Jacques' photos

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  • P6169877ac Norman Style Timberlined House at Cliff Base Facing Seine River

    P6169877ac Norman Style Timberlined House at Cliff Base Facing Seine River

    Nice place there to see the Great Armada 2013 of tall ships leaving France by the Seine river; Image taken from my car during an abominable traffic congestion, 3 hours more to be back home at only 170 km!!!! France Haute-Normandie Region Seine Maritime De…
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  • P4300986ac Mt St Michel Bay Saline Wind Mill

    P4300986ac Mt St Michel Bay Saline Wind Mill

    Moulin de la Saline (salt pond mill), farm house under restauration; France Bretagne Region Ille-et-Vilaine Department Cherruex Village Mt St Michel Bay.
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  • P4300961ac Champsecret Forges of Varenne 16th Master House

    P4300961ac Champsecret Forges of Varenne 16th Master House

    France Basse-Normandie Region Orne Department Champsecret Village Forges of Varenne.
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  • P4300958ac Champsecret Forges of Varenne 16th

    P4300958ac Champsecret Forges of Varenne 16th

    Forges de Varenne is a site of "pre-industrial" steel production; It produced cast iron and iron from ore mining area since the late sixteenth century until the closure of the site in 1866; This former steel industry is a rural complex; It employed a wor…
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  • P4300957ac Champsecret Forges of Varenne 16th

    P4300957ac Champsecret Forges of Varenne 16th

    Ancient Process to compare with actual Arcelor-Mital process: In the blast furnace, iron ore is heated with charcoal; Powerful bellows operated by hydraulic energy permit to reach a temperature exceeding 1500 ° C melting ore; At the base of the blast fu…
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  • P4300956ac Varenne Forges Antic Metallurgic Site 16th

    P4300956ac Varenne Forges Antic Metallurgic Site 16th

    That part seems to have a pigeon house! Varenne forges is the best preserved metallurgic site of Lower-Normandy and is spread on the ponds of La Ferrière ancient feudal family; It contains 3 sections: The blast furnaces which produced the pieces of castin…
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  • P4299938ac Tempest Advice Winds Force 5 Today!

    P4299938ac Tempest Advice Winds Force 5 Today!

    St Gonéry Chapel; France Bretagne Region Côtes-d'Armor Department Plougrescant area.
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  • P4299893ac Tréguier Pancake Timberlined House and Guard Tower

    P4299893ac Tréguier Pancake Timberlined House and Guard Tower

    France Bretagne Region Côtes-d'Armor Department Tréguier old town.
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  • P4299891ac La Roche-Jagu Mediaeval Château 15th

    P4299891ac La Roche-Jagu Mediaeval Château 15th

    Rear side of the fortress dominating the river valley; France Bretagne Region Côtes-d'Armor Department La Roche Jagu Château Ploëzal Village area.
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  • P4299890ac La Roche-Jagu Mediaeval Château 15th

    P4299890ac La Roche-Jagu Mediaeval Château 15th

    The Chateau de la Roche-Jagu is a fortress that was built in the fifteenth century and restored in 1968, History: In 1773, Marshal Richelieu sells it to Ms. Le Gonidec Tressan; Its location at the top of the left bank of Trieux river is very steep and all…
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  • P4299882ac Timid Sun Over the Land

    P4299882ac Timid Sun Over the Land

    Find the ladybug! France Bretagne Region Côtes-d'Armor Department between Paimpol and Pleudaniel.
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  • P4300995ac Mt St Michel Bay from Cancale Heights

    P4300995ac Mt St Michel Bay from Cancale Heights

    Cancale was founded by the British monk St. Meen around 545; In the 12th century is called the city under the name Cancaven "Cove of the River"; Cancale obtained the title of "city" in 1545 as a supplier of flat oysters of the royal table; The aldermen of…
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  • P4300989ac La Larronnière Manor 19th - 20th

    P4300989ac La Larronnière Manor 19th - 20th

    France Bretagne Region Ille-et-Vilaine Department Cherruex Village Mt St Michel Bay seaside road from Pontorson to Cancale.
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  • P4300983cc Mt St Michel 1,305 Years Old

    P4300983cc Mt St Michel 1,305 Years Old

    One of the new marvels of the world on its 1,300 years birthday in 2008! I made this very difficult collage to honour the place and also the mighty "Patrouille de France" just feasting last week their 60 years birthday by a memorable air-show above thei…
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  • PICT6350bc Students Crossing a Bush of Bougainvilleas

    PICT6350bc Students Crossing a Bush of Bougainvilleas

    Cambodia Phnom Penh Capital Royal Palace.
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  • PICT6338ac Throne Hall Topiaries and Traveller's Trees

    PICT6338ac Throne Hall Topiaries and Traveller's Trees

    Ravenala madagascariensis, commonly known as traveller's tree or traveller's palm, is a species of plant from Madagascar; It is not a true palm (family Arecaceae) but a member of the bird-of-paradise family, Strelitziaceae; It has been given the name "tra…
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  • PICT6332ac Supreme Elegance Between Pavilions and Travellers Trees

    PICT6332ac Supreme Elegance Between Pavilions and Travellers Trees

    Hor Samran Phirun pavilion on left ( for king to rest during elephant processions or for musicians) and Chanchhaya Pavilion or Moon Pavilion in the distance on right (pavilion used by the king for public speaches, audiences, festivities or dances); Cambo…
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  • PICT6328ac Our Guide Chaac Alone

    PICT6328ac Our Guide Chaac Alone

    This woman guide was often distant perhaps shy with two men or wanting to preserve our privacy or quietness! Cambodia Phnom Penh Capital Royal Palace Throne Hall facade.
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