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Tag Archives: Betz-le-Chateau
Tours synagogue and its WWII commemorative plaques
Late last year Sandra and I visited the small synagogue in the city of Tours (below). It can be found at 37, Rue Parmentier in Tours and dates from 1907, a gift from the Parisian, Daniel Osiris. Its architect … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, architecture, Arts, Betz-le-Chateau, Betz-le-Chateau, Chedigny, Chenonceau, Descartes/La Haye, Jewish history, Jewish persicution, La Gurche, Loches, Manthelan, Monts, Sainte Maure, St Branchs, Tours, Vértez, World War II
Tagged Auschwitz concentration camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Betz-le-Chateau, Chedigny, Chenonceaux, Descartes, French architecture, La Ferrierre, La Guerche, Loches, Loire Valley, Loire Valley History, Manthelan, Monts, St Maure, St. Branchs, Touraine, Tours, Vértez, World War II
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snatching occasional glipses of other ways to live ~ events alternative in the South Touraine
So, it’s interesting, (as I sit immersed in a pile of books on 16th Century Touraine or tinker with drafts of short-run pamphlets on 17th Century radical English sects to jazz-on-i-player-3) it’s interesting to snatch occasional glimpses of other ways … Continue reading
Betz-le-Château ~ troglodyte caverns and passageways
The château at Betz-le-Château in the South Touraine has a number of extensive man-made subterranean passageways. The word Betz is often associated with such workings that were used as wartime defences, escape routes and refuges. The short publication Souterrains du … Continue reading
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Tagged Betz-le-Chateau, Loire Valley, Loire Valley History, Touraine History, troglodyte
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