het water zal dus niet verstoord worden.
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Mosselgilde Wijnverkiezing 2018 - Wijnverkiezing Mosselseizoen 2018
Wijnverkiezing Mosselseizoen 2018 - een culinair evenement georganiseerd door het "Mosselgilde" waarbij diverse wijnkenners uit een selectie van wijnen de beste keus voor het Mosselseizoen 2018 mochten kiezen.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels in #Bruinisse #Netherlands / #MosselgildeWijnverkiezing2018 #Mosselgilde #krammer / #event #wineelection
Castle with a panoramic view.
Photo: Richard Poppelaars © #AboutPixels #Photography (Nikon D90) / #panorama #river #valley #hills - #castle #medieval #monument / #ChateaudeFrance at #Chateau #ChateaudeCastelnaud in #CastelnaudlaChapelle, #Dordogne - #France
Castle of Château de Castelnaud-la-Chapelle overlooking the Dordogne river and surrounding valley. An impressive 13th century castle in excellent restored state. A perfect location to walk around in medieval times and to enjoy the great views.
Photo August 2013, Château de Castelnaud-la-Chapelle (Est. 13th century) after +/-763 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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Vrouw Holle winter scene. The little house of Vrouw Holle, designed by Anton Pieck. A shuttered window can be seen on the first floor, from which the old lady shakes her pillows until it snows on earth.
Photo January 2014, Efteling (May 31, 1952) after 62 years in time.
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Efteling - Vrouw Holle
Sprookjesbos (1952) - the Fairytale Forest is a six-hectare park in the Efteling. An excellent location for a walk through the fairytale books of writers like the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen and Charles Perrault. The Efteling started as a park in 1952 with this Fairytale Forest
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Efteling (Est. 1952) - one of the oldest theme parks in the world. A very popular full-sized fantasy-themed amusement park with many attractions and a wide array of amusement rides that reflect elements from ancient myths and legends, fairy tales, fables, and folklore.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efteling.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #facade #snow #VrouwHolle #Marerijk #Sprookjesbos #WinterEfteling #Efteling in #Kaatsheuvel #Netherlands
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Backyard Prinsenhuis with lock-shaped sculpture, the lock shape is symbolic of the naming of Hellevoetsluis which in history was referred to as "Sluis aan de Helle".
Photo: Backyard Prinsenhuis with a lock-shaped sculpture - by Richard Poppelaars © #AboutPixels #Photography (Apple iPhone 4S) / #art - #monument #townhall at #Oostzanddijk #Prinsenhuis in #Hellevoetsluis, #SouthHolland - #Netherlands
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Prinsenhuis ïn Hellevoetsluis - 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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Christmas Shopping!.
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Kerst in het Mediacité - warm en droog.
Photo January 2013, Médiacité Shopping Liège (october 21, 2009) after 4 years in time.
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Médiacité - Médiacité Shopping Mall
Médiacité is a shopping center in the Longdoz district of Liège on the banks of the Meuse. The multifunctional complex was created on a former industrial estate of more than 6.5 hectares, where a smaller shopping center used to be.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #shoppingcentre #crowd #MdiacitShoppingMall #Mdiacit in #Liège #Belgium
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Mosasaurus Hoffmannii - Maashagedis.
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Mosasaurus, a huge lizard, it's a genus of the family Mosasauridae that lived in the sea. The first fossils were found near Maastricht in the Sint-Pietersberg, on the banks of the river Maas (Latin: Mosa). They lived in the Maastrichtian period, the last part of the Cretaceous, 71.3 to 65.4 million years ago.
Info: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosasaurus.
Photo October 2017, Natuur Historisch Museum (1910) after 107 years in time.
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Maastricht - Natuur Historisch Museum
The "Natuur Historisch Museum" (NHM) was founded in 1910 and is best known for its unique collection of Cretaceous fossils in the Netherlands, including various Mosasaurs, Prognathodons and Hadrosaurs.
Info: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natuurhistorisch_Museum_Maastricht.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #Mosasaurus #prehistory #fossil #NatuurHistorischMuseum #museum #NHM in #Maastricht #Netherlands
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Friends of Blijdorp ZOO.
Photo: Richard Poppelaars © #AboutPixels #Photography (Nikon D7200) / #BlijdorpZOO - #event #fair / #SeasonFair at #KwekerijRoest #Pompoenfair in #Vierpolders, #SouthHolland - #Netherlands
Friends of Blijdorp ZOO with some nice stuff to buy for kids, it's a type of funding for a precious place where every penny counts.
Photo September 2017, Pompoenfair Kwekerij Roest (anual editions 2004-2018).
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Pompoenfair - The Pompoenfair, an anual popular event at Kwekerij Roest from 2004 until 2018. An event with about 120 variations of pumpkins, regional culinairy highlights, market stalls, workshops and various other participants.
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Steeve - Tire Bouchon.
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Steeve - Tire Bouchon - to make sure you don't screw things up yourself.
Photo April 2019, Val d'Europe (1998) after 21 years in time.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #corcscrew #shopping #article at #ValdEurope #ValdEurope in #Serris #France
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Val d'Europe
Val d’Europe (Est. 1998), a huge modern shopping mall located at Serris nearby Paris. Opened in 1998, with about 190 shops and 30 restaurants, covering over 1,000,000 square feet.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_d%27Europe.
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Paris style bar.
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A very nice designed kitchen and bar, the glass windows add to a light and clear atmosphere.
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Dudok - Brasserie Dudok
A typical grand café as you also see in Paris. Open since 1991 and since then Restaurant Brasserie Café Dudok has been a very popular catering location. They are named after the architect of the same name, Willem Marinus Dudok.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #interior #kitchen #bar #BrasserieDudok #Brasserie #Dudok #Dudok in #Rotterdam #Netherlands
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Sleeping Beauty - will she ever wake up.
She's still asleep, time doesn't seem to bother her. Her chest moves quietly on her breathing, but even more beautiful is that the visiting children suddenly start whispering and look curiously through the windows.
Photo December 2018, Efteling (May 31, 1952) after 66 years in time.
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Efteling - Doornroosje
Fairytale Forest (1952) - the Fairytale Forest is a six-hectare park in the Efteling. An excellent location for a walk through the fairytale books of writers like the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen and Charles Perrault. The Efteling started as a park in 1952 with this Fairytale Forest
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Efteling (Est. 1952) - one of the oldest theme parks in the world. A very popular full-sized fantasy-themed amusement park with many attractions and a wide array of amusement rides that reflect elements from ancient myths and legends, fairy tales, fables, and folklore.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efteling.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #woman #sleep #Doornroosje #Marerijk #Sprookjesbos #SleepingBeauty #Efteling in #Kaatsheuvel #Netherlands
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Uchiki Kuri "Red Hakkaido" Pumpkins.
Photo: Richard Poppelaars © #AboutPixels #Photography (Nikon D7200) / #pumpkin - #event #fair / #SeasonFair at #KwekerijRoest #Pompoenfair in #Vierpolders, #SouthHolland - #Netherlands
It's almost like with the condenced colors of the past months, a harvest in september when the rest of nature begins to fade into autumn. In all sizes, shapes and forms. They are also called Winter squash, an annual fruit representing several species of the Cucurbita. Harvested and eaten in the mature fruit stage when the seeds within have matured fully and the skin has hardened into a tough rind. At this stage, most varieties of this fruit can be stored or used for decorative and culinairy purposes for months to come.
Photo September 2017, Pompoenfair Kwekerij Roest (anual editions 2004-2018).
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Pompoenfair - The Pompoenfair, an anual popular event at Kwekerij Roest from 2004 until 2018. An event with about 120 variations of pumpkins, regional culinairy highlights, market stalls, workshops and various other participants.
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The Star of bad taste.
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Some souvenirs are just bad taste, there's no need to sell them here, anywhere.
Photo May 2011, Parc Astérix (April 30, 1989) after 22 years in time.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #starfish #sealife #shop #souvenir at #AuComptoirdesMers #GreceAntique #ParcAsterix in #Plailly #France
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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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Freezing cold with ice in the Rur river.
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Monschau - Nature
The popular historical town center has many preserved half-timbered houses and narrow streets have remained nearly unchanged since the 18th century. Very touristy in the high season but outside of this busy period you can still explore the beauty of this beautiful town.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monschau.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels in #Monschau #Germany / #freezing
Inviting outside terrace.
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It's a bit like a perrace in Paris, also a very nice vintage type of architecture adds to the atmosphere.
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Dudok - Brasserie Dudok
A typical grand café as you also see in Paris. Open since 1991 and since then Restaurant Brasserie Café Dudok has been a very popular catering location. They are named after the architect of the same name, Willem Marinus Dudok.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #terrace #facade #BrasserieDudok #Brasserie #Dudok #Dudok in #Rotterdam #Netherlands
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Veerhaven (Est. 15th century) - one of the many ports in Rotterdam, located between Willemskade and Westerkade in the classic Scheepvaartkwartier of Rotterdam. It lies on the north side of the Nieuwe Maas, surrounded by many monumental buildings.
De Veerhaven derives its name from the ferry service to Katendrecht on the south side of the Nieuwe Maas, which was established in the 15th century. Until the use of the Willems Bridge in 1878, this was the only link between the north and south banks of the Nieuwe Maas. The ferry service from the shipping company Heen en Weer operated until 1968 when the metro took over the north-south connection.
See: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veerhaven_(Rotterdam).
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About Pixels Architecture - Harbours (Rotterdam/NL)
Calanques is touring in a row.
Photo: Richard Poppelaars © #AboutPixels #Photography (Nikon D90) / #tourism #naturereserve - #boattrip #cruise / #MassifdesCalanques at #ParcnationaldesCalanques #CalanquesNationalPark in #Cassis, #BouchesduRhone - #France
Most of the calanques are very narrow, the touring boats access these inlets and with some roaring engines they turn around at the end to make way for the next touring boat. A bit crowdy for a nature reserve area...
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Calanques National Park - Calanques National Park (French: Parc national des Calanques, Est. 2012), located in Bouches-du-Rhône, Southern France. The Park, intended to protect and preserve a huge UNESCO coastline area coastline area along the Mediterranean Sea and extends over 520 km2 (201 sq mi), of which 85 km2 (33 sq mi) is land, while the remaining is marine area. It includes parts of the Massif des Calanques stretching between Marseille, Cassis and La Ciotat. Several of the park's best known features include the Calanque de Sormiou, Calanque de Morgiou, Calanque de Port-Miou, Calanque de Sugiton, as well as the Cosquer Cave.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calanques_National_Park.
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Let's get to the chopper.
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A nice chopper, not expensive and always works.
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Oldenhof - Kookwinkel Oldenhof
Excellent cooking store in the heart of The Hague. They've got really everything you need in the kitchen.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #interior #kitchenware #mill #KookwinkelOldenhof #passage #shop #kitchenstore #Oldenhof in #TheHague #Netherlands
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Poppies in my garden - the most delicate and fragile flowers I have. Paper-thin leaf leaves with sparkling colors as if they were almost small colorful masterpieces of nature.
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Hellevoetsluis - Garden
Poppies - grown as ornamental plants since 5000 BC in Mesopotamia. They were found in Egyptian tombs. In Greek mythology, the poppy was associated with Demeter, goddess of fertility and agriculture. The origin of the cultural symbol was probably Minoan Crete.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels in #Hellevoetsluis #Netherlands / #flower #poppy #papaver
Bumpy boat ride.
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The boat ride at Romus et Rapidus is a nice ride. Yo might get wet but it's only some water.
Photo May 2018, Parc Astérix (April 30, 1989) after 29 years in time.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #boat #wildwater #themepark #attraction #boatride at #RomusetRapidus #RomanEmpire #ParcAsterix in #Plailly #France
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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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Never mind the Shopping weather.
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An immense hall, high above the head of the huge glass roof. It lets daylight play with the light. Large terraces on both sides let people experience as if they were outside. There is even a merry-go-round, perhaps symbolic of this form of shelter and amenities for the vast numbers of people who have only one place to shop and shop now that all the small shops and businesses have succumbed to this commercial mass production.
The overall architecture is inspired by 19th century Parisian architecture by Gustave Eiffel, Victor Baltard, and Baron Haussmann.
The mall was divided into four themed areas. This one, "Les Halles", with glass and metal constructions of Baltard. The "Passage Parisiens" were reminiscent of the shopping arcades of the 19th century. Also "Le Promenade", inspired by the Musée d'Orsay station and the Parisian boulevards. And "Les Terrasses", which offer a lush setting with vegetation and a fountain that evolve in a case of glass and cast iron. It hosts the food court, the first in France to be built as an American-style food court.
Photo August 2021, Val d'Europe (1998) after 23 years in time.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #horeca #terrace #roof #mall #architecture #ShoppingMall #ValdEurope in #Serris #France
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Val d’Europe
Val d’Europe (Est. 1998), a huge modern shopping mall located at Serris nearby Paris. Opened in 1998, with about 190 shops and 30 restaurants, covering over 1,000,000 square feet.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_d%27Europe.
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The Efteling adds that exra magic.
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Attractive Lemax Christmas Village decorations, plenty of choice and in various themes. Old Dutch scenes, British Dickens period, even American- and German themes and more in a multitude of houses, figurines, trains, sparkling lights and a colorful collection of sounds do the remaining rest. The shops use huge displays attracting lots of customers. A nice activity for some weeks to create your own street or village entirely in Christmas and winter atmosphere, often decorated with lots of snow.
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A Christmas village (or putz) is a decorative, miniature-scale village often set up during the Christmas season. These villages are rooted in the elaborate Christmas traditions of the Moravian church.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_village.
Photo October 2022, Intratuin Bv (1983) after 39 years in time.
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Intratuin - Christmas village
With 53 garden centers in the Netherlands, 3 in Belgium and 11 in Germany, Intratuin (Est. 1983) is the market leader in the Netherlands and the largest in the Benelux. The mainly very large shops offer a wide range of plants, trees and shrubs for indoors and outdoors. Furthermore, garden articles, pet supplies, home accessories and catering and a large annual Christmas show.
Info: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intratuin.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #christmas #decoration #Lemax #Christmasvillage #gardencenter #shopping #Intratuin in #Rhoon #Netherlands
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Medieval atmosphere in the historic city center (Capture of Brielle/Netherlands) - Medieval bustle but above all a very nice atmosphere in the historic city center. There is a lot to see, many people are dressed in medieval costumes and many stalls and terraces have been given a medieval atmosphere. The many streets, squares and quays are therefore busy, but then a pleasant bustle with medieval music, activities, crafts, food and catering, rightly an event on UNESCO size.
Photo April 2016, Capture of Brielle (April 1, 1572) after 444 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.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels in #Brielle #Netherlands / #CaptureofBrielle #UNESCO #event
Ice skating with Friesche Doorlopers. These skates go way back in Dutch history. Many people where ice skating with these "Friesche Doorlopers", certailny during cold winters where other transport came to a stop.
Photo April 2018, Friesche Doorlopers (1875) after about 143 years in time.
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Frisian skate (Est. 1875)- also called sticks or bones) is a type of wooden skate, with one iron, which is tied under the shoe. Although all wooden skates are often called Frisian doorloper, the real Friesian doorloper is a skate where the iron runs all the way to the heel. With many wooden skates, the iron stops halfway down the heel. Around 1875, the Frisian doorloper was developed from the then common wooden skates.
Info: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friese_doorloper.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #brocante #antique #skating #Delft #NL #Delft in #Delft #Netherlands
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Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) in the Arctica section. Young polar bears are born regularly. It's fun to capture nice photos of these animals from behind a thick glass window.
Photo: Polar bear summer plunge - by © Richard Poppelaars #About_Pixels #Photography (Nikon D90) / #cubs #bear #Polarbear - #Zoo #RotterdamZoo / #NaturePhotography at #Arctica in #Rotterdam, #SouthHolland - #Netherlands
Diergaarde Blijdorp (Est. 1857), photo August 2015 after 158 years. The year 2032 marks 175 years ago in time.
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Rotterdam: Nature Photography
Diergaarde Blijdorp (Est. 1857) - also named Rotterdam Zoo, one of the oldest zoos in the Netherlands. It is operated by the Stichting Koninklijke Rotterdamse Diergaarde (‘Royal Rotterdam Zoo Foundation’). Divided into several zoogeographic regions, the 26-hectare (64.25-acre) Blijdorp Zoo boasts well over 180 species. It has a zoo shop, multiple cafes, and an information centre.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diergaarde_Blijdorp.
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Vrouw Holle winter scene. The little house of Vrouw Holle, designed by Anton Pieck. A shuttered window can be seen on the first floor, from which the old lady shakes her pillows until it snows on earth.
Photo January 2014, Efteling (May 31, 1952) after 62 years in time.
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Efteling - Vrouw Holle
Sprookjesbos (1952) - the Fairytale Forest is a six-hectare park in the Efteling. An excellent location for a walk through the fairytale books of writers like the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen and Charles Perrault. The Efteling started as a park in 1952 with this Fairytale Forest
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Efteling (Est. 1952) - one of the oldest theme parks in the world. A very popular full-sized fantasy-themed amusement park with many attractions and a wide array of amusement rides that reflect elements from ancient myths and legends, fairy tales, fables, and folklore.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efteling.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #facade #snow #VrouwHolle #Marerijk #Sprookjesbos #WinterEfteling #Efteling in #Kaatsheuvel #Netherlands
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Canals and buildings in the old city center, it's a nice area for a walk along the many nice shops and restaurants.
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Maassluis - a city in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. Maassluis was founded circa 1340 . Originally called Maeslandsluys founded circa 1340 as a settlement next to a lock (in Dutch: sluis) in the sea barrier between the North Sea and Rotterdam. In 1614 renamed by the counts of Holland into Maassluis
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Detail "Fontein Graaf Willem II" (anno 1883). De Binnenhoffontein is een fontein op het Binnenhof in Den Haag ontworpen door Pierre Cuypers.
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The Hague - Binnenhof
The Binnenhof - a complex of buildings in the city centre of The Hague, Netherlands, next to the Hofvijver. It houses the meeting place of both houses of the States General of the Netherlands, as well as the Ministry of General Affairs and the office of the Prime Minister of the Netherlands. Built primarily in the 13th century, the Gothic castle originally functioned as residence of the counts of Holland and became the political centre of the Dutch Republic in 1584. The Binnenhof is among the oldest Parliament buildings in the world still in use.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binnenhof.
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Ohoe, met een uil in de nacht!. Veel van de deelnemers zijn meer ervaren in evenementen, ook omdat er met regelmaat evenementen in Brielle zijn. Plezier en gezelligheid voor ieder is eigenlijk altijd wel het thema, daar staan de evenementen in Brielle bekend om.
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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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Rue de Paris - 17th and 18th century.
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One of the Travers le temps sections. Vintage shops, facades and decorations constructed just like how it was in the early beginning of modern-day Paris. Nice vintage posters decorate the walls, the few streetlights illuminate the scene. Even the train accident at the Montparnasse trainstation can be seen.
Photo May 2022, Parc Astérix (April 30, 1989) after 33 years in time.
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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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In France, the Muguet is an important feature of Labor Day. Everyone can sell them and they are also bought a lot. to give to each other as a symbol of happiness and spring
Photo: Muguet - celebrate happiness and spring - by © Richard Poppelaars #About_Pixels #Photography (Nikon D7200) / #flower #lilyofthevalley #muguet - #event #FeteduTravail #LabourDay #PremierMai# / #EventPhotography at #Market in #Coulommiers, #ledeFrance - #France
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In France, as in many other countries, Labor Day is celebrated as a national holiday on May 1. The French call this day 'Fête du Travail' (Labour Day) or sometimes 'Premier Mai' (First of May). Traditionally a day of protest and demonstrations to advocate for better working conditions and social justice.
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Symbolism of the lily of the valley: muguet. Another tradition is to give lilies of the valley (muguet) to each other on 1 May as a symbol of happiness and spring. They are sold everywhere as small bouquets of lilies of the valley. This tradition arose somewhat later and has a more folkloric origin, separate from the direct political and social struggle of the labour movement. However, it has become a strongly associated feature of the "Fête du Travail" in France.
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History: As in many other European countries, the first Labour Day in France was celebrated on 1 May 1890. It was not until later on 23 April 1919 that it became an official national holiday in France. This happened on , after the end of World War I. The French government recognized Labor Day as a paid holiday in recognition of the efforts of workers during the war and in line with the international movement..
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Most romantic castle in the Dordogne valley.
Photo: Richard Poppelaars © #AboutPixels #Photography (Nikon D90) / #architecture #chateau - #castle #monument #Jardinremarkable / #ChateaudeFrance at #JardinduChateaudesMilandes #ChateaudesMilandes in #CastelnaudlaChapelle, #Dordogne - #France
Most romantic castle in the Dordogne valley in excellent state with nice gardens and chapel.
Photo August 2013, Chateau-des-Milandes (Est. 1489 by the Lords of Coumont) after 524 years in time. In the year 2039 it's 550 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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Als een zee van decoraties .
Photo: Richard Poppelaars © #AboutPixels #Photography (Nikon D90) / #decoration - #interior / #shop at #RestaurantBRU17 #BRU17Habraken in #Bruinisse, #Zeeland - #Netherlands
There are various accessories lying and hanging like a sea of decorations. Atmospheric without fishermen's Latin.
Photo May 2012, Restaurant BRU17 Habraken (Est. 2012) after 0 years in time.
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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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Februari - the month of heavy storms, always nice to watch the waves at the Haringvlietdam.
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Haringvlietdam (Est. 1971) - the Haringvliet sluices are a construction that closed off the estuary of the Haringvliet, Netherlands, as part of the Delta Works. Instead of damming 17 sluices were constructed in order to be able to let in salt water to prevent freezing of the rivers Meuse and Rhine and to drain these rivers in case of flood. The sluices have two doors each of which the door on the sea side is the lowest. This has been done to mitigate the effect of the waves on the doors and the construction.
There are plans to open several sluices permanently to restore the estuary function of the Haringvliet and to improve the ecological situation in the river Meuse and Rhine. It will allow the return of brackish water and the main route for migrating fish.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haringvlietdam
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Historical silent streets. It's a very nice walk in this old French village with many silent streets, some houses are very old and mostly stiil inhabited. The streets breath so much of history, some decennia, most of all some ages in time.
Photo July 2017, Monflanquin (1256) after 761 years in time.
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Monflanquin - Architecture
Monflanquin - a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France. Built in 1256 as a military bastide town on a strategic north-south route. The village is a member of the Les Plus Beaux Villages de France ("The most beautiful villages of France") association.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monflanquin.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #history #street #facade #Architecture in #Monflanquin #France
She sells sea shells.
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The sea isn't a production area to harvest all the things we could use for decoration purposes. Even shells like these, do we really need these, even when washed ashore by hundrerds and many more.
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De Plantenhal - Gardening
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It all begins here.
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It's always exciting to know lots of very nice and healthy food will be served.
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Tomiko - Restaurant Tomiko
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #plate #chopsticks #RestaurantTomiko #restaurant #japanese #Tomiko in #Hellevoetsluis #Netherlands
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One of the very nice restaurants in Monpazier. The menu attracts many local residents, a good sign for a very set of meals in local recipies.
Photo: A Bastide Menu - by Richard Poppelaars © #AboutPixels #Photography (Apple iPhone 11 Pro) / #facade - #urban #restaurant #LaBastide / #Culinair at #RestaurantDeLaBastide in #Monpazier, #Dordogne - #France
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Monpazier: Culinair
The small village Monpazier, a 13th-century bastide town, founded in 1285 and built by King Edward I of England for trade, commerce and justice. It almost didn't change in the past centuries, a medieval town square lined with an arched arcade, a 16th-century covered market, three of the original six rampared city gates remain and many other traces of medieval history. This picturesque small village is one of the "Les Plus Beaux Villages de France" villages, said to be one of the most atractive in southwest France.
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Inviting outside terrace.
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It's a bit like a perrace in Paris, also a very nice vintage type of architecture adds to the atmosphere.
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Dudok - Brasserie Dudok
A typical grand café as you also see in Paris. Open since 1991 and since then Restaurant Brasserie Café Dudok has been a very popular catering location. They are named after the architect of the same name, Willem Marinus Dudok.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
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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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Facade garden on wheels.
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If there is no front garden and everything is made out of brick. An old bike against the with some plant, it will surely do the trick.
Quote: Ga eens #wandelen in de historische binnenstad van Brielle, dan ontdek je zelfs verborgen hofjes en tuintjes. Ook op plekken waar gras niet groeien mag.
Photo January 2021, Brielle (+/-1150) after 871 years in time.
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Brielle - History
Brielle (Est. +/- 1150) - in the Middle Ages the fifth fortified city of the region of Holland, and the most famous pilgrimage site of South Holland. Surrounded by a 17th century fortress, you will find a lot of historical architecture. such as the Sint-Catharijnekerk. On April 1, 1572, the city was taken by the Beggars and liberated from the Spaniards (UNESCO), also the start of the Eighty Years' War. Here Willem van Oranje married his wife, Maarten Harpertszn.Tromp and Witte Cornelisz de With was born. The historic city center is a protected cityscape and with almost 400 national monuments, nowadays a monumental city where history lives on..
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brielle.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
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Inviting French bistro terrace. The terraces are inviting, enough shade during the warm summer to enjoy a nice drink or a meal...
Photo July 2017, Monflanquin (1256) after 761 years in time.
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Monflanquin - Restaurant La Bastide
Monflanquin - a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France. Built in 1256 as a military bastide town on a strategic north-south route. The village is a member of the Les Plus Beaux Villages de France ("The most beautiful villages of France") association.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monflanquin.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #restaurant #terrace #RestaurantLaBastide #arcade in #Monflanquin #France
Everyone chooses a place to live, a place that suits the resident. In architecture, it is valuable for each residential location to have the opportunity to give it its own unique identity. The variety of facades with doors, windows, balconies, gardens and more gives every house its own appearance. Together this forms a map of the community that is recognizable to everyone.
In modern architecture with sleek, especially repetitive housings, everyone seems equal. But the community then loses color, the unique character of the residents is then almost invisible. Residents express this indoors, which is rarely visible to everyone. It creates a multitude of closedness in a place where we should be able to live together happily and healthily.
Photo: Diversity in architecture - key to healthy communities - by Richard Poppelaars © #AboutPixels #Photography (Nikon D7200) / #facade - #urban #LPBVF #architecture / #UrbanPhotography at #Bastide in #Monpazier, #Dordogne - #France
July 2017, Monpazier (Est. 1285) after 732 years in history. The year 2035 marks 750 years in the timeline of its history.
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Monpazier: Urban Photography
The small village Monpazier, a 13th-century bastide town, founded in 1285 and built by King Edward I of England for trade, commerce and justice. It almost didn't change in the past centuries, a medieval town square lined with an arched arcade, a 16th-century covered market, three of the original six rampared city gates remain and many other traces of medieval history. This picturesque small village is one of the "Les Plus Beaux Villages de France" villages, said to be one of the most atractive in southwest France.
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Enjoy the Pergord Noir.
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Enjoy the Pergord Noir with this typical style of medieval architecture.
Photo August 2013, Medieval center (14th century) after +/-663 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.
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Sphinge statue by Nicolas Coustou. One of the many fine statues in the surrounding park.
Photo: Sphinge statue by Nicolas Coustou - by Richard Poppelaars © #AboutPixels #Photography (Nikon D90) / #art #statue - #castle #architecture / #ChateaudeFrance at #ChantillyCastle #ChateaudeChantilly in #Chantilly, #Oise - #France
May 2010, Domaine Chantilly (Site Est. 1358) after 652 years in time. In the year 2008 it's 650 years since.
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Chantilly: Chateau de Chantilly - Chateau de France
Château de Chantilly - a historic castle located in the town of Chantilly, France. The site (Est. 1358) comprises two attached buildings: the Petit Château (Est. 1560), and Château Neuf, built by architect Honoré Daumet between 1875 and 1881 (destroyed during the French Revolution, rebuilt by Henri d'Orléans, duc d'Aumale). Both castles, the Chantilly Racecourse, Grandes Écuries (the Stables) and surrounding 115-hectare (285 acre) park designed by André Le Nôtre are listed monuments historiques.
Musée Condé - the château's art gallery houses one of the finest collections of paintings in France after the Louvre. In addition, the library of the Petit Château contains one of the largest collections ancient books and manuscripts, some of them very precious historical works of art.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Château_de_Chantilly.
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