Today is Good Friday. This day is a bank (public) holiday in many Christian countries . This is the day, as legend or history has it, that the young man named Jesus of Nazareth was crucified. There are different explanations now of why he was crucified and by whom. Was it because he had called […]
Are you an architect? If so, visiting the Villa Savoye is for you. Its architect – Le Corbusier, real name Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris – designed the villa in 1931 for a couple named Savoye. That was 85 years ago and the house’s design was revolutionary. The house is in the town of Poissy, 23.8 kms […]
CHATEAU DE MAISONS …. IN MAISONS-LAFITTE … OUTSIDE PARIS … North-east of Paris – to be exact at a distance of 21.5 kms (13 and a half miles) – is the town of Maisons-Lafitte. And in Maisons-Lafitte is the Château de Maisons. One gets to the town – and the château – on the […]