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    Restored masterpieces from Notre Dame cathedral, Paris

    Anne Chépeau of Radio France in an article published 24/04/2024, describes a special exhibition of paintings and choir carpet of Notre-Dame cathedral restored after the 2019 fire and presently visible at the Mobilier national where they were restored. These works will only be visible there...
  2. mspath

    Walk along the Seine where the Impressionists painted

    Mark Taubert in FranceInfo, 24 Mars, 2024 , describes a new GR hike which has been planned for the past 10 years along the Seine passing the locations where famous 19th c Impressionist paintings were created en plein air. If you are planning a trip to Paris soon you might find walking this...
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    Raising the Roof on Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris

    This French video , part of the series Rebâtir Notre-Dame de Paris , details the raising of the new roof on Notre Dame Cathedral. The images are splendid.
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    A 15th c. Mappa Mundi in Venice

    Anna Bressanin in a BBC travel article published February 14, 2024 details an extraordinary Mappa Mundi now housed in the Library of Saint Mark, Venice. 2.4m x 2.4m in size the map completed in 1459 was the masterpiece of Fra Mauro, a monk who lived on the Venetian island of San Michele...
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    Story of the Seine River, Paris

    Anca Ulea in the article, Story of the Seine, published 5 february 2024 in Euronews.com describes a new exhibition, Dans le Seine, of the archeological work and some finds beneath the Parvis Notre Dame in Paris.The text and historic/ recent photos are splendid. When you next are in Paris do go...
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    1/1/2024 For the New Year'

    May we all find hope in the glory of the new morning light as we seek the strength to persevere during the new year. In the truest sense, Ultreia "Life is the fire that burns and the sun that gives light. Life is the wind and the rain and the thunder in the sky. ... While the fates permit...
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    24/12/2023 This Special Night

    On this most special night may we pause in thankful wonder and find new purpose where patience, kindness and hope increase... Joyeux Noël, Feliz Navidad, Feliz Natal, Happy Christmas wherever you might be! "The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork." Psalm 19:1
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    A special rooster crowns the new spire at Notre Dame, Paris

    Lucien Liebert details the current work of raising the spire on Notre Dame cathedral undertaken and published today December 16, 2023, in this Reuters account.
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    La Cañada de Roncaleses

    Alvaro Barrientos wrote on Transhumance for AP , August 2, 2023. He evocatively describes a Spanish way of liife now disappearing along the route known as La Cañada de The Roncaleses/The Path of the Roncaleses near Sanguesa in Navarra. I followed this account with tears in my eyes. Perhaps...
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    Another way to Finisterre

    The Lighthouse Way by Susan Gough Henly published in BBC Travel, 7 August 2023, describes another more remote caminio to Finisterre.
  11. mspath

    25 July, 2023, Yearning to hear the bells

    on the Marne River in France July 25, 2023, pre-dawn Although physically I may not be in Santiago de Compostela nevertheless I yearn to hear the massive cathedral bells peal in celebration of the Feast of Saint James, July 25. Within the city all will convene to celebrate this historic...
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    Cycling the European Divide

    Here is a great cycling reportage published in The Guardian 8 June 2023 by Jacob Martin re a 7,600km ride along the European Divide. https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2023/jun/08/cycling-the-great-european-divide-long-distance-ride
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    Roman routes/new technology

    This is an overview published April 28, 2023, by Colin Marshall of various contemporary ways to plan/plot a route following ancient Roman paths. https://www.openculture.com/2023/04/plan-your-trip-across-the-roads-of-the-roman-empire-using-modern-web-mapping-technology.html
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    Notre-Dame, Paris: Renovators rush to complete refit by 2024

    In this BBC News article dated April 14, 2023, Hugh Schofield describes / illustrates some current work undeway to complete the Notre Dame rebuild by December 2024.
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    The Man Who Walked Around the World

    Simon Hattenstone in The Guardian, 11 April 2023 describes the 7 year walk completed by Tom Turcich from New Jersey, USA, as he searched for meaning in life and happily found it one step at a time.
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    Iron staples found in Notre Dame cathedral, Paris

    A recent study published in Medievalists.net describes/illustrates some of the many large iron staples originally used in building Notre Dame cathedral which were discovered during the ongoing restoration.
  17. mspath

    Notre Dame de Paris re-contruction expo, opens March 7, 2023

    Notre Dame de Paris in the Heart of the Construction Site / Au Coeur du Chantier is a new free exhibition which opens March 7, 2023, as described/illustrated in this article from Sortiraparis.com. Installed underground below the Parvis de Notre Dame in front of the cathedral this exhibition...
  18. mspath

    The TBT, trans Bhutan trail

    Nicole Melancon in this BBC article describes a network of farmhouses along the reopened Trans Bhutan Trail. Tips include how to avoid roaming tigers. https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230206-farm-to-cushion-dining-along-the-trans-bhutan-trail
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    Newly completed wooden repairs within the Cathedral

    This Spanish article describes/ illustrates the recent completion of a type of "open heart surgery" on wooden work within the cathedral. The restoration of the canopy above the statue of Santiago took only two weeks. The deterioration of the wood was due to water leaking , xylophages which...
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    May 1, 2023 holiday

    For all planning to travel on May 1, 2023 -- In France, Spain and Portugal May 1 is Labor day/ Fête de Travail/ Día del Trabajador / Dia do Trabalho. This is a public holiday and much will be closed. In 2023 it occurs on a Monday. Multitudes of tourists travel then.Transport and accommodation...

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