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Aix-en-Provence: 5 Things to Know About This City of Art and History

re. In this city, art is also celebrated at the Granet Museum, a must-visit haven of peace. This museum, located in a former priory, features a magnificent cloister and a gallery lined with sculpted pillars. Here you can admire paintings by Rembrandt, Ingres, Monet, or Van Gogh, not to mention Céz ...

20
Aug
2008

Visa pour l'image : the photojournalism festival of Perpignan

y to discover the images of photojournalists from around the world - outdoor evening screenings, in the sumptuous medieval setting of the Campo Santo cloister - conferences and meetings with the photographers. The exhibitions cover a wide range of themes (environment, conflicts, populations, re ...

04
Mar
2009

The ISTS, Higher Institute of Performing Arts Techniques in Avignon

I qualification) - Head stagehand for live performances (level III qualification). Read more Since 1994, the ISTS has been located in the Saint Louis cloister and has vast classrooms, a theater workshop equipped with machinery, a sound studio, an electricity workshop, a computer room, a construct ...

01
July
2010

The Abbey of Cluny in Burgundy: a place steeped in history

bey from the top of the Tour des Fromages. Visiting the Cluny Abbey will allow you to discover the superb elevation of the transept of this gigantic abbey church, the cloister, and the 18th-century conventual buildings. In the "Farinier," you can admire a series of capitals testifying to Cluny's sp ...

28
Sep
2010

Saorge in the Alpes-Maritimes: one of the most beautiful villages in France.

offers a breathtaking view of the village and the Roya Gorges. This beautiful building, with its bulbous bell tower with polychrome tiles and vaulted cloister galleries, now serves as a residence for artists and writers who come here to seek peace and inspiration during writing retreats. Numerous c ...

24
Mar
2014

Saint-Rémy-de-Provence: an authentic destination in the Alpilles

ses in the surrounding countryside! To walk in the footsteps of the painter, you can take a stroll through the places he painted, but also visit the Saint Paul Cloister where the artist stayed from May 1889 to May 1890. This typical site of Provençal Romanesque art now houses a museum retracing th ...

15
Sep
2014

Retirement home in Corbeil-Essonnes: 5 things to do with an elderly person

The main place of worship in the town is Saint-Spire Cathedral, whose origins date back to the 10th century. This collegiate church surrounded by a cloister is located in the historic center of Corbeil, on the right bank of the Essonne River and near its confluence with the Seine. On the other ha ...

12
Sep
2024

Bourg-en-Bresse: 5 good reasons to visit this town in Ain

rgaret of Austria to honor her late husband, Philibert the Fair. Today, it is one of the city's most visited sites for its spectacular architecture, cloister, stained glass windows, and finely sculpted tombs. Note: about a ten-minute walk from the monastery, the Apothecary of the Hôtel-Dieu is an ...

08
Nov
2024