Category Archives: Architecture

Dickens Christmas Has Arrived

Posted on December 7, 2019 by annetbell

According to the Skaneateles NY Chamber of Commerce as many as 20,000 people visit each year for Dickens. Many of these visitors, in turn, help support the local economy by buying at the shops filled with unique gifts and eat … Continue reading →

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Normandy Church . . . . Loving Your Neighbor

Posted on June 3, 2019 by annetbell

The Scars Of Angoville-Au-Plain – February 15, 2014 by “The scars of Angoville-au-Plain” Postcard match. This peaceful beach has seen so much. On our way to the vast beaches by Les Gougins in Manche, just north of Utah Beach, we took a small … Continue reading →

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Eglise A’ Angoville au Plain

Posted on September 6, 2017 by annetbell

This unassuming country church was one of the most memorable of our trip. We walked from our accommodations at http://www.domaine-airborne.com/domaine-airborne/. There was a narrow windy road with the hedgerows twisting with no apparent plan through the fields where on the … Continue reading →

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Bascilica of St. Denis

Posted on August 6, 2017 by annetbell

HISTORY OF THE MONUMENT The final resting place of the kings and queens of France. Built on the grave of Saint Denis, a Bishop of Paris who died in 250 AD, the royal abbey of Saint-Denis was, from the death … Continue reading →

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Notre Dame Cathedral of Paris

Posted on August 5, 2017 by annetbell

Notre Dame of Paris, is one of the most famous Gothic Cathedrals in the world , if not the most famous. We visited it three times in four days in Paris so D could get photos with just the perfect … Continue reading →

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Sainte-Ephrem-le-Syriaque Church

Posted on July 28, 2017 by annetbell

As we started down the hill from The Pantheon, actually halfway down, we noticed this poster displayed before the chapel below. There was an elegant black French iron fence which we peered through to learn the details. Checking the date … Continue reading →

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The Pantheon Paris

Posted on July 26, 2017 by annetbell

If this building looks familiar, it might be that you have visited the Pantheon in Rome. Pantheon is a Greek word that translates as “temple to all gods.” This post is about the Pantheon in Paris in the Latin Quarter. … Continue reading →

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Montmartre. . . . a video

Posted on July 25, 2017 by annetbell

Pictures are worth a thousand words!

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Musee de Montmartre

Posted on July 19, 2017 by annetbell

Is this not a picture perfect site for the Musee de Montmartre, sited at the crest of the hill and surrounded by gardens that were designed from the master garden painter Renoir? The gardens are terraced down the hill and … Continue reading →

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Montmarte in the City of Lights

Posted on July 15, 2017 by annetbell

Our trip began in Paris as a four day celebration of our 50th wedding anniversary. Montmarte was my request thinking of galleries, cafes and meandering among the artist and musicians. Yes it is at the top of a rather large … Continue reading →

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