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Normandy American Cemetery
The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial is a World War II cemetery and memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, that honors American soldiers who died in Europe during World War II.
Le cimetière américain de Colleville-sur-Mer (Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial) est un cimetière militaire américain, situé juste au-dessus de la plage dite d’Omaha Beach, dans la commune de Colleville-sur-Mer dans le Calvados, sur l'un des sites du débarquement allié du 6 juin 1944.
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All my photos nicely presented on black on this very cool site called DARCKR by Laurent HENOQUE
L’iconique Mont Saint-Michel : on voit distinctement les structures sur l’abbaye qui le coiffe : mes photos sont peut-être plus nettes qu’il y a 4 ans 😉 Les deux portes de la côte normande, avec un certain Mont connu dans le monde entier, comme me le confirment mes coéquipiers ! On a fait plusieurs passages au-dessus de ma région natale dernièrement, et ce ne sont pas les cibles qui ont manqué… À suivre 😉 🇫🇷
The iconic Mont Saint-Michel. You can clearly see the structures on the abbey that sits atop it – my pictures may be sharper than they were four years ago 😉 Both ends of Normandy’s strikingly beautiful and distinctive coastline, featuring one of its most iconic landscapes🇫🇷 We've been lucky to fly over my native region lately, and the region has a lot to offer, stay tuned
Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet
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Another year and another Lugpol battle. This time Normandy 1944.
Size of this diorama: 56 baseplates - 7x8 baseplates 32x32
Builders: Pit, Mrutek, Rasch, Glaz-Pimpur, dmac, dmac`s son Borys, Misiek, Axel, Nexus 7, Matix, Szarik, Kris Kelvin and many other “water helpers”.
Full Gallery will be here:
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Special thanks for Darek Mróz for photos
Standing tall and proud, the majestic fountain that Henri Levy planned and built in 1925 is still as it was, splashing gently on the plaza at Rue Vendome. The fountain and four apartment houses were the first structures built on Normandy Isle, the creation of which in and of itself required a great deal of patience.
After South Florida experienced the devastating hurricane of 1926, Henri Levy re-grouped and repaired damage to the community he had founded. And not satisfied to have accomplished so much, he then set about connecting it all to the mainland. The intrepid entrepreneur joined with governmental agencies and had the 79th Street Causeway built by 1929. Named for the street to which it connects on the mainland, the causeway leads to 71st Street on Normandy Isle, which in June 2009 was appropriately renamed Henri Levy Boulevard.
Levy, a French-born Jew, moved to Florida in 1922 from Cincinnati, Ohio, where he owned a successful chain of silent film theaters. Levy's religion made City of Miami Beach co-founder Carl Fisher reluctant to join with him in a real estate venture, but it didn't stop Fisher from selling Levy land on the north end of Miami Beach. Those plots became known as Normandy Beach (now 87th Terrace to 90th Street in Surfside) and Normandy Beach South (69th to 72nd Streets in the heart of North Beach Resort Historic District and Town Center).
Eventually, Levy and some partners collaborated on his third project, situated in the bay just west of 71st Street and Normandy Beach South. According to author Howard Kleinberg's book Miami Beach: A History, the team pooled $250,000 and purchased a mangrovey patch that wasn't just in the water. It was under water. After two years of 24-hour-a-day dredging, South Island, as it had been dubbed, was renamed Normandy Isle. And in honor of Levy's heritage, streets got a dash of savoir faire, with names such as Marseille and Calais Drive.
At one time, a grand archway announced the eastern entry to Normandy Isle. These days it seems fitting that the aptly named and dazzling MiMo-style International Inn (designed by architect Melvin Grossman) marks the western entrance to the neighborhood while that aforementioned fountain remains stalwart on the eastern end, a symbolic uniting of old and new.
Other original elements remaining in Normandy Isle are the City Beautiful-inspired street configuration, lighting plan, and sidewalks, all which add to the hospitable feel, as does the architectural mix. Those varied buildings are apparent in the business and residential areas. Bisecting the neighborhood are two main streets, Normandy Drive and 71st Street. There, mostly mid-century structures encompass a thriving commercial area with popular ethnic restaurants, shopping, banks, offices, gas stations, and a longtime weekend farmer's market that gathers around the plaza.