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PhotoHunt – Flash
12 Comments CherryPie on Jun 29th 2012
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After the Storm
12 Comments CherryPie on Jun 28th 2012
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The Porte d’Aude Gate from Within
2 Comments CherryPie on Jun 27th 2012
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Saint-Gimer Church
The current church replaces an older which was thought to be built towards the end of the 11th century on the site of the house where Saint Gimer was born:
The parish of Saint-Gimer was established in 1840 and when the succursal chapel was built it was felt that a larger building was needed. There were [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Jun 25th 2012
A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on labours of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give the same measure as I have recieved and am still receiving.
Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955)
6 Comments CherryPie on Jun 24th 2012
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Architecture 100 :: 21 – Carcassonne
The walled city (La Cite) of Carcassonne was built on the site of a former Roman fortress. The city is protected by two heavily fortified walls and has no less than 52 towers and barbicans. In medieval times Simon de Montfort led crusades against the Albigensians (Cathars) whom the Catholic Church had branded as [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jun 23rd 2012
