Holidays - Last photo

Biarritz composition ...

Come back ...

I return from holidays… thank you for your messages.
For the beginning of September I present a photograph of my holidays to you.
(Ré island)

Holidays

TAKING A 30 DAY VACATION - THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE ON SEPT 02

The phantom of Colbert

After 14 years of presence in Bordeaux, the Colbert cruiser definitively left the port.

Under the fire of the projectors, in 1990, at the time of the war of the gulf, Colbert lived its last mission with the active service like escorts of Clemenceau. Disarmed on May 24, 1991, on its return in Toulon, it joined Bordeaux later two years. Transformed into museum, the building meets a sharp success then, with 100.000 visitors the first year. The effect of innovation passed, the frequentation is exhausted gradually, to fall to 35.000 visitors in 2005.

For lack of sufficient money re-entries, management becomes delicate then, the more so as the cruiser, growing old, requires important appropriations in maintenance and repairs. Property of the ministry for the Defense, which could not or did not want to mobilize funds, the building and its management were entrusted to association “the friends of Colbert”

Low angle shot - Tour Pey-Berland

The Pey-Berland Tower offers, the top of its 231 steps, the most beautiful point of view on the city and its neighbourhoods helping the visitor with better discovering the great architectural richness of the city and its principal monuments.

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Grass & windows

When the grass grow on the roof...
And you can look, baby, mom & dad, windows ;)

Tram & Ground level power supply - Green Carpet !

Green light

Yesterday, the temperature exceeded 35°C

14 Juillet

City, French and Europe Flags ...

Ile de Ré - Last one

The bridge between island and continent

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Ile de Ré - Part 2 - Vauban

The ramparts by Vauban

Ile de Ré

It's the holidays… stopover in the "île de Ré"

The ramparts were created by Vauban.

At the XVIIème century, Vauban decides to protect the Island of the ceaseless attacks of the English, for that it will surround Saint Martin de Ré of splendid fortifications.

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Sky waves ...

Courthouse of BdX with a special architecture.

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French Flag

Courthouse of Bordeaux

UNESCO 2007 - BORDEAUX

Thursday June 28, the Committee of the world Inheritance of UNESCO, joined together in Christchurch in Zealand News, announced the inscription of Bordeaux on the list of the world Inheritance of humanity, as “an exceptional urban unit”.

I made a photo composition with several of my photographs and the official presentation of the city.
Official link : http://www.bordeaux.fr

Fontaine des Girondins

Located at the feet of the monument set up at the glory Of Gironde, this fountain undoubtedly the monument more photographed of Bordeaux. A vast program of restoration was undertaken into 2005 which concerned in turn, the angel of freedom at the top of the monument, the column, and finally the fountain with the horses of the Fontaine des Girondins ones. The water handing-over of the fountain in May 2006 signed the end of work.

the characters constituting the fountain , dedicated to a destruction, will be unbolted in 1943. The 34 sculptures will disappear thus from the Bordeaux landscape lasting of many years.

They will be found intact in Angers. But it will have to be waited until 1982 so that the famous sea horses, the allegories, the tanks of the Republic and the Harmony find their basins.

Operate in altitude

Cuauhtémoc (“the eagle which goes down on its prey” in nahuatl), of the name of the last Aztec emperor, is a sailing ship of the type barque flying Mexican flag. Its home port is Acapulco.

Built in Bilbao in 1982, it is property of the Mexican national navy which uses it as training ship. It is a symbol in Mexico because it illustrates the spirit of combativeness and independence, by reference to the Cuauhtémoc emperor.

overall length: 90,5 m
draught: 4,8 m
surface of aerofoil: 2368 m²
crew: 275 men

Yesterday and today...

Garonne & Pont de Pierre