Showing posts with label Ille-et-Vilaine (35). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ille-et-Vilaine (35). Show all posts
28 September 2019

Robert Velter, aka Rob-Vel, in Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine (35)

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Robert Velter (1909-91), more popularly known as 'Rob-Vel', is the children's cartoonist most remembered as the creator of Spir...

François-René de Chateaubriand in Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine (35)

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François-René de Chateaubriand's father René-Auguste came to Saint-Malo in the 1750s and made his money as a ship owner ...
27 September 2019

François-René de Chateaubriand on Grand Bé, Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine (35)

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My next post will concern François-René de Chateaubriand (1768-1848) – recognised as a founder of romanticism in France – in Saint-Malo its...
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Boîte à lire, Saint-Servan, Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine (35)

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This is rather different  Boîte à lire , and I was delighted to find a copy of Jean-Philippe Toussaint's La Clé USB  in it: it's ...
26 September 2019

Théophile Briant, Rothéneuf, Ille-et-Vilaine (35)

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Théophile Briant (1891-1956) is not to be confused with the union leader Théophile Briand, and the changed 'D' for the 'T...

Le Moulin du Domaine, Saint-Jouan-des-Guérets, Ille-et-Vilaine (35)

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Le Moulin du Domaine just outside the village of Saint-Jouan-des-Guérets, now in the centre of a traffic island close to a busy shopping ...
23 September 2019

L'Île du Guesclin, Saint-Coulomb, Ille-et-Vilaine (35)

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L'Île du Guesclin, a tiny island in the commune of Saint-Coulomb and accessible on foot at low tide, is a private island now owned by...

Les Rochers sculptés de L'Abbé Fouré, Rothéneuf, Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine (35)

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I shall be commenting more on Les Rochers sculptés de Rothéneuf in a future post on a booklet about L'Abbé Fouré (1839-1910), the ...

Fadhma Amrouche in Baillé, Ille-et-Vilaine (35)

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Fadhma Aït Mansour Amrouche (1882-1967) was born in Tizi Hibel, Algeria, and died in Saint-Brice-en-Coglès (Ille-et-Vilaine). Her mother A...