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Walks in Paris and in the Loire valley
My suggestions for walks off the beaten tracks
/image%2F1030222%2F20160620%2Fob_6f2633_buttes-chaumont.jpg "Belleville and Buttes Chaumont")
/http%3A%2F%2Fsize.blogspirit.net%2Fhautetfort.com%2Flafautearousseau%2F250%2Falbum%2Fla-basilique-de-saint-denis-necropole-royale%2F1100359567.jpg "Saint Denis Basilica")
/image%2F1030222%2F20160306%2Fob_751605_jab15-caillebotte-001f.jpg "Nineteenth century Paris")
/image%2F1030222%2F20160220%2Fob_585f6c_hotel-de-soubise.jpg "Soubise and Rohan Hotels, headquarters of the French National Archives")
/image%2F1030222%2F20160131%2Fob_cd1744_louvre-bataille-ucello.jpg "Quattro- and Cinquecento a revolution in painting!")
/image%2F1030222%2F20160115%2Fob_133015_une-lecture-tvr.jpg "The Emile Verhaeren exhibition in Musée des Avelines Saint Cloud")
/image%2F1030222%2F20160102%2Fob_4d1c90_presse.jpg "Hand printing")
/image%2F1030222%2F20151211%2Fob_d77938_vue-aerienne.jpg "The Invalides")
/image%2F1030222%2F20151130%2Fob_987788_caillebotte.png "Maupassant and impressionist painters")
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Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Fontevraud recumbent figures
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The three lives of Fontevraud abbey
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Bréhémont, port on the Loire
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The Villa Flora exhibition in Marmottan Museum Paris
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The life of Robert of Arbrissel, founder of the religious Order of Fontevraud
Robert is in the eleventh century the village priest of Arbrissel southwest of Rennes. The church of this time, despite the very strong religious aspirations of the whole society, experiences two tendencies denounced by Pope Gregory VII in his preaching...