Frankreich 2017/France 2017

Eigentlich schon fast ein Dinosaurier. Bald werden diese gelben Kästen den Weg der Telefonzellen gegangen sein. Schade eigentlich. Gehörten ja doch irgendwie zum Staßenbild. Von Wind und Wetter gezeichnet; trotzdem unverwüstlich. Aber vielleicht überlebt ja doch der eine oder andere. Trotz Email und iPhone. Eigentlich ist was Handschriftliches ab und zu auch ganz nett. Merk ich immer, wenn sich mal eine Post in meinen Briefkasten verirrt hat. The 50-Images-Project: Mail Boxes 02/50

Seen in Beaune/Bourgogne

taken in the Pope's Palace, Avignon

Now the days are getting longer day by day. But there is still a long time with grey mornings ahead. Time to remember that the sun is still alive. Wish you a Good Morning and keep cool while you're doing the last preparations for Christmas !

from my archive 'France 2017'

for 'Black & White Friday'

The original structure was built during the Avignon Papacy between 1318 and 1320. Several times destroyed and restorated the building was used as an episcopal palace, as a fortified citadel and after the French Revolution when it has been nationalized and sold off as a catholic secondary school. In 1904 it became a professional and technical school. The last restoration work started in 1910. 1976 the building opened as a museum with an exceptional collection of Renaissance paintings by the Avignon school and from Italy.

Fullscreen please !

Carcassonne, Languedoc