Showing posts with label Jura (39). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jura (39). Show all posts
16 September 2021

Marcel Yerly in Clairvaux-les-lacs, Jura (39)

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Between 1945 and 1995 Marcel Yerly (1915-2000) made by hand about one hundred models in wood, between fifty and three metres in height or le...
17 August 2021

François-Félix Chevalier in Poligny (39), Jura (39)

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François-Félix Chevalier (1705-1801) is a highly noted historian from Poligny, where as this plaque says he lived in this house in the town ...
15 August 2021

Ferdinand Fillod in Saint-Amour (39), Jura (39)

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Ferdinand Fillod (1891-1956) was an archiect and designer born in Saint-Amour, where he returned after the war to continue his business as a...

Mural of Writers, Saint-Amour (39), Jura (39)

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This fresco in the centre of Saint-Amour celebrates notable writers associated with the town. At the top is Guillaume de Saint-Amour (1202-7...
7 June 2018

Pierre Gascar, Baume-les-Messieurs, Jura (39)

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The writer Pierre Gascar (1916–97) is also buried in Baume-les-Messieurs. He won the Prix Goncourt in 1953 for Les Bêtes , which I comme...

Baume-les-Messieurs, Jura (39)

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Baume-les-Messieurs is a cul-de-sac village in the Jura département , noted mainly for its caves, its abbey and its waterfall. When...
6 June 2018

La Maison de la vache qui rit, Lons-le-Saunier, Jura (39)

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Yes, I know: pure capitalism, so what's it doing here? Why am I in effect advertising a (mainly processed) cheese, particularly since I...

Jean-Joseph Perraud, Lons-le-Saunier, Jura (39)

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Jean-Joseph Perraud was a sculptor born in Monay (Jura) and died in Paris in 1876. Wikipédia describes his style as neo-Classica...
5 June 2018

Fifty years after 1968, the spirit lives on in rue de l'aubépin, Lons-le-Saunier, Jura (39)

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Rue de l'aubépin, Lons-le-Saunier, where the spirit of Mai 1968 lives on. I adore places like this. Walter Bassan, a former me...

Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, Lons-le-Saunier, Jura (39)

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Rue du commerce, Lons-le-Saunier, Jura (39). 'DANS CETTE MAISON EST NÉ ROUGET DE LISLE LE 10 MAI 1760' Rouget de ...