07 Dec 2008 | B&W, France, History, Macro | No comments added... »
Rather than a lengthy description of each image I shall summarise; these are all items picked up from around the Somme region of France following the First World War. Cases and cases of helmets, bayonets, badges and other rusting artefacts found in the fields from, most likely, fallen soldiers. In one instance a map outlined the journey of one soldier from England, across the channel, south through France, up into the north of the Somme where he was killed…
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06 Dec 2008 | France, History | No comments added... »
Stopped off at the
Newfoundland Memorial at Beaumont-Hamel in the Somme region of France, infamous for the tragic loss of life of many thousands in the First World War. This image shows the preserved battle field on which the 29th Division, containing the Newfoundlanders (then still part of Great Britain), fought the German opposition.
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05 Dec 2008 | Abstract, Architectural, France, History | No comments added... »
On my return to the UK I stopped off, in the pouring rain, at
Arc-et-Senans, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, no less! Designed by
Claude-Nicolas Ledoux (more…)
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13 Oct 2007 | Architectural, History, Italy, Travel | No comments added... »
In the center of Florence stand the trio of the Duomo (The Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore), Campanile (bell tower) and Baptistry.
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26 Apr 2007 | Bristol, History | No comments added... »
Isambard Kingdom Brunel wasn’t just famous for his bridges, railways or tunnels…
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