“This morning, we pray in solidarity with Parisians and people around the world who cherish the beautiful expression of the Catholic faith and the Catholic soul in Notre-Dame Cathedral in the art, architecture, liturgy and history,” Barres said. Kilpatrick, along with André Finot, the cathedral’s director of communications, attended the levy. Afterwards, following an ancient […]
In Paris, I visited the Louvre. You were sunbathing and crossing the Appian Way on the bike on the Azores. If any of these destinations are on your bucket list, you’re lucky: We named them the best value European vacations this year Ipass doens’t check. We combed through its Best in Vacation database to narrow […]
Not everything went as planned on Sunday evening for Emmanuel Macron’s campaign team. The outgoing president was re-elected on the evening of the second round with 58% of the vote. To celebrate his victory, he wanted a nice photo at the foot of the glittering Eiffel Tower. Bad luck, at the Paris City Hall, his […]
As the sun sets over the French capital, supporters of Emmanuel Macron celebrate their candidate’s triumph in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower. DJs were spinning dance music, giving the impression that the Champ de Mars had turned into a nightclub. When the clock struck 8 p.m. local time, everyone burst into joy when Macron’s […]
“It is fitting that paper is the subject of Louvre Abu Dhabi’s second exhibition in 2022, exploring a unique medium and the specific techniques that encompass it. We are therefore interested for the first time in the universality of a material. The story of paper, an invention that transcended geography in its journey from East […]
Pooja Batra yoga journals are getting better day by day. The actor is an absolute fitness enthusiast and swears by yoga. Pooja barely misses a day of her yoga routine and the snippets often make their way onto her Instagram profile in the form of photos and videos. Pooja’s social media profile is full of […]
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A Sims 4 player has shared his incredible recreation of the Palace of Versailles on Reddit, a hugely elaborate build that took a year to make. A The Sims 4 shared a creation of epic proportions this week: a recreation of the Palace of Versailles that took over a year to complete and features the […]
A prime listed building dubbed ‘the Welsh Versailles’ has been auctioned for £950,000. Kinmel Hall, near the village of Abergele in Conwy, has been named among the UK’s 10 most endangered Victorian and Edwardian structures in the past, and there are still concerns about its future. The sprawling mansion and supporting buildings are in desperate […]
The Palace of Versailles in Paris, France. /APC The Palace of Versailles in Paris, France. /APC Art lovers in Shanghai are in for a treat as a virtual exhibition of the splendid Palace of Versailles opens on Saturday, offering the public a visual feast as well as an immersive journey through the palace. Under the […]
Sotheby’s will sell on November 8 in Paris one of the first daguerreotype views of Notre-Dame de Parismade in 1840 by Vincent Chevalier just one year after the public announcement by François Arago of the discovery of the photograph (estimate: €50,000-70,000). Preserved for more than twenty years in the same collection, this photograph was taken […]
Between travelling, studying, and taking the Texas bar exam, Nicolas Jeter, a graduate of Port Neches-Groves High School in 2005, found time to start writing his first children’s book – “The Girl and the cathedral”. Nicholas Throw “The Girl and the Cathedral” is a novella centered on the long but glorious history of Notre-Dame de […]