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UNESCO site at Arc et
Senans.
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Royal
Saltworks – the original C18 ‘Rowntree
village’ of
o An architect with a ‘different’ view of the ‘grand design’ – Claude-Nicholas Ledoux.
o Eleven unique buildings – half a dream!
o Pipelines of yesteryear!
o The fourteen gardens that exist today.
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Yellow wine – unique in the world
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‘Vin jaune’ is unique to the
o There is also ‘Macvin’, not anything to do with whisky, and ‘vin de paille’ – literally ‘straw wine’ – again not found anywhere else in the world.
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The
centre of the wine industry of the
o Very modern methods for tasting etc are employed in this region.
o The wine route of the Franche- Comte runs through some of the most beautiful rolling countryside.
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The
Mexican branch – who still celebrate Bastille Day and
sing the Marseillaise even though they are in
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Ronchamps –
the Chapel of Le Corbusier.
o An inside and outside chapel – designed to hold services both indoors and outdoors.
o Deceptively large – appears so tiny inside.
o Stained glass windows that throw a wonderful light on the interior.
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Materials
used specifically on this project as decreed by the architect.
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Victor Hugo – 2002 – his bi-centennial year.
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Victor
Hugo was born in
o One of the most important writers in the history of French literature.
o ‘The Hunchback of Notre-Dame’ – his most famous and revered novel.
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A
whole series of events throughout the year in the
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Going Underground!
o Geologists paradise – caves, caverns, marvellous underground phenomenon.
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Gouffre de Poudrey – the largest
subterranean cave network in
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