Martel, in the Lot department, is one of those many villages that I dearly miss having been away from France for so long now. Note that Martel has a very interesting “skyline” with seven medieval towers that can be seen from the distance. Can you see them? […]
Monthly Archives: March 2013
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English heavy artillery in action. War of 1914-1915. Another one of those postcards depicting World War One, with the usual “inaccurate” dates as people obviously didn’t know when it was going to end.
If you know Paris, at least a little bit, you know the statue of the Lion of Belfort on Place Denfert-Rochereau. But do you know its story? Briefly, this statue is a smaller reproduction of the original Lion of Belfort (located in the city of Belfort, duh), about […]