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Nice - Baroque
NICE - BAROQUE
Baroque art found a particular echo among the local population. The region suffered from both earthquakes and terrible plague epidemics at that time.
Used as they were to a certain dramatization of faith people found comfort in baroque sensitivity.
 

 
 
Lens in the miners' footsteps to The Louvre

Lens is a city moulded by the era of mining.
In the miners'' footsteps, witnesses remember...


Lucette Clin, the grand-daughter of a miner, remembers her grand-father who survived a mine collapse. A story about pain and hope. Listen to The Trade Union House

Abbot Becquart, the parish priest of St Theodore evokes his childhood in the mining settlements. In what way is it symbolic for the Louvre to set itself up on the former mining wasteland ? CEO of Louvre Henri Loyrette, explains. Listen to Settlement 9


And more surprise...



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"Lens in the miners'footsteps to The Louvre"
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Pont St Bénézet
The bridge of Saint Bénezet, the real name of the Pont d'Avignon.

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The Town Hall Fountain
Porcelain activity everywhere in Limoges

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